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May 2022 Mini-Reviews

May 12, 2022May 18, 2022 I'm All Booked Up YA

Review: Dead Girls Can’t Tell Secrets by Chelsea Ichaso

*We received this book in exchange for an honest review.*

Savannah Sullivan knows her younger sister Piper didn’t try to kill herself. It doesn’t matter what everyone is saying, she knows Piper’s fall was no accident. Desperate to learn the truth, Savannah signs up for survival club. Piper “fell” from a place near where the annual survival camp trip is going.

Nobody can believe that Savannah wants to go camping, but when she tells everyone that it helps her feel close to Piper, nobody argues. It’s hard to fight with Savannah when Piper’s still in a coma.

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Review: The Main Attraction (Heartbreak Cafe #2) by Janet Quin-Harkin

August 9, 2021August 9, 2021 I'm All Booked Up YA

In The Main Attraction, Debbie Lesley is starting to get used to her new life. She spends most of time working at the Heartbreak Café and any free moments are spent with her boyfriend Grant. Her parents are still notably absent, but Debbie’s coping with the help of the Heartbreak regulars and her best friend Pam.

Everything changes when the next big Hollywood Blockbuster starts filming on the beach by the café. Suddenly, everyone is obsessed with the world of fame and fortune…well, everyone except Debbie.

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July 2021 Mini-Reviews

July 9, 2021April 6, 2022 I'm All Booked Up YA

There’s a theme for our July mini-reviews: college admissions!

Review: Admission by Julie Buxbaum

Chloe Wynn Berringer cannot wait to start college in Southern California, close to where she grew up. Everything in her life is perfect: her best friend, hot boyfriend and wealthy lifestyle.

Then one morning she’s greeted by the FBI, who arrest her mother for allegedly being involved in the college admissions scandal. Everything in her life falls apart overnight. No college, her friends ignore her and her parents spend every day with the best legal team money can buy.

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Review: Fame, Fate and the First Kiss By Kasie West

April 19, 2019May 18, 2023 I'm All Booked Up YA

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We were really excited about Fame, Fate and the First Kiss because Lacey was one of the best characters in Love, Life and the List. She definitely deserved her own story—and her own chance at finding love!

Lacey Barnes finally landed a role in a Hollywood movie—her dream job. She stalls her life and moves to Hollywood with her dad. Everything seems perfect, she has a leading role opposite megastar Grant James and the beginning of a promising career. However, Lacey is still in high school. The one thing she doesn’t want to deal with is school work.

So when Lacey keeps blowing off her assignments, her dad hires her a relentless tutor…enter dreamboat, Donavan. Lacey thinks Donavan is the most stiff and boring guy she has ever met and accuses him of being a straight-laced choir boy. “Donovan: Loves homework, haircuts and harmonizing” (64). Donavan believes that Lacey is spoiled, insane and lazy, considering how hard he has to work to get her to do even one assignment.

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