Reviews written by Elisha Jachetti, Staff Reviewer

In MY SALTY MARY by Cynthia Hand, Brodi Ashton, and Jodi Meadow, the authors take a new historical figure, in this case, Mary Read, an infamous female pirate, and turn her story on its head. In their version, Mary is a mermaid, who comes from Underwhere, and in order to...

NOTHING LIKE THE MOVIES by Lynn Painter is the second novel in which we readers get to follow along as Wes and Liz’s love story unfolds. However, instead of picking up where we blissfully left off in BETTER THAN THE MOVIES, or the novellas in between, Wes’ life has gone...

SIXTEENTH SUMMER by Michelle Dalton is a YA Romance set in Dune Island. Anna, a local, has been pretty independent her whole life. She crafts town-favorite ice cream flavors for her parents’ shop, aces her school exams, and provides witty commentary for her friends, Caroline and Sam. However, Will, the...

SHADOWS OF PERL by J. Elle is the second House of Marionne book, and one I’ve personally been waiting to get my hands on! The story picks up after Quell has bound with her toushana, forbidden dark magic, and fled from Chateau Soleil. At the same time, Jordan, her ex-boyfriend,...

A LIE FOR A LIE by Jane Buckingham is the first YA thriller in the @revenge series. At Milford High School, there’s an Instagram account that gets back at the people who deserve it. Sabrina Richards never paid much attention to it until it became possible that she could go...

HOW TO GET OVER YOUR (BEST FRIEND’S) EX by Kristi McManus is a cute rom-com in which Hannah makes it her mission to stop crushing on Seth. She already liked him a lot before her best friend, Brae, swooped in and asked him out, and because Hannah wasn’t honest about...

NOT LIKE OTHER GIRLS by Meredith Adamo finds Jo-Lynn Kirby first reeling from her ex-best friend’s existence, literally right across the street, and then, her surprising disappearance. Even though Maddie and Jo-Lynn had grown to dislike one another, Jo-Lynn can’t deny her concern over Maddie’s vanishing, and when Hudson, Jo-Lynn’s...

THE ETERNAL ONES by Namina Forna is the third and final novel in the Deathless series that opens with Deka in extreme suffering. If she doesn’t connect with her kelai quickly, she will die, but she’s unsure of where it is or how to find it— and worse, she’s not...

SAVAGE HER REPLY by Deirdre Sullivan is a mythical retelling of The Children of Lir. This story has been a part of Celtic lore for a long time, but only now do we get Aife’s perspective, the evil stepmother herself. In this version, Sullivan gives the audience the chance to...

SEE YOU YESTERDAY by Rachel Lynn Solomon is a YA genre mix: a coming-of-age romance with a bit of time travel. Barrett Bloom wakes up on her first day of college and then does it again, and again, and again. She’s caught in a time loop and no matter how...

THE HUNTING MOON by Susan Dennard is a YA Paranormal Fantasy and sequel to THE LUMINARIES. This book picks right up where we left off: Winnie has completed her trials and been declared a hunter. Only now, navigating this new shift in attention and acceptance is not all she imagined...

OUTCASTS by Claire McFall is the third book in the Ferryman trilogy, a YA urban fantasy of sorts that straddles present-day Scotland and the afterlife. Tristan, Dylan, Susanna, and Jack have received their sentencing from the Inquisitor, but it’s not over. Weird occurrences are happening in both the real world...

BETTING ON YOU by Lynn Painter is a YA Contemporary Romance in which Charlie and Bailey meet a handful of times over the years before becoming co-workers. At first, things are a bit icy between them, because their prior interactions proved they’re polar opposites, but as they really get to...

HAUSGEISTER! HOUSEHOLD SPIRITS OF GERMAN FOLKLORE by Florian Schäfer, Janin Pisarek, and Hannah Gritsch, translation by Joanna Scudamore-Trezek, is a non-fiction, historical look at the relationship Germans have had with the supernatural, particularly the unique creatures said to help with chores and tasks in and around the home. HAUSGEISTER introduces...

THE ROSEWOOD HUNT by Mackenzie Reed is a YA Mystery novel, à la PRETTY LITTLE LIARS or RIVERDALE. Lily Rosewood has been through it. Her dad passed away and her mom left, so Lily lives with her grandmother, the ingenious Iris, head of Rosewood Inc., a fashionable coat company. Lily...