The book Cruel Crown is a combination of the prequels Queen’s song and Steel Scars, showing the backstory of Queen Coriane and Captain Farley. Queen Coriane lived with her cousin who was old and miserable, her brother Julian, and her best friend Sara Skonos. The Queenstrial for Tiberias the Sixth approaches, and she doubts that…
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The Luxe Review
This story takes place in Manhattan of 1800. Elizabeth is dead from falling into the river, but this is her story. Elizabeth is a good girl who has never stepped one toe out of line. Since her father’s death, she has been pushed to get married by her mother. Several boys have proposed but she…
Out of My Mind Review
This story is very close to my heart. I read it first when I was still in middle school, and now that I am in high school and rereading it I noticed a lot of things that I had only glanced at when I read it the first time. Melody is an 11 year old…
We Were Liars Review
What a whirlwind ride of a book. Cadence, Mirren, Johnny are cousins, Gat is Johnny’s friend, all four of them spend their summers at the cousins’ grandfather’s private island with the cousins’ family. They all spend time at the Cuddledown house where they have fun and make up their own rules away from all the…