Short and Sweet Review Hell to Pay was such a fun surprise. Between the magical heists, the Afterlife, and a crew of lovable misfits, this book hooked me almost immediately. The premise alone is incredibly creative, and it delivered the kind of fast paced adventure that kept me wanting to know what ridiculous situation the characters […]
Short and Sweet Review We Were Never Here follows four teenagers who secretly fund their expensive private school education by breaking into supposedly haunted locations, stealing valuable artwork, and disguising it all as a popular ghost-hunting YouTube channel. But after a job at De Lys Manor ends in tragedy, with Jules dead and Georgia unable to […]
Short and Sweet Review Such a Witch follows Embry Woodcross, the popular head prefect at Raven’s Head School for the Magically Gifted. Known for helping her classmates with everything from magical beauty products to matchmaking, Embry’s reputation takes a dramatic turn when a new vampire student, Oakley, is found murdered and all the evidence points to […]
Short and Sweet Review Black Girls Don’t Cry follows Ida, the vice president of her high school’s Black Student Union, as she decides to run for prom queen after a racist “hot list” excludes every girl of color from the school. What begins as a campaign to challenge beauty standards and advocate for representation quickly spirals […]
Short and Sweet Review Evie and Her Nightmares follows Evie as she tries to navigate life after the devastating loss of her best friend, Alissa. Feeling disconnected from everyone around her, Evie finds herself drawn into Children of Hypnos, the online game Alissa had loved. What begins as a way to feel closer to her […]
Short and Sweet Review Black Point follows Lucia, a teenager who has always loved her small hometown and plans to stay after graduation to help her grandfather run the local Viking museum. When an outsider purchases the abandoned Black Point Hotel, Lucia reluctantly gets to know the owner’s nephew, Max, and together they begin uncovering the […]
Short and Sweet Review Paint Me Like Your Dead Girls follows Fliss Keller, an aspiring crime journalist whose summer takes a dark turn after she discovers a long-lost painting believed to be connected to a notorious serial killer from the early 1900s. When her father adds the painting to a famous collection at the local […]
Short and Sweet Review How (Not) to Renovate a Haunted House follows Amity, who is forced to move across the country with her mom after her parents’ divorce, hoping a new town will offer the fresh start she’s been craving. Instead, she ends up in a rundown house that’s rumored to be haunted. When she meets […]
Short and Sweet Review The Revenge Playbook had a fun premise that immediately drew me in. Two complete opposites teaming up to get revenge on the same boy sounded like it would be full of drama, tension, and plenty of satisfying payback. While the story didn’t quite deliver on that promise the way I expected, […]