Undeclared by Jen Frederick (Woodlands #1) New Adult April 28, 2013 Self Published Reviewed by May “God, I’m like the poster child for every emo sad sack girl out there. I’m letting down my gender.” Six years ago, Noah began receiving letters from a high school girl named Grace while he was deployed in Afghanistan. A part of a mandatory high school project, Grace had to write the letters and according to his CO, Noah had to respond. Over time the pair began to look forward to these Continue Reading
Review: True by Erin McCarthy
True by Erin McCarthy New Adult/Romance Contemporary May 7, 2013 Intermix Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: “I've never liked Tom Cruise. He always reminded me of someone's creepy cousin, who smiles too big before he touches your butt and whispers something gross in your ear with hot whiskey on his breath.” College sophomore Rory Macintosh has brains and beauty but the social intricacies that most of us take for granted, eludes her. When her roommates find out Rory is still a Continue Reading
Need a New Adult Rec? We got ‘em
I’m (Mandi) kind of new to the New Adult (NA) genre. I don’t know why I held out. I honestly think part of it was because there was so much hype and discussion about the genre I was over it before I even tried it. However, there is this place called Twitter where I see people tweet all of these “OMG THIS BOOK AHHH” tweets all the time and I have zero control when it comes to said tweets. There are also people/friends (one named Tori) that are always talking about these fantastic NA books Continue Reading
Review: Plastic Hearts by Lisa De Jong
Plastic Hearts (Hearts #1) by Lisa De Jong New Adult February 27, 2013 Kindle-Self Published Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: “He was everything I didn't think I could have and somehow, he'd become everything I needed. There was a part of me that knew I would never recover if this fell apart, but what I felt now was worth it.” Alexandra (Alex) Riley is a young college student whose entire life has been planned out by her rigid socially conscience parents. From her pre med major to what Continue Reading
Review: The Stillness of You by Julie Bale
The Stillness Of You (Beautifully Damaged #1) by Julie Bale New Adult March 12, 2013 Self Published Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: “Ben Lancaster was going to break me and I didn’t care. I didn’t care at all “ The Stillness of you is a raw, emotional, turbulent, and honest contemporary romance that addresses mental illness and the stigma that unfortunately follows it. Well written with a smooth storyline, well plotted conflicts, and some smoking hot romance. Strong characters Continue Reading
Review: There is No Light in Darkness by Claire Contreras
There Is No Light In Darkness by Claire Contreras New Adult January 10, 2013 Self Published Reviewed by Tori Blake Brannon’s life became a cruel mixture of lies and half truths when her parents were murdered and she was kidnapped as a young child. Now in college, she seeks to discover what really happened that fateful night. Who took her and why? Her friends and lover try to help her in her search, though she seeks to push them away in fear that they will suffer for her asking Continue Reading
Review: If You Stay by Courtney Cole
If You Stay by Courtney Cole (Beautifully Broken #1) New Adult Romance February 5, 2014 Lakehouse Press Reviewed by Mandi When I was offered this book for review, I went to Goodreads to read the blurb and the first sentence, “24-year old Pax Tate is an asshole.” was pretty much a guarantee I would read this one. I’m weak for an asshole hero. Well, I’m weak for a well done asshole hero. Like a well done steak, I want my asshole hero to cook for a long time. To really let that Continue Reading
Guest Review: Hopeless by Colleen Hoover
I’m happy to have Shelly back with another guest review. She reads a lot in the New Adult genre and wanted to share her review of Hopeless. As I was looking through Goodreads and scanning the internet for other reviews of this book I found it quite intriguing that it either got 5-stars or 1-star reviews. Nothing in the middle. There was either immense love (as Shelly has for it) or immense dislike. One person who really disliked this book is Brie from Romance Around the Corner. I encourage you Continue Reading
Guest Review: The Edge of Never by J.A. Redmerski
The Edge of Never by J.A. Redmerski New Adult Contemporary Romance November 15, 2012 Self Published Shelly is very passionate about books and music, and I was so happy when she offered to review this book. You can find more of her reviews at Goodreads. Before reading a novel I usually take a few minutes to check out the author; look at their website, other works, their bio, and (if they have a goodreads page) what books they read or recommend. I feel like I can better understand their Continue Reading