Reviews written by Lillian McCurry, Indie Co-Manager

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November 25, 2024
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5.0
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5.0
Characters
 
5.0
Writing Style
 
5.0
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N/A
Young Adult Fiction
Academia Fantasy

I devoured this book! Curious Tides by Pascale Lacelle is the first in a fantasy trilogy about a young woman finding the truth about what happened to her and her friends last school year. Emory is studying as a healer at the prestigious Aldryn College when a night in the...

November 15, 2024
Overall rating
 
3.7
Plot
 
3.0
Characters
 
4.0
Writing Style
 
4.0
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N/A
Young Adult Fiction
Fun Historical Romance

I had high expectations for this one. A Queen’s Game by Katharine McGee is a YA historical romance written in the same style as the author’s American Royals series. Following three famous women in European history, the story unfolds as they all have the chance to be the next Queen...

October 31, 2024
Overall rating
 
4.3
Plot
 
4.0
Characters
 
4.0
Writing Style
 
5.0
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N/A
Uniquely Written Dystopian

Fledgling: The Keeper’s Records of the Revolution by S.K. Ali is an exciting sci-fi dystopian that takes you on a tense journey through what is left of Earth and its inhabitants. After a cataclysm caused the oceans to rise and the land to sink, the world was divided into new...

October 29, 2024
Overall rating
 
5.0
Plot
 
5.0
Characters
 
5.0
Writing Style
 
5.0
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N/A
Young Adult Fiction
Exciting Historical Fantasy

This was one of my most anticipated books of the year, and let me just say it lived up to the hype! Where the Library Hides by Isabel Ibañez is the conclusion to Inez’s adventure she started in What the River Knows. Inez’s world has been flipped upside down. Her...

October 21, 2024
Overall rating
 
4.7
Plot
 
4.0
Characters
 
5.0
Writing Style
 
5.0
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N/A
Exciting Return to Mortal Engines World

Thunder City by Philip Reeve is a standalone novel set in the world of Mortal Engines. I was so excited to see a new story set in this world. I first read Mortal Engines when I was in high school and fell in love with the dystopian, steampunk world. In...

July 24, 2024
Overall rating
 
4.7
Plot
 
4.0
Characters
 
5.0
Writing Style
 
5.0
Illustrations/Photos (if applicable)
 
N/A
Young Adult Fiction
Action Packed Fantasy

Beneath These Cursed Stars by Lexi Ryan is the first book in a new YA fantasy series set in the same world as These Hollow Vows. It’s been three years since Brie saved her sister from the dungeons of the false king, but Princess Jasalyn is still trapped there mentally....

July 05, 2024
Overall rating
 
5.0
Plot
 
5.0
Characters
 
5.0
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5.0
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Exciting YA Fantasy

This was the book I didn’t know I needed. These Hollow Vows by Lexi Ryan is the first in a YA fantasy duology about a young girl desperate to save her sister from the Fae. Brie has spent her life hating the Fae for a choice her mother made to...

June 20, 2024
Overall rating
 
5.0
Plot
 
5.0
Characters
 
5.0
Writing Style
 
5.0
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N/A
Young Adult Fiction
Heartstopping Conclusion to Duology

Fantastic conclusion! Return of the Vengeful Queen by C.J. Redwine concludes the story that started in Rise of the Vicious Princess. Princess, and soon-to-be Queen, Charis Willowthorn has escaped the hands of the Rakuuna with 62 others from her kingdom. The refugees have set a heading for Solvang, a neighboring...

June 17, 2024
Overall rating
 
5.0
Plot
 
5.0
Characters
 
5.0
Writing Style
 
5.0
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N/A
Young Adult Fiction
YA Fantasy Filled With Adventure, Mystery, and a Touch of Romance

I devoured this one! We Shall Be Monsters by Tara Sim is a YA fantasy steeped in Indian folklore and mythology. The story begins with the death of Kajal’s sister Lasya. Kajal vows to bring her back, but to do so means breaking tradition and burying her body instead of...

June 05, 2024
Overall rating
 
4.3
Writing Style
 
5.0
Plot
 
4.0
Characters
 
4.0
Illustrations/Photos (if applicable)
 
N/A
Young Adult Indie
Real or Not Real?

Virch by Laura Resau is a fast-paced, sci-fi adventure about a teen girl’s race to save her sister and then the world. Liv is starting a prestigious internship at the Virchuous Institute, a virtual reality science center that focuses on the latest tech that can help the world from virtual...

June 03, 2024
Overall rating
 
3.7
Plot
 
3.0
Characters
 
4.0
Writing Style
 
4.0
Illustrations/Photos (if applicable)
 
N/A
Young Adult Fiction
Not Your Average Historical Romantasy

Vicious read! The Dangerous Ones by Lauren Blackwood is a historical fantasy romance set during America’s Civil War about a vampire hunter falling for a vampire. Jerusalem is an escaped slave and a Saint – people with god-like strength, speed, and agility. She’s spent her life hiding who she really...

June 03, 2024
Overall rating
 
4.3
Plot
 
4.0
Characters
 
4.0
Writing Style
 
5.0
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N/A
Young Adult Fiction
Fun Shakespearean Retelling

This was such a fun read! Twelfth Knight by Alexene Farol Follmuth is a YA contemporary Shakespearean retelling about two teens with more in common than they think. Viola Reyes is a girl against the world. Opinionated and unafraid to voice it, Vi lets few people close to her and...

March 30, 2024
Overall rating
 
3.3
Plot
 
4.0
Characters
 
3.0
Writing Style
 
3.0
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N/A
Young Adult Fiction
Shipwrecks, Sirens, and Selfish Intentions

COMPASS AND BLADE by Rachel Greenlaw is a fast-paced adventure about a young woman's discovery of who she is and what she will become. Mira lives on a small island that sees little trade which means there is little food and money to go around. Her villagers watch for boats...

March 30, 2024
Overall rating
 
3.7
Plot
 
4.0
Characters
 
3.0
Writing Style
 
4.0
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N/A
Young Adult Fiction
Thrilling Contemporary Inspired by Richard III

Thrilling, unputdownable read! MADE GLORIOUS by Lindsay Eagar is a fast-paced, intriguing look at the life of one drama student determined to get the lead at any cost. Follow Rory's story as she breaks the fourth wall and talks directly to her audience (the reader) telling us each step of...

January 17, 2024
Overall rating
 
4.3
Plot
 
5.0
Characters
 
4.0
Writing Style
 
4.0
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N/A
Young Adult Fiction
Breath-taking Adventure

Breath-taking adventure! Into the Sunken City by debut author Dinesh Thiru is an exciting dystopian retelling of Treasure Island set in a future that sees most of the world underwater and divers are wrecking sunken landmarks and cities. Jin Haldar’s life changed when her father died in a diving accident...

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