YA

Jul 6
3 min

A THOUSAND FIRES

I stayed awake until four in the morning reading A Thousand Fires, and for the first time in history, the loss of sleep wasn’t worth it.

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shelfwornbooks

Apr 9
3 min

MORE THAN WE CAN TELL

We meet Rev in Letters to the Lost – he's Declan's best friend – and I was so excited that he had his own book.

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shelfwornbooks

Apr 7
2 min

THE BEST LAID PLANS

Cuuuuuuute. That's what came to mind first when I read The Best Laid Plans. This book was cute, y'all, and really brought back memories.

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shelfwornbooks

Jan 19
3 min

LETTERS TO THE LOST

I stand by my belief that some books you read at exactly the right time.

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shelfwornbooks

Sep 25, 2019
3 min

THE CHAOS OF STARS

"And I'd choose you; in a hundred lifetimes, in a hundred worlds, in any version of reality, I'd find you and I'd choose you."

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shelfwornbooks

Sep 17, 2019
2 min

TO KILL A KINGDOM

Siren Princess Lira has seventeen hearts under her bed. And not just any hearts--she’s hand-ripped the hearts out of princes.

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shelfwornbooks

Sep 17, 2019
2 min

IMAGINE US HAPPY

Imagine Us Happy was... disappointing? Or maybe I read it at a point in time where it just didn’t make an impact.

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shelfwornbooks

Sep 17, 2019
2 min

A MAP FOR WRECKED GIRLS

When their boat explodes and Emma, Henri, and Alex are stranded on an island, it's hard for Emma to tell which will kill her first.

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shelfwornbooks

Sep 2, 2019
2 min

STALKING JACK THE RIPPER

Stalking Jack the Ripper is what I like to call a "high hype" book. Everyone on Instagram and Goodreads love it, swear and swoon by it, etc.

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shelfwornbooks

Aug 26, 2019
3 min

SIX GOODBYES WE NEVER SAID

I've been on a long search for a YA book that gives me The Feels since All the Bright Places and I've been hard pressed to find one.

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shelfwornbooks

Oct 17, 2018
2 min

AND I DARKEN

When your friends tell you that the main character of a series is savage, naturally you pick it up. And Ladislav "Lada" Dragwyla is savage.

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shelfwornbooks

Oct 6, 2018
2 min

SKY IN THE DEEP

First things first: the summary on the jacket of this book does not do it justice. I’m not sure my review will either.

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