Tag: Young Adult

[New Post] ARC Review: Lonely for You Only by Monica Murphy

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Title: Lonely for You Only

Author: Monica Murphy

Page count: 334

Published: February 6th, 2024

Publisher: Valentine PR

Genre: Contemporary Romance

Received: From the publisher in exchange for an honest review

Rating: 4/5

Young heiress Scarlett Lancaster is delighted when her father tells her he hired a famous pop star and former boy band member to play at her eighteenth birthday. But delight becomes utter disappointment when it turns out he wasn’t talking about Harry Styles. No, Scarlett’s dad hired Tate Ramsey, former lead singer of the band Five Car Pileup, who hasn’t been popular for years. Tate, after years of alcohol- and drug-fueled partying, is sober and ready for a comeback. He is in top form at Scarlett’s party and blows the audience away with his performance–though Scarlett herself still isn’t impressed. But when they talk after he leaves the stage, their encounter ends in a kiss that surprises them both–and immediately goes viral. The viral kiss and the video of Tate singing at the party do wonders for both of their burgeoning careers. So after some careful negotiation, the two of them agree to start a fake relationship. But before long they discover their feelings might not be fake after all …

When Scarlett turns 18, she is surprised by her dad when he was able to hire Tate from Five Car Racing whom she has loved since she was 13. Scarlett is offered the deal of a lifetime and agrees, this starts as a fake relationship because Tate is in need of picking up his public image, and it turns into something more. They have a few struggles along the way not knowing what was read or what was fake but in the end, they were able to have a cute slow burn romance.

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[New Post] ARC Review: Boys That Read by Betti Rosewood

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Title: Boys That Read

Author: Betti Rosewood

Page count: 344

Published: July 30th, 2019

Publisher: The Next Step PR

Genre: Contemporary Romance

Received: From the publisher in exchange for an honest review

Rating: 3/5

She’s the mean girl.

I’m the geek.

This year, she’s fallen from grace, and I’ve climbed the ranks of our school.

Now she’s lost, and I’m on top.

My crush on her is still there, but now she’s more off-limits than ever.

The one person standing in my way is her boyfriend…

My twin brother.

Milo is interested in his future and Estella is a good friend of his that is now dating his brother. he realized that he never stopped caring for her so he’s going to do what he can to get her back. They have a history together and it isn’t before long they give in to their feelings.

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[New Post] ARC Review: More Than Just a Pretty Face by Syed M. Masood

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Title: More Than Just a Pretty Face

Author: Syed M. Masood

Page count: 352

Published: August 4th, 2020

Publisher: Netgalley

Genre: Contemporary Romance

Received: From the Publisher/Author in exchange for an honest review

Rating: 2/5

For fans of Becky Albertalli and Jenny Han, a sweetly funny YA rom-com debut about falling in love, familial expectations, and being a Renaissance Man.

Danyal Jilani doesn’t lack confidence. He may not be the smartest guy in the room, but he’s funny, gorgeous, and going to make a great chef one day. His father doesn’t approve of his career choice, but that hardly matters. What does matter is the opinion of Danyal’s longtime crush, the perfect-in-all-ways Kaval, and her family, who consider him a less than ideal arranged marriage prospect.

When Danyal gets selected for Renaissance Man–a school-wide academic championship–it’s the perfect opportunity to show everyone he’s smarter than they think. He recruits the brilliant, totally-uninterested-in-him Bisma to help with the competition, but the more time Danyal spends with her…the more he learns from her…the more he cooks for her…the more he realizes that happiness may be staring him right in his pretty face.

DNF at 40%
I just couldn’t get into this book. There was just something that was lacking for me, im not sure what it was, the writing, or the way that it was played out. I have no idea.

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[New Post] ARC Review: Good Girls Lie by J.T. Ellison

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Title: Good Girls Lie

Author: J.T. Ellison

Page count: 387

Published: December 31st, 2019

Publisher: Netgalley

Genre: Young Adult

Received: From the publisher in exchange for an honest review

Rating: 2/5

J.T. Ellison’s pulse-pounding new psychological thriller examines the tenuous bonds of friendship, the power of lies and the desperate lengths people will go to in order to protect their secrets.

Goode girls don’t lie…

Perched atop a hill in the tiny town of Marchburg, Virginia, The Goode School is a prestigious prep school known as a Silent Ivy. The boarding school of choice for daughters of the rich and influential, it accepts only the best and the brightest. Its elite status, long-held traditions and honor code are ideal for preparing exceptional young women for brilliant futures at Ivy League universities and beyond.

But a stranger has come to Goode, and this ivy has turned poisonous.

In a world where appearances are everything, as long as students pretend to follow the rules, no one questions the cruelties of the secret societies or the dubious behavior of the privileged young women who expect to get away with murder.

When a popular student is found dead, the truth cannot be ignored. Rumors suggest she was struggling with a secret that drove her to suicide.

But look closely… because there are truths and there are lies, and then there is everything that really happened.

This was a DNF for at me at 45%. I just couldn’t get into the story; the premise of the story sounds really good. I just had a hard time getting into it. I may go back and re read this and see if I can finish it so that I can do a proper review.

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