Rachel Reads & Reviews

The League of Dangerous Young Ladies Review

It’s 1909 and Rose Moriarty—teenage daughter of Sherlock Holmes’ greatest enemy—has made a name for herself fighting monsters and solving crimes. But that was before Rose met the one mystery she couldn’t solve: the disappearance of her headmistress. Now, her school has shut down, her classmates have scattered, and Rose is on her own.On the…

rachelbeerwoman

June 10, 2026

Reviews

#action, #actionadventure, #crossover, #dr.moreu, #dracula, #fantasy, #frankenstein, #historicalfantasy, #J.A.morgenstern, #literature, #rachelreads&reviews, #sherlockholmes, #simon&schuster, #simonpulse, #urbanfantasy, #YA

Book of the Month: Project Hail Mary

Ryland Grace is the sole survivor on a desperate, last-chance mission—and if he fails, humanity and the earth itself will perish. Except that right now, he doesn’t know that. He can’t even remember his own name, let alone the nature of his assignment or how to complete it. All he knows is that he’s been…

rachelbeerwoman

June 1, 2026

Book Suggestions, Book/Author Highlight

#andyweir, #penguinrandomhouse, #projecthailmary, #rachelreads&reviews, #scifi

From Little Tokyo, With Love Review

If Rika’s life seems like the beginning of a familiar fairy tale—being an orphan with two bossy cousins and working away in her aunts’ business—she would be the first to reject that foolish notion. After all, she loves her family (even if her cousins were named after Disney characters), and with her biracial background, amazing…

rachelbeerwoman

May 31, 2026

Reviews

#asianmcs, #biracialmcs, #comingofage, #contemporaryfiction, #contemporaryromance, #fromlittletokyowithlove, #rachelreads&reviews, #realisticfiction, #sarahkuhn, #YA

Priyanka Taslim Interview

Priyanka Taslim is the author of rom-coms, The Love Match and Always Be My Bibi, featuring swoony Bengali Muslim characters. She graciously took the time to answer my questions about arranged marriages, Bengali representation, and her upcoming adult romance. Enjoy! 1. You got your start writing with fan fiction, what were the fandoms that started…

rachelbeerwoman

May 30, 2026

Reviews

#alwaysbemybibi, #asianmcs, #bengalirepresentation, #muslimrepresentation, #muslimromance, #muslimYA, #priyankataslim, #rachelreads&reviews, #southasiansmcs, #thelovematch, #YA

Eighteen Roses Review

Lucia Cruz may be turning eighteen this year, but she is not the debutante type. Everything about a traditional Filipino debut feels all wrong for her. Besides, custom dictates that eighteen friends attend her for a special ceremony on her birthday, and Lucia only has one friend– Esmé Mares. They’ve stuck to each other’s side…

rachelbeerwoman

May 29, 2026

Reviews

#asianamerican, #asianmcs, #comingofage, #contemporaryfiction, #eighteenroses, #feiwel&friends, #filipinamc, #rachelreads&reviews, #realisticfiction, #shannonc.f.rogers, #YA

Julia DeVillers Interview

Julia DeVillers is the author of several tween/teen books like Trading Faces (with her own twin sister), Liberty Porter, First Daughter, How My Personal Private Journal Became a Bestseller, Meet Me at Wonderland, and more. She graciously took the time to answer my questions about her beginnings in the industry, turning her first novel into…

rachelbeerwoman

May 17, 2026

Interview

#aladdin, #girlwise, #howmypersonalprivatejournalbecameabestseller, #juliadevillers, #libertyporterfirstdaughter, #meetmeatwonderland, #middlegrade, #rachelreads&reviews, #readitandweep, #simon&schuster, #tradingfaces, #tweenage

Shards of Silence Review

Even if it hurts to leave behind his friends and family in Navajo, New Mexico—especially his great-grandmother, Mildred—Derrick knows his scholarship to an elite East Coast boarding school is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Sagefield Academy is totally different from life on the His new classmates vacation in Europe and take study drugs. Derrick wants to stick…

rachelbeerwoman

May 15, 2026

Reviews

#brianleeyoung, #comingofage, #contemporaryfiction, #heartdrumimprint, #indigenousfiction, #indigenousmcs, #indigenousYA, #navejo, #rachelreads&reviews, #shardsofsilence, #YA

Khadijah VanBrakle Interview

Khadijah VanBrakle is the author of Fatima Tate Takes the Cake, and My Perfect Family, and strives to depict characters that reflect the intersection of the Black Muslim American experience. She graciously took the time to answer my questions about representation, her sophomore novel, and what’s coming next. Enjoy! My 2012 new year’s resolution was…

rachelbeerwoman

May 11, 2026

Interview

#africanamericanfiction, #africanamericanmcs, #blackmuslimFMCs, #fatimatatetakesthecake, #khadijahvanbrakle, #muslimrepresentation, #myperfectfamily, #rachelreads&reviews, #YA

Randi Smith Interview

Randi Smith is a librarian from Kentucky, although you may know her from her Substack work and tiktok where she discusses her work, and other thoughts on reading. This month, her debut YA Ada Holloway’s Had Enough came out, and she was kind enough to take the time to answer my questions on writing, book…

rachelbeerwoman

May 8, 2026

Interview

#adaholloway’shadenough, #bookbans, #cenorship, #rachelreads&reviews, #randismith, #YA

Saints of the Household Review

Max and Jay have always depended on one another for their survival. Growing up with a physically abusive father, the two Bribri American brothers have learned that the only way to protect themselves and their mother is to stick to a schedule and keep their heads down. But when they hear a classmate in trouble…

rachelbeerwoman

May 7, 2026

Reviews

#aritison, #farrarstrausandgiroux, #indigenousfiction, #rachelreads&reviews, #thesaintsofthehousehold, #YA