All the Pretty Things by Emily Arsenault

Rating: 3/5 Stars Goodreads Rating: 3.1/5 Stars Overview: A mystery about a boy who dies after a shift at a local amusement park leaves the park owners daughter baffled, distraught and searching for answers.  Her best friend is the one who found the body, and no one seems to have the answers.  But as it …

Within these Wicked Walls by Lauren Blackwood

My Rating: 4/5 Stars Good reads rating: 3.56/5 stars Cover description: “Andromeda is a debtera—an exorcist hired to cleanse households of the Evil Eye. When a handsome young heir named Magnus Rochester reaches out to hire her, Andromeda quickly realizes this is a job like no other, with horrifying manifestations at every turn, and that …

Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn

My Rating: 5/5 Stars Goodreads rating: 4.00/5 Stars Cover description: “Fresh from a brief stay at a psych hospital, reporter Camille Preaker faces a troubling assignment: she must return to her tiny hometown to cover the unsolved murder of a preteen girl and the disappearance of another. For years, Camille has hardly spoken to her …

The Nature of Witches by Rachel Griffin

My Rating: 4/5 Stars Good reads rating: 3.89/5 stars Cover description: “For centuries, witches have maintained the climate, their power from the sun peaking in the season of their birth. But now their control is faltering as the atmosphere becomes more erratic. All hope lies with Clara, an Everwitch whose rare magic is tied to …

Turtles All The Way Down by John Green

My Rating: 4/5 Stars Good reads rating: 3.91/5 stars Cover description: “It all begins with a fugitive billionaire and the promise of a cash reward. Turtles All the Way Down is about lifelong friendship, the intimacy of an unexpected reunion, Star Wars fan fiction, and tuatara. But at its heart is Aza Holmes, a young woman navigating …

Carve the Mark by Veronica Roth

My Rating: 3.5/5 Stars Good reads rating: 3.78/5 Stars Cover description: “In a galaxy powered by the current, everyone has a gift.Cyra is the sister of the brutal tyrant who rules the Shotet people. Cyra’s currentgift gives her pain and power—something her brother exploits, using her to torture his enemies. But Cyra is much more …

One of Us is Lying by Karen McManus

My Rating: 4/5 Stars Good reads rating: 4.00/5 stars Cover description: “Pay close attention and you might solve this.On Monday afternoon, five students at Bayview High walk into detention.Bronwyn, the brain, is Yale-bound and never breaks a rule.Addy, the beauty, is the picture-perfect homecoming princess.Nate, the criminal, is already on probation for dealing.Cooper, the athlete, is the all-star baseball …

Wilder Girls by Rory Power

My Rating: 4.5/5 Stars Good reads rating: 3.49/5 stars Cover description: “It's been eighteen months since the Raxter School for Girls was put under quarantine. Since the Tox hit and pulled Hetty's life out from under her.It started slow. First the teachers died one by one. Then it began to infect the students, turning their …

Where the Little Birds Are by B. Celeste

Rating: 3/5 stars Goodreads Rating: 3.91/5 Stars Overview: Kinley and Corbin find themselves in a pinch when the undeniable proof of the relationship they have publicly foresworn presses in on their lives.  As Kinley struggles to find her way forward in her life and career, Corbin must decide which woman he will fight for, Kinley …

The Truth about Tomorrow by B. Celeste

Rating: 4/5 stars Goodreads Rating: 3.89/5 Stars Overview: After the events of The Truth about Heartbreak, Charlie finds herself in her own unexpected romance.  Somehow she has fallen for her adoptive uncle, Ollie, and the repercussions of that affection could ripple through the whole family.  Not only because he is her uncle, but because he …