Category: YA

Book Review: If There’s No Tomorrow by Jennifer Armentrout

Book Review: If There’s No Tomorrow by Jennifer Armentrout

Posted September 13, 2017 / 5 Comments

Lena Wise is always looking forward to tomorrow, especially at the start of her senior year. She’s ready to pack in as much friend time as possible, to finish college applications, and to maybe let her childhood best friend Sebastian know how she really feels about him. For Lena, the […]



Book Review (and a Giveaway!): Lucky in Love by Kasie West

Book Review (and a Giveaway!): Lucky in Love by Kasie West

Posted July 24, 2017 / 13 Comments

In this new contemporary from YA star Kasie West, a girl who wins the lottery learns that money can cause more problems than it solves, especially when love comes into the picture. Maddie doesn’t believe in luck. She’s all about hard work and planning ahead. But one night, on a […]


Author Interview (and a Giveaway!): Marty Machowski & Dragon Seed

Author Interview (and a Giveaway!): Marty Machowski & Dragon Seed

Posted July 9, 2017 / 2 Comments

As part of the Litfuse Blog Tour for Dragon Seed, I am pleased to welcome author Marty Machowski to the blog today! Marty Machowski is the Family Life Pastor at Covenant Fellowship Church in Glen Mills, Pennsylvania, where he has served on the pastoral staff for over 25 years. Marty […]


Author Interview: Alison Gervais & In 27 Days

Author Interview: Alison Gervais & In 27 Days

Posted July 8, 2017 / 6 Comments

I fell in love with Alison’s Gervais debut novel In 27 Days when I reviewed it for RT Book Reviews earlier this year. You can check out my review here . Alison Gervais joined the website for aspiring writers, Wattpad, her sophomore year of high school, and In 27 Days […]



Top Ten Tuesday: Recent YA Additions to my TBR

Top Ten Tuesday: Recent YA Additions to my TBR

Posted June 6, 2017 / 32 Comments

Today on Top Ten Tuesday, we’re talking about books we’ve recently added to our TBR piles from a genre of our choice. I decided to look at Young Adult novels since that’s not my most-read genre, but it’s something I’m trying to branch out into more. In no particular order, […]


Book Review (and a Giveaway!): Unraveling by Sara Ella

Book Review (and a Giveaway!): Unraveling by Sara Ella

Posted May 26, 2017 / 23 Comments

Welcome to the: Thomas Nelson’s Young Adult Summer of 2017 Feature   Title:  Unraveling Series: Unblemished, Book 2 Author:  Sarah Ella Publisher: Thomas Nelson Release Date:  July 11, 2017 Genre: Young Adult Fiction / Fantasy In the second installment of the Unblimished Trilogy, YA author Sara Ella asks, “What happens when happily ever after […]


Author Interview: Audrey Rich

Author Interview: Audrey Rich

Posted May 18, 2017 / 1 Comment

Please join me in welcoming author Audrey Rich to the blog today! Audrey Rich is a South Florida author, who writes YA and NA Contemporary Romances and is an avid reader of novels where love conquers all. She’s married to her own happily-ever-after Hero, is an inactive CPA, and a […]


Excellence in Indie Publishing GIVEAWAY Guest Post: Serena Chase

Excellence in Indie Publishing GIVEAWAY Guest Post: Serena Chase

Posted May 17, 2017 / 12 Comments

Today, as part of the Excellence in Indie Publishing multi-book/multi-genre giveaways going on this week here at RimSP, Serena Chase talks about her journey to indie publishing – and following that tug-of-the-spirit. My Indie Journey About twelve years ago, I pitched my debut novel, The Ryn (an epic fantasy fairy […]


Top Ten Tuesday: My Fave Moms in Childrens/MG/YA Literature

Top Ten Tuesday: My Fave Moms in Childrens/MG/YA Literature

Posted May 16, 2017 / 23 Comments

Happy Tuesday! Today on Top Ten Tuesday, the theme is Mother’s Day so I thought I would take a look at my favorite moms (and mother figures) in Childrens, Middle Grade, and Young Adult novels. I realize this is a wide range but … I’m finicky. For instance, I refuse […]


Book Review (and a Giveaway!): The Evaporation of Sofi Snow by Mary Weber

Book Review (and a Giveaway!): The Evaporation of Sofi Snow by Mary Weber

Posted May 15, 2017 / 25 Comments

Welcome to the: Thomas Nelson’s Young Adult Summer of 2017 Feature with For fans of Ender’s Game and Blade Runner comes a story of video gaming, blood, and power. Ever since the Delonese ice-planet arrived eleven years ago, Sofi’s dreams have been vivid. Alien. In a system where Earth’s corporations rule […]




Sunday Book Club: YA think?

Sunday Book Club: YA think?

Posted March 19, 2017 / 34 Comments

Happy Sunday! Today, let’s talk about our favorite young adult reads. (Thanks, Bookworm Mama for the idea!) I confess that I don’t read a lot of YA books. There are, of course, a few notable exceptions – and the ones I do read consistently are my faves. Melanie Dickerson’s fairy […]


Author Interview (and a Giveaway!): JC Morrows

Author Interview (and a Giveaway!): JC Morrows

Posted March 8, 2017 / 7 Comments

As part of the Celebrate Lit blog tour for Life After E.L.E., author JC Morrows is stopping by the blog today for a chat! JC Morrows – author of the Bestselling Young Adult Dystopian series: Order of the MoonStone and the NEW Frozen Earth series (Post-Apocalyptic with a Dystopian edge) […]



Book Review: Heart Murmurs by Brynn Chapman

Book Review: Heart Murmurs by Brynn Chapman

Posted February 21, 2017 / 9 Comments

Mia Templeton is dying. Or was dying. After receiving a heart transplant, her world is forever altered. Before her eyes open, she overhears her donor was murdered. Whispers invade Mia’s mind before she’s even left the recovery room. She develops tastes for foods she once hated, and dreams so vivid, […]


My Fave Reads of 2016: Fantasy/Young Adult/Fairy Tales

My Fave Reads of 2016: Fantasy/Young Adult/Fairy Tales

Posted December 27, 2016 / 15 Comments

  It’s that time of year again!! When book bloggers from far and wide dust off their Goodreads shelves and look back fondly at the books they’ve read that year. And then we torture ourselves by trying to narrow those books down to a handful of favorites. LOL. Nevertheless, every […]


New Releases I’m Excited About: Spring 2017 Fantasy/Young Adult

New Releases I’m Excited About: Spring 2017 Fantasy/Young Adult

Posted December 13, 2016 / 27 Comments

Yesterday, I started out a look at Spring 2017 new releases with the contemporary fiction I’m excited about. Today, I had originally planned to do historical fiction, but I decided to switch the order around a bit so today’s post fits better with the Top Ten Tuesday linkup. Behold the […]