Review: LABYRINTH LOST

by Zoraida Cordova Publisher: Sourcebooks Fire Published: September 6th, 2016 Book 1 of the Brooklyn Brujas trilogy Synopsis from Goodreads: Nothing says Happy Birthday like summoning the spirits of your dead relatives. Alex is a bruja, the most powerful witch in a generation...and she hates magic. At her Deathday celebration, Alex performs a spell to …

When Dimple Met Rishi: Review

Written by Sandhya Menon Expected publication: May 30th, 2017 by Simon Pulse Synopsis from Goodreads: A laugh-out-loud, heartfelt YA romantic comedy, told in alternating perspectives, about two Indian-American teens whose parents have arranged for them to be married. Dimple Shah has it all figured out. With graduation behind her, she’s more than ready for a …

The Sun is Also a Star: Review

Synopsis from Goodreads: Natasha: I’m a girl who believes in science and facts. Not fate. Not destiny. Or dreams that will never come true. I’m definitely not the kind of girl who meets a cute boy on a crowded New York City street and falls in love with him. Not when my family is twelve …

The One Memory of Flora Banks: Review

  Expected publication: January 12th, 2017—this Thursday!!!   Synopsis (courtesy of Goodreads): Seventeen-year-old Flora Banks has no short-term memory. Her mind resets itself several times a day, and has since the age of ten, when the tumor that was removed from Flora's brain took with it her ability to make new memories. That is, until …

Chime: Review

Welcome, new followers! Thanks everyone who tuned in for my series about revisions, The Call, and Submission! Thanks to everyone who reached out to tell me how my posts have helped them—it means so much, and I'm so happy to hear many of you have been receiving offers! Up this week is a review of …

Hanging Out with David Arnold & Adam Silvera + Mosquitoland Review

I was extremely fortunate to have met and hung out with (!!!) David Arnold and Adam Silvera last night. David was in town on tour for his latest release, Kids of Appetite, which sounds AMAZING. I can't wait to dive into my copy (signed, with the best inscription ever): I wrote this review for Mosquitoland …

Tiny Pretty Things & Shiny Broken Pieces: Review

Written by Sona Charaipotra & Dhonielle Clayton Synopsis for Tiny Pretty Things Gigi, Bette, and June, three top students at an exclusive Manhattan ballet school, have seen their fair share of drama. Free-spirited new girl Gigi just wants to dance—but the very act might kill her. Privileged New Yorker Bette's desire to escape the shadow of …

The Essential Guide to Getting Your Book Published – Review

Written by Arielle Eckstut and David Henry Sterry, aka The Book Doctors Available on Amazon here. Brief description: Written by experts with twenty-five books between them as well as many years’ experience as a literary agent (Eckstut) and a book doctor (Sterry), this nuts-and-bolts guide demystifies every step of the publishing process: how to come …

To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before & P.S. I Still Love You: Review

Synopsis for To All the Boys I've Loved Before from Goodreads: To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before is the story of Lara Jean, who has never openly admitted her crushes, but instead wrote each boy a letter about how she felt, sealed it, and hid it in a box under her bed. But one day …

The Night Circus: Review

Written by Erin Morgenstern Synopsis from Goodreads: The circus arrives without warning. No announcements precede it, no paper notices plastered on lampposts and billboards. It is simply there, when yesterday it was not. Within these nocturnal black-and-white striped tents awaits an utterly unique, a feast for the senses, where one can get lost in a …