Tag: Young Adult books of 2021

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Review: I’m Dreaming of a Wyatt Christmas by Tiffany Schmidt

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Christmas is Noelle Partridge’s favorite holiday. Every year, she makes a schedule for her friends and her dad to make sure the holiday season is perfect. Too bad this year her friends are too busy and her dad is constantly working.

When Noelle’s favorite babysitting clients, the Kahale family, invite her to spend the holidays at a ski resort, Noelle decides to take a leap and goes. Besides, she’s going to need the money if she wants to attend Beacon Academy, an elite ballet academy in DC.

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Review: So, This is Christmas by Tracy Andreen

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Finley Brown returned to her hometown of Christmas, Oklahoma for the holidays. Too bad everything has changed since she left for boarding school in Connecticut. First, her best friend is dating her ex-boyfriend. Second, her parents separated, causing her mom to spend the holidays in Missouri. Finally, her former nemesis now works at her grandmother’s inn.

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November 2022 Book Club: So, This is Christmas by Tracy Andreen

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The Book

So, This is Christmas released on October 12, 2021.

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Books on Our Autumn 2022 TBR

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It’s finally autumn, which means it’s time to go over our TBR list for the season. This list doesn’t include the YA books on our NetGalley shelf, that we shared with all of you last week. There are so many recent and upcoming releases that we can’t wait to start reading. Spoiler alert: our October and November book club picks might be on this list.

Have you read any of our autumn book picks? Let us know in the comments and happy reading!

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Review: Where There’s a Whisk by Sarah J. Schmitt

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Top Chef meets Love From Scratch in Schmitt’s Where There’s a Wisk. Peyton Sinclaire wants to escape her terrible life in North Florida. When she gets a chance to compete on Top Teen Chef, Food TV’s new reality show, Peyton jumps at the chance to spend the summer in Manhattan.

The winner receives a culinary scholarship, which would change Peyton’s life. But things aren’t so easy when you have people out to get you, snarky judges and cameras in your face 24/7. With seven other teen chefs competing for the prize, Peyton doesn’t know who she can trust and who has the fake TV persona.

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Review: Zodiac Academy 7: Heartless Sky by Caroline Peckham and Susanne Valenti

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We left Tory Vega, Darcy Vega and the Heirs after they went to battle with Lionel Acrux. After everything that happened, none of them can go back to Zodiac Academy. Luckily Geraldine’s dad and other anti-Lionel Fae have set up a safe bunker far away from the palace.

But everything has changed now and there’s no going back to normal for anyone, especially the Heirs, who Lionel has stripped of their titles for standing against him. To make things more complicated, Darius made a promise to the stars…that no one knows about. He’s ready to face the consequences, yet everyone he knows would try to stop him.

Nobody is safe in Solaria and with a civil war brewing and all Fae most pick a side. Stand with the Vegas or let Lionel and is Nymph army continue the totalitarian rule.

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Review: Come Out and Play by Amber Lynn Natusch

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Kylene Danners nearly escaped death for the second time since she returned to Jasperville, Ohio. Another person she trusted betrayed her, leading Kylene to question everything and everyone around her. She’s nowhere closer to discovering the identity of Advocatus Diaboli, also known as the AD. But what she is certain of: many people in Jasperville are compromised, maybe even some of her dad’s former FBI colleagues.

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Review: These Hollow Vows by Lexi Ryan

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Brie hates the Fae more than anything and wants to forget they even exist. But when her little sister is sold to the king of the Unseelie court to pay a debt, she’ll do anything to get her back. This means making a deal with this cruel king and stealing three magical relics from the Seelie court. While it’s easy to get to the Seelie court, the only reason she has to stay is to give herself as a potential bride for the prince.

Only, Prince Ronan isn’t who he seems and Brie is torn between hating his kind and falling in love with him. But at the same time, Brie spends time with some Unseelie outcasts who have an agenda of their own. She can’t help but be drawn to their mysterious leader Finn.

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The Last 10 Book Tag

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This tag was originally created by booktuber Marc Nash, but we found it on Read Betwixt Words. We thought it looked fun and decided to participate! Tell us what you’ve been reading in the comments!

1. The Last Book I Gave Up On

More Than Just a Pretty Face was one of our only DNFs of 2021. We couldn’t get into it at all!

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Review: Seven Dirty Secrets by Natalie D. Richards

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Book Summary

On Cleo’s 18th birthday, she finds a note in her bathroom about a scavenger hunt. Thinking it must be her best friend or boyfriend, Cleo isn’t as worried as she should be. But when no one knows anything about the note, Cleo thinks she’ll play the game and collect her prize.

Along with her best friend Hope, Cleo embarks on a journey throughout Columbus, Ohio to see who is behind the birthday surprise. But shortly after starting, everything about this scavenger hunt feels eerily familiar. All the locations point to Cleo’s ex boyfriend Declan, who drowned on a rafting trip last year.

As the game gets darker, Cleo’s stalker threatens that she finish the game, or everyone will know what really happened to Declan. Join Cleo on this thrilling day of mind games.

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