Reviews by Category: Fiction

Teen Review
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A Taste for Love

By Jennifer Yen
Star Rating
★★★★★

Rated by
Likhita
Dec 14, 2023

A Taste for Love by Jennifer Yen is a quirky rom com about a girl named Liza who is desperate to find her one true love. Liza was always a big dreamer, hardworking, and smart, but her mom, Mrs. Yang, begs to disagree. Due to past circumstances with Liza dating guys who didn’t meet any of her mother’s criteria, Mrs. Yang is desperate for Liza to date a nice, smart, good looking ASIAN guy.

Teen Review
You've Reached Sam book cover

You've Reached Sam

By Dustin Thao
Star Rating
★★★★★

Rated by
Likhita
Dec 14, 2023

You’ve Reached Sam by Dustin Thao is a young adult romance novel. 16-year-old Julie is still grieving from the loss of her boyfriend, Sam and it doesn’t help that some people blame her for his death. She makes up her mind to stop thinking about him and throws out his stuff, but after reading a message that Sam left for her in the yearbook, she tries to call him. Little did she know that he would pick up.

Teen Review
The First to Die at the End book cover

The First to Die at the End

By Adam Silvera
Star Rating
★★★★

Rated by
Siera
Dec 14, 2023

The First to Die at the End is the prequel to the book, They Both Die at the End, where two strangers spend a life-changing day together after the Death-Cast makes their first calls. It’s the night before Death-Cast goes live, and there’s one question on everyone’s mind: Can the Death-Cast predict when someone will die, or is it just an elaborate hoax? 

Teen Review
All Your Perfects by Colleen Hoover

All Your Perfects

By Colleen Hoover
Star Rating
★★★

Rated by
Anonymous
Dec 13, 2023

All Your Perfects is an emotionally charged novel that intricately weaves together the past and present of Quinn and Graham's marriage. The story unfolds through dual timelines, providing a poignant glimpse into the couple's early days of falling in love and the current challenges threatening to unravel their once-perfect union. At the heart of the narrative lies the deeply personal and often stigmatized issue of infertility.

Teen Review
Letters to the Lost

Letters to the Lost

By Brigid Kemmerer
Star Rating
★★★★★

Rated by
TeenReviewer11
Dec 13, 2023

Letters to the Lost by Brigid Kemmerer is about Juliet, whose mother passed away, and Declan, who works at a cemetery for required community service. Juliet writes letters to her mother as a way to feel connected to her, and Juliet leaves these letters at her mother’s grave. Though she never received any response, she returns to her mother’s grave one day to find a response to one of the letters. The response was written by Declan, although neither knows who the other is.

Teen Review
Beloved

Beloved

By Toni Morrison
Star Rating
★★★★★

Rated by
Anonymous
Dec 12, 2023

Summary: Beloved tells the story of Sethe, an escaped slave, living with her daughter, Denver. The novel starts with the runaway of Sethe’s two sons, Howard and Buglar, and the death of her mother-in-law, Baby Suggs. These events open the theme of the story and introduce the malevolent baby ghost who haunts 124. As more characters show, the novel begins to entwine past and present, revealing flashbacks of Sethe’s past in slavery. With the appearance of Paul D, the main conflict begins to unfold.

Teen Review
My Side of the Mountain

My Side of the Mountain

By Jean Craighead George
Star Rating
★★★★★

Rated by
Anonymous
Dec 12, 2023

Summary: My Side of the Mountain is a coming-of-age story featuring Sam Gribley, who leaves his family’s crowded New York City apartment for his great-grandfather Gribley’s land. The bulk of the story takes place within the Catskill Mountains of New York, where Sam learns to survive off the land and make new friends– both animal and human. He grapples with internal and external conflicts, fighting not only the force of nature but also the struggle between wanting isolation and the companionship of others.

Teen Review
The Fault In Our Stars by John Green

The Fault in our Stars

By John Green
Star Rating
★★★★★

Rated by
Hannah K.
Dec 12, 2023

The Fault in our Stars by John Green follows a 16-year-old named Hazel Lancaster who was diagnosed with Stage 4 Thyroid Cancer and has accepted her terminal diagnosis. However, she meets a boy named Augustus (Gus) in her cancer support group who opens her eyes to the meaning of life, love, and death. It is through these reflections that a work of art known as this book is born. The writing helps reveal to the reader the harsh realities of cancer, as well as the struggle cancer patients go through on a daily basis.

Teen Review
Othello

Othello

By William Shakespeare
Star Rating
★★★★★

Rated by
Mahad Z.
Dec 12, 2023

Summary: Othello by William Shakespeare is a tragic book/play that revolves around the central character, Othello, a Moorish general in the Venetian army. Othello falls deeply in love with and marries Desdemona, a Venetian woman. However, Iago, Othello's ensign, harbors jealousy and resentment towards Othello, leading him to manipulate the general into believing that Desdemona has been unfaithful.

Teen Review
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid

The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo

By Taylor Jenkins Reid
Star Rating
★★★★★

Rated by
Anonymous
Dec 10, 2023

Do not miss the gripping historical fiction novel The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid! This novel contains the protagonist of a Hollywood film star, Evelyn Hugo. Aging and isolated, at the age seventy-nine, Evelyn Hugo is finally ready to give an interview, disclosing the full truth about her scandalous yet seemingly glamorous life. However, the catch is that Evelyn will only give her interview to Monique Grant, an unknown journalist who is not exactly at the top of the pyramid.

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