Jennifer Lynn Barnes’ second book in The Inheritance Games trilogy, The Hawthorne Legacy, once again stars Avery Kylie Grambs, a teenager who inherits the deceased Tobias Hawthorne’s entire fortune. As Avery and Tobias’ four grandsons embark on yet another one of the billionaire’s games, they are left with more questions than answers.
Dune is a 1965 epic science fiction novel by Frank Herbert. The book follows Paul Atreides, a clever and brilliant young man who has a destiny that is beyond his understanding. When his father, Duke Leto, accepts Arrakis, the most dangerous planet in the universe, from the rival Harkonnen family, Paul starts to transform into something unimaginable as he leads his people into a momentous war.
Flashback by Shannon Messenger is the seventh book in the Keeper of the Lost Cities fantasy series. In this book, Sophie and her friends realize that some of their old strategies have become too predictable. When Sophie and some of her friends get attacked, she realizes she must do more to protect who she loves. Sophie is fighting back and preparing for battle with some of her new bodyguards. Sophie begins to realize that her old strategy of “one problem at a time” is no longer working.
Nightfall by Shannon Messenger is the sixth book in the Keeper of the Lost Cities fantasy series. In this book, Sophie and her friends are fighting back, but sometimes their fighting isn’t enough. With the Neverseen getting stronger, and the Black Swan getting weaker, Sophie begins to wonder if she should try something entirely different. Is it time to trust the enemy? And if she trusts the enemy, will they be able to pay the price?
This was a realistic fiction story based on a real event that really made you see what hardships people go through when they are left marooned with less than 10 other people. You meet a boy named Quill who, along with other boys and a few adults, gets on a boat to a remote stac (an island made of rocks and boulders) where they hunt birds to bring back home to the people back at their island home. He had already made this journey and was seen as a leader throughout the book. Sadly, the boys on the boat didn’t know that mysteriously nobody would come to take them home.
A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson is an enthralling mystery following the too-curious-for-her-own-good protagonist Pippa Fitz-Amobi (Pip), who has decided to reinvestigate a murder from five years prior in her town–Fairview–for her senior capstone project. Whilst uncovering dark secrets about the supposed murder, Pip finds herself discovering much more than she sought out. As Pip gets closer and closer to the truth, an unknown source tells her to stop her digging.
The storytelling in this book about Mrs. Zauner’s life is breathtakingly moving and engrossing. You meet Michelle Zauner who is a Korean American. She talks about the hardships she faced as an Asian American and about the struggles she went through with her relationship with her mother. You also read about the challenges she goes through while finding out what truly makes her happy and the challenges she has throughout her life. This book was very well written as you can feel Zauner’s emotions throughout the book and also through the food she writes about.
This poetic, engaging work of Shakespeare is probably one of the best loved plays out of all of Shakespeare’s plays. This is a play about many pairs of Lovers. You meet a few groups that play a big part in the story- the young lovers, workers coming together organizing a play, and fairies. I loved the poetic style of writing used and how you got to know the characters. It really makes you feel the love shared between the people though you also experience the deceiving acts of jealous, desperate people. I thought it was well written and presented a beautiful view of classic love.
Natasha is a girl who believes in facts and knows them very well. A fact she currently knows all too well right now is that tonight her family is going to have to leave America. Natasha knows that this is not her fault, it was her father’s but she has to deal with the consequences and move from New York to Jamaica. All on her mind is fixing the problem that was not hers in the first place.
In Verity, by Colleen Hoover, Lowen is offered the deal of a lifetime by Jeremy Crawford: to complete his famous wife's last 3 books. In need of the money she accepts the deal and moves into their house. But things are not as they seem, the family has secrets and the longer Lowen stays the more she finds out. What secrets will be uncovered?
