Tag: #YA

• Hunting Prince Dracula Review

  Following the grief and horror of her discovery of Jack the Ripper’s true identity, Audrey Rose Wadsworth has no choice but to flee London and its memories. Together with the arrogant yet charming Thomas Cresswell, she journeys to the dark heart of Romania, home to one of Europe’s best schools of forensic medicine… and to…

  rachelbeerwoman

  June 27, 2026

  Reviews

  #forensicmystery, #huntingprincedracula, #jamespattersonbooks, #jamespattersonpresents, #jimmypattersonimprint, #kerrimaniscalco, #littlebrownandcompany, #mystery, #rachelreads&reviews, #suspense, #thriller, #victorianfiction, #victorianmystery, #victorianromance, #YA

• Stalking Jack the Ripper Review

  Seventeen-year-old Audrey Rose Wadsworth was born a lord’s daughter, with a life of wealth and privilege stretched out before her. But between the social teas and silk dress fittings, she leads a forbidden secret life. Against her stern father’s wishes and society’s expectations, Audrey often slips away to her uncle’s laboratory to study the gruesome…

  rachelbeerwoman

  June 26, 2026

  Reviews

  #forensicmystery, #hachettebookgroup, #jamespattersonbooks, #jamespattersonpresents, #jimmypattersonimprint, #kerrimaniscalco, #littlebrownandcompany, #mystery, #proceduralmystery, #rachelreads&reviews, #stalkingjacktheripper, #suspense, #thriller, #victorianfiction, #victoriangothic, #victorianromance, #YA

• Heiress, Apparently Review

  Gemma Huang is living the dream: she’s a rising starlet in Hollywood, navigating auditions and red carpets. The only problem? Her “dream” life is completely fake. She’s not the glamorous, wealthy heiress her social media suggests. She’s actually broke, crashing on couches, and one terrible audition away from giving up. When a deep-rooted family secret…

  rachelbeerwoman

  June 22, 2026

  Reviews

  #abramsbooks, #amuletbooks, #asianmcs, #chinesemc, #daughtersofthedynasty, #dianama, #heiressapparently, #rachelreads&reviews, #YA

• Book of the Month: Death on the Lanai

  The invite delivered to 6151 Richmond Street was short on details, only promising to celebrate “the greatest artist of the century” and accompanied by a jewel-encrusted brooch—the whole package a brand of mysterious opulence that another Saturday night of gin rummy just can’t match. Blanche Devereaux’s passionate dalliances are as plentiful as hot Southern nights,…

  rachelbeerwoman

  June 15, 2026

  Book Suggestions, Book/Author Highlight

  #comedymystery, #cozymystery, #deathonthelanai, #disneyhyperion, #goldengirls, #rachelelkstromcourage, #rachelreads&reviews, #YA

• Twisted Tales: Adventure is Out There! Review

  What if it was Ellie who went UP to Paradise Falls? Sixteen-year-old Ellie McGill is fed up. Sure, for some, life in small town Americana is idyllic. Nothing but picket fences and USO dances and holiday parades. But Ellie has long dreamed of towering mountains, tangled jungles, and most of all…traveling to the incredible South…

  rachelbeerwoman

  June 13, 2026

  Reviews

  #adventureisoutthere!, #aubreysitterson, #disneyhyperion, #lizbraswell, #pixar, #rachelreads&reviews, #twistedtales, #UP, #YA

• An Expanse of Blue Review

  Aouli Elizabeth Smith is adrift: unheard at home and an unbeliever at church, fighting her sister and losing her best friend. Overflowing with feeling, she pours her secrets and herself into her song journal when the world threatens to sweep her away. The one place she feels tied down to earth is at her Aunty…

  rachelbeerwoman

  June 11, 2026

  Reviews

  #anexpanseofblue, #contemporaryfiction, #harpercollins, #heartdrumimprint, #indigenousfiction, #indigenousmcs, #kauakanilehuamahoeadams, #nativehawaiian, #poetry, #rachelreads&reviews, #realisticfiction, #YA

• 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

• 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