Tag: #comingofage

• Whatever Happened to Lori Lovely Review

  In 1969 twenty-three-year-old starlet Lori Lovely, the apple of Hollywood’s eye, shocks the world by ditching a promising film career to take vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience as a Benedictine nun. Gossip columnists and scandal sheets can’t get enough of the story. Why would a successful starlet take the veil? Was she hiding from…

  rachelbeerwoman

  November 26, 2025

  Reviews

  #chicklit, #comingofage, #contemporaryfiction, #harpercollins, #historicalfiction, #hollywood, #rachelreads&reviews, #sarahmccoy, #spiritual, #whateverhappenedtolorilovely, #williammorrowbooks, #women’sfiction

• Ranking Go for the Gold Gymnasts

  Written by Olympic medalist, Dominique Moceanu and author, Alicia Thompson, this quartet dives into the grit and determination of competitive gymnastics combined with the coming of age and friendship of the Texas Twisters teammates.

  rachelbeerwoman

  November 19, 2025

  Rankings

  #aliciathompson, #comingofage, #disneyhyperion, #dominiquemoceanu, #goforthegoldgymnasts, #gymnastics, #middlegrade, #rachelreads&reviews, #sports

• The Taylors Double Review

  This is going to be a unique as The Taylors are two novels, one middle-grade, one YA by two different authors focusing on the same group of friends as they navigate love and friendship through their namesake, Taylor Swift. So let’s start with Calonita’s. Taylor (aka Teffy to her family) is terrified to start middle…

  rachelbeerwoman

  October 20, 2025

  Reviews

  #comingofage, #contemporaryromance, #elizabetheulberg, #jencalonita, #middlegrade, #rachelreads&reviews, #realisticfiction, #scholastic, #taylorswift, #thetaylors, #thetaylors:lovestories, #YA

• Kelly Yang Interview

  Kelly Yang is the award-winning author for kids and young adults with popular titles such as the Front Desk series, Parachutes, Little Bird Laila, and more. She graciously took the time to answer my questions about her work, and share what’s coming next. Enjoy! 1. When did you feel ready to start pitching your own…

  rachelbeerwoman

  October 6, 2025

  Interview

  #comingofage, #contemporaryfiction, #frontdesk, #littlebirdlaila, #parachutes, #picturebooks, #rachelreads&reviews, #scholastic, #YA

• Family Tree

  It’s no surprise that Ann M. Martin writes well. Who else could write a pop culture phenomena as the BSC? But while the BSC may be the most popular of her works, I want to highlight this series, combining warm, small town insight and historical fiction. Main Street is my favorite out of Martin’s works,…

  rachelbeerwoman

  September 28, 2025

  Book Suggestions, Book/Author Highlight

  #annm.martin, #betterkeptsecret, #bettertowish, #comingofage, #familytree, #historicalfiction, #homeistheplace, #middlegrade, #quartet, #rachelreads&reviews, #thelongwayhome

• Café con Lychee Review

  Sometimes bitter rivalries can brew something sweet. Theo Mori wants to escape. Leaving Vermont for college means getting away from working at his parents’ Asian American café and dealing with their archrivals’ hopeless son Gabi who’s lost the soccer team more games than Theo can count. Gabi Moreno is miserably stuck in the closet. Forced…

  rachelbeerwoman

  September 19, 2025

  Reviews

  #asianmcs, #caféconlychee, #comingofage, #contemporaryromance, #emerylee, #harpercollins, #latinx, #lgtbq, #quilltreebooks, #rachelreads&reviews, #YA

• Say a Little Prayer Review

  Riley quietly left church a year ago when she realized there was no place for a bi girl in her congregation. But it wasn’t until the pastor shunned her older sister for getting an abortion that she really wanted to burn it all down. It’s just her luck, then, that she’s sent to the principal’s…

  rachelbeerwoman

  September 10, 2025

  Reviews

  #christianity, #comingofage, #contemporaryromance, #jessicavordis, #lgtbq, #rachelreads&reviews, #religion, #sayalittleprayer, #vikingbooksforyoungreaders, #YA

• This is Why They Hate Us Review

  Enrique “Quique” Luna has one goal this summer—get over his crush on Saleem Kanazi by pursuing his other romantic prospects. Never mind that he’s only out to his best friend, Fabiola. Never mind that he has absolutely zero game. And definitely forget the fact that good and kind and, not to mention, beautiful Saleem is…

  rachelbeerwoman

  August 30, 2025

  Reviews

  #aaronh.aceves, #comingofage, #contemporaryromance, #lgtbq, #rachelreads&reviews, #realisticfiction, #simon&schuster, #YA

• This is Kind of an Epic Love Story Review

  Nathan Bird doesn’t believe in happy endings. Although he’s the ultimate film buff and an aspiring screenwriter, Nate’s seen the demise of too many relationships to believe that happy endings exist in real life. Playing it safe to avoid a broken heart has been his MO ever since his father died and left his mom…

  rachelbeerwoman

  August 26, 2025

  Reviews

  #balzerandbray, #comingofage, #contemporaryromance, #harpercollins, #kacencallender, #kheryncallender, #lgtbq, #rachelreads&reviews, #realisticfiction, #thisiskindofanepiclovestory, #YA

• Instructions for Dancing Review

  Evie Thomas doesn’t believe in love anymore. Especially after the strangest thing occurs one otherwise ordinary afternoon: She witnesses a couple kiss and is overcome with a vision of how their romance began . . . and how it will end. After all, even the greatest love stories end with a broken heart, eventually. As…

  rachelbeerwoman

  July 30, 2025

  Reviews

  #comingofage, #contemporaryromance, #delcourtpress, #instructionsfordancing, #magicalrealism, #magicalrealisn, #nicolayoon, #penguinrandomhouse, #rachelreads&reviews, #realisticfiction, #YA