Reviews by Category: Fiction

Teen Review
She Drives Me Crazy by Kelly Quindlen

She Drives Me Crazy

By Kelly Quindlen
Star Rating
★★★★★

Rated by
Shreya A.
Oct 21, 2021

She Drives Me Crazy is a funny and addicting young adult novel by Kelly Quindlen. This book is about two lesbians, one who is extremely popular and named Irene, and one who is on the girl’s basketball team named Scottie. They awkwardly get together at first, trying to bring fans to the girl’s basketball game and their scheme gradually turns into a love story.

Teen Review
Perfect on Paper by Sophie Gonzales

Perfect on Paper

By Sophie Gonzales
Star Rating
★★★★

Rated by
Shreya A.
Oct 21, 2021

Perfect on Paper is a romantic and eye-opening fiction novel by Sophie Gonzales. This book is about a girl named Darcy. She created an in-school business of giving anonymous advice to anyone who needed help in their relationship. Darcy was caught retrieving those letters by a really hot guy named Brougham. He hired her to help him get his ex-girlfriend back. Gradually they became friends and soon much more.

Teen Review
Emma by Jane Austen

Emma

By Jane Austen
Star Rating
★★★★

Rated by
Saathwika A.
Oct 21, 2021

Emma Woodhouse is a young fifteen-year-old and is the daughter of Mr. Woodhouse. She has a sister named Isabella, who is married to Mr. John Knightley. Mr. Knightley is John’s older brother. Both Emma and Mr. Knightley are friends as well as critics of one another. Emma is a fancy, young, beautiful, rich young lady. While teaching her friend, Harriet, the way to be superior, Emma goes through many love matches to find that hers has been there from the start.

Teen Review
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie

The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian

By Sherman Alexie
Star Rating
★★★

Rated by
Preya N.
Oct 21, 2021

The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian begins with a Native American called Junior who leaves his reservation to attend an all-white high school in a neighboring town. It tells his story of how he tries to fit in with the white kids yet still maintain his cultural identity, as well as attempting to re-befriend his ex-best friend from the “rez,” all while struggling to balance personal problems back home.

Teen Review
It Goes Like this by Miel Moreland

It Goes Like This

By Miel Moreland
Star Rating
★★★★★

Rated by
Marium K.
Oct 21, 2021

Four teen friends, Celeste, Steph, Gina, and Eva, are all members of a famous band, Moonlight Overthrow.  All was good until Celeste and Eva underwent a messy breakup, causing the band members to break away. All band members had formed their own path until a storm brings the four members together, for one last show.

Teen Review
Scythe by Neal Schusterman

Scythe

By Neal Schusterman
Star Rating
★★★★

Rated by
Joy Y.
Oct 21, 2021

Scythe brings you to the future where everything is perfect, and humans have surpassed death, and reached a point of immortality. The Thunderhead, an AI that controls the functions of government and civilization, only stays separate from the Sycthedom. The Scythes are the only way that people die, since being “deadish” is a stage that lasts at most a couple days. Two teenagers, Citra and Rowan, are brought together under an apprenticeship of a highly respected scythe and trained to become the killers of society.

Teen Review
Meet Cute Diary by Emery Lee

Meet Cute Diary

By Emery Lee
Star Rating
★★★

Rated by
Marium K.
Oct 21, 2021

Noah Ramirez runs a popular blog called “Meet Cute Diary” where he writes stories of loves stories including trans people. These blogs give many trans people hope for love of their own. But there seems to be one problem for Noah: the stories are fake. He tries to keep this under wraps until someone exposes his stories as fiction. He tries to stage a romance with Drew, his friend, but it quickly turns into something real.

Teen Review
Don't Hate the Player by Alexis Nedd

Don't Hate the Player

By Alexis Nedd
Star Rating
★★★★★

Rated by
Marium K.
Oct 21, 2021

Emilia is living a double life: in the morning she is a hockey star with an academic future, in the night, she is a member of a competitive e-sports team. She depends on keeping the two worlds separate. But when there is a tournament that comes near her, someone she knows recognizes her. 

Teen Review
Smoke by Darcy Woods

Smoke

By Darcy Woods
Star Rating
★★★★

Rated by
Marium K.
Oct 21, 2021

Honor Augustine is a perfect student and cares for her father who has PTSD. When she finds out that her family is getting into financial trouble and at risk of losing their greenhouse business, she is firm on saving them. She decides to grow marijuana to help her father and her family’s business.

Teen Review
Along For the Ride by Rachel Meinke

Along For the Ride

By Rachel Meinke
Star Rating
★★

Rated by
Marium K.
Oct 21, 2021

Katelyn tends to be overshadowed by her superstar brother, Connor Jackson. When her parents force her to attend his tour across the U.S., she isn’t happy. She would have to miss competing in soccer. When she finds out that the lead singer of his act is Zach Matthews, her life changes.

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