Esther's Ever After

By: L.M. Montgomery Published by: Sourcebooks Fire Released on: March 4, 2014 Purchase link: amazon | book depository Add it to goodreads Source: Purchased Rating: 5 stars An unforgettable story of courage and romance. Will Valancy Stirling ever escape her strict family and find true love? Valancy Stirling is 29, unmarried, and has never been in love. Living with her overbearing mother and meddlesome aunt, she finds her only consolation in the "forbidden" books of John Foster and her daydreams of the Blue Castle--a place where all her dreams come true and she can be who she truly wants to be. After getting shocking news from the doctor, she rebels against her family and discovers a surprising new world, full of love and adventures far beyond her most secret dreams. When Stephanie Perkins recommends a book on instagram , I immediately order it. Here's what Stephanie said: This novel features characters named Valancy (Valancy!) and Barney Snaith (Barney Snaith!!!), a host...

By : Racheal Lippincott, Mikki Daughtry, and Tobias Laconis  Published by : Simon & Schuster  Released on : November 20th, 2018  Purchase Links Add it to Goodreads Rating : 5 Stars  A copy of this book was provided by the publisher in exchange for my honest review Can you love someone you can never touch? Stella Grant likes to be in control—even though her totally out of control lungs have sent her in and out of the hospital most of her life. At this point, what Stella needs to control most is keeping herself away from anyone or anything that might pass along an infection and jeopardize the possibility of a lung transplant. Six feet apart. No exceptions. The only thing Will Newman wants to be in control of is getting out of this hospital. He couldn’t care less about his treatments, or a fancy new clinical drug trial. Soon, he’ll turn eighteen and then he’ll be able to unplug all these machines and actually go see the world, not just its hospitals. Will...

By: Ibi Zoboi   Published by: Balzer + Bray Released on: September 18, 2018 Narrated by: Elizabeth Acevedo Purchase link: Harper Collins Add it to goodreads Source: purchased Rating: 5 stars Pride and Prejudice gets remixed in this smart, funny, gorgeous retelling of the classic, starring all characters of color, from Ibi Zoboi, National Book Award finalist and author of American Street. Zuri Benitez has pride. Brooklyn pride, family pride, and pride in her Afro-Latino roots. But pride might not be enough to save her rapidly gentrifying neighborhood from becoming unrecognizable. When the wealthy Darcy family moves in across the street, Zuri wants nothing to do with their two teenage sons, even as her older sister, Janae, starts to fall for the charming Ainsley. She especially can’t stand the judgmental and arrogant Darius. Yet as Zuri and Darius are forced to find common ground, their initial dislike shifts into an unexpected understanding. But with four wild sisters pulling her...

By : Katie McGarry Published by : Tor Teen Released on : January 22, 2019 Purchase Links Add it to Goodreads Rating : 4 Stars  Source : ARC from publisher in exchange for my honest review Jesse Lachlin is cursed.  So the town folklore says, but while Jesse’s had his fair share of tragedy, the only curse he believes is in his grandmother’s will: in order to inherit his family farm he must win the approval of his childhood best friend, the girl he froze out his freshman year, Scarlett Copeland. Scarlett Copeland is psychic. Glory Gardner tells Scarlett she has hidden psychic abilities, but Scarlett thinks Glory is delusional. What is real is Scarlett’s father’s irrational fears, controlling attitude, and the dark secrets at home. Scarlett may have a way to escape, but there’s a hitch: she’ll have to rely on the one person she used to trust, the same boy who broke her heart, Jesse Lachlin. Each midnight meeting pushes Jesse and Scarlett to confront their secrets and their feelin...