YA Books Central | Darin C Brown | Activity https://yabookscentral.com/members/darin-brown/activity/ Activity feed for Darin C Brown. Tue, 09 Jun 2026 04:35:36 -0400 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 7cc84b1e440daba6b2bae176aa4bb150 Darin C Brown added The Sight of Demons to Young Adult Indie https://yabookscentral.com/activity/p/43119/ Mon, 28 Mar 2022 22:31:43 -0400
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13+
Release Date
October 17, 2017
]]> 0 baa067a032d2e77ebf3d517d7dd0ce84 Darin C Brown posted an update: It's predictable, but who cares! It's fun reading! A […] https://yabookscentral.com/activity/p/17665/ Wed, 28 Feb 2018 01:49:50 -0500 It’s predictable, but who cares! It’s fun reading!
A connoisseur of young adult literature, you stumble onto your reading queue and realize that nothing in your “read” pile contains the author Sarah J. Maas. This needs to be rectified.

Picking up the Throne of Glass and seeing the teenage protagonist on the cover, your mind gives you the imagery…Read more

]]> 0 be8b9dfa021001334de9ef309459601f Darin C Brown posted an update: Good writing, but plot fails This book, no matter how […] https://yabookscentral.com/activity/p/17569/ Sat, 10 Feb 2018 22:04:51 -0500 Good writing, but plot fails
This book, no matter how extremely well written, is not for me. I read fiction to escape from reality. Green pens a fine novel that expertly mirrors reality. His descriptions of the protagonist’s debilitating anxiety disorder captures much of what she must be feeling and transforms it into a written word. That’s no sma…Read more

]]> 0 cc6e499c81bc9b8b7aa633e1c5b3258b Darin C Brown posted an update: The Duff, by Kodi Keplinger This story touches on many […] https://yabookscentral.com/activity/p/17440/ Sat, 27 Jan 2018 23:10:25 -0500 The Duff, by Kodi Keplinger
This story touches on many aspects of complex young adult life, including teenage romance, alcoholism in the family, and most importantly, self perception. Bianca tells the story from the first person perspective, but she never describes her own appearance very well. For all we know, she is absolutely gorgeous, but she…Read more

]]> 0 74264e38e359583e85b4fcd6b8664c7f Darin C Brown posted an update: Good series starter This is a very good series […] https://yabookscentral.com/activity/p/17337/ Fri, 12 Jan 2018 17:03:41 -0500 Good series starter
This is a very good series introduction.

From the critical side, my first impression was that Rachel Carter broke one of the cardinal rules of naming lead characters–using one that could be hard to pronounce. “Ryiah” doesn’t flow from the tongue. Perhaps it is just me, but I still don’t know how to say it. The phrase “you…Read more

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