Category: Young Adult
Love Advice from the Great Duke of Hell, Volume 1 by unfins
Queen B’s Decree: I don’t read a lot of webtoons or graphic novels, but this one looked too good to resist. It was hilarious. Funny dialogue, interesting characters, silly premise/plot—and especially the art. Is some of the humor kind of low brow and ridiculous? Yes, but I still laughed. An enjoyable and quick webtoon and […]
The Cavalier by Israh Azizi
Queen B’s Decree: There were a lot of moving parts in The Cavalier with multiple points-of-view. I really enjoyed seeing both sides of the “war,” with Velamir and Natassa slowly understanding there is more happening behind the scenes than they knew about. Velamir was a strong main character; I loved his sense of self and […]
Ludik and the Runaway Mountain by John Ilho
Queen B’s Decree: This story focuses mostly on Deaf of Hard of Hearing boy, Ludik. He’s an orphan after the mountain “ran away” and destroyed his village. On his way to fight the mountain as a young boy, he’s saved and adopted by Heimee, a whisky distiller. Heimee was my favorite character. He was snarky […]
St. Ambrose School for Girls by Jessica Ward
Queen B’s Decree: This is a mix of a coming of age story and a murder mystery. Sarah is a new scholarship student at a rich girl’s boarding school, and she’s definitely learning she doesn’t fit in when the resident mean girl sets her sights on her. This story is told through Sarah’s point-of-view entirely, […]
Whisper of Weapons by Savannah J. Goins
Twilight by Stephenie Meyer
Repeat After Me by Jessica Warman
Queen B’s Decree: What happens when a couple teenagers are stuck on a remote island…and there are no repercussions when they are stuck in a time loop? Repeat After Me explores that. I couldn’t stop reading. Definitely a dark comedy, these kids are crass, abrasive, secretive, and explore the limits of humanity—since there is nothing […]
Love Requires Chocolate by Ravynn K. Stringfield
Queen B’s Decree: Love Requires Chocolate was a pretty low stakes read that made me wish I’d been able to attend a study abroad. Whitney and Thierry are pretty adorable together, and I enjoyed their progression from annoyed tutor and student to friends to more than friends. Whitney can sometimes be immature..but she’s a senior […]