Reviews written by Cindy Ray Hale, Staff Reviewer

GET YOU THE MOON by Hasnita Singh is a contemporary YA romance set in New Zealand. This is the kind of book you’ll want to swoon over. Levi and Scarlet have amazing chemistry together and are the classic enemies to lovers. What worked:...

MAKING THE PLAY by Cait Marie is a college romance where a baseball player falls for the coach’s daughter. The tension in this book is fantastic. I loved watching Jax and Kaley sneak around because they felt like they couldn’t let anyone know about their relationship. Jax plays for the...

GET YOU THE MOON by Hasnita Singh is a contemporary YA romance set in New Zealand. This is the kind of book you’ll want to swoon over. Levi and Scarlet have amazing chemistry together and are the classic enemies to lovers. What worked: The New...

PSEUDOCIDE by A.K. Smith is a sad story of a girl named Sunday trying to escape her life by faking her own death. She gets her neighbor Amir, an outcast at her school, to help her form a new identity so she could go on living after her faked death....

DON’T CALL ME GRETA is a gripping tale of a young girl trying to understand where she fits into the world. She discovers police on her doorstep out of the blue one day and her entire world is turned upside down. She learns that her mother, who has been wonderful...

CATWALK is the story of a young girl who experiences a whirlwind through New York’s elite in the fashion industry when she’s discovered by one of the top designers in the industry. She sheds her good girl image to fit into the mold she thinks she needs to fill. This...

LOVELESS is a special book unlike anything I’ve read before, and is now very near and dear to my heart. From page one, we’re taken on a journey with Georgia as she tries to discover where she fits in the world. Georgia wants to be like everyone else she sees...

YOU’D BE HOME NOW is the moving tale of a teen girl who loves her brother who struggles with drug addiction. Emory and Joey have always been close, so she takes it extremely hard when she discovers he’s overdosed on heroin. They’d just gotten in a tragic car accident where...

My High School Quarterback Boyfriend is a sweet romance between a brainy track star and a popular quarterback. The characters are endearing and easy to connect with. This story was a light, quick read, and I flew through the pages. Dean’s mom died when...

The Lost Prince is the continuation of the Nihryst series. We follow the adventures of Adalina and Lee as they travel to search for a magical flower with healing properties. Lee insists that the flower doesn’t exist, and it causes friction between the two. The flower is supposedly being held...

My High School Valentine Boyfriend is a swoony, sweet teen romance. Shay and Finn are matched to work together on the school’s Valentine’s Day committee. Finn is a bit of a grinch about Valentine’s Day and makes his opinions heard openly, saying it’s a day of commercialism. His parents are...

The Lost Legends is one of those books that has everything in it. A princess, an evil king, pirates, a mysterious plague, and an unforgettable love story. This book never left me bored and kept me turning pages, eager to find out what would happen next. ...

Fate Calling by Lindsay Grace is a beautifully written fae fantasy about a young human girl named Aislinn and a fae named Kieran who is the rightful king of his land. The two of them become fated to be mates against their will. This...

What worked: The magical aspect of this book had me turning pages quickly. It was easy to read and fun to read. I never found myself getting bored or distracted as I read. The story sucked me in from page one until the end. I loved the world...

This sequel resolved a lot of questions I had that weren’t answered in the first book like where did the ring come from and why did Jane Stuart have it. And who was she to begin with. It was highly satisfying to figure out all those pieces of the puzzle....