Publisher: Simon and Schuster Canada, August 24th 2021 Format: ebook Pages: 384 Rating: 5/5 stars Synopsis (from Goodreads): Hungary, 1943: As war encroaches on the country’s borders, willful young Eva César arrives in the idyllic town of Sopron to spend her last summer as a single woman on her aristocratic family’s estate. Longing for freedom … Continue reading Book Review: When the Summer was Ours by Roxanne Veletzos

Publisher: Simon and Schuster Canada, August 10th 2021 Format: Paperback  Pages: 384 Rating: 4/5 stars Synopsis (from Goodreads): Peter Orner, author of Am I Alone Here, coming-of-age tale follows a young man who is forced to flee his homeland of Rwanda during the Civil War and make sense of his reality.Nobody ever makes it to … Continue reading Book Review: The Eternal Audience of One by Remy Ngamije

Publisher: Penguin Teen Canada, August 21st 2021 Format: ebook Pages: 224 Rating: 5/5 stars Synopsis (from Goodreads): Twenty stand-alone short stories, essays, poems, and more from celebrated and award-winning authors make up this YA anthology that explores the Mexican American experience. With works by Francisco X. Stork, Guadalupe Garcia McCall, David Bowles, Rubén Degollado, e.E. … Continue reading Book Review: Living Beyond Borders by Margarita Longoria

Publisher: Harper Collins Canada, August 3rd 2021 Format: Paperback  Pages: 237 Rating: 5/5 stars Synopsis (from Goodreads): A haunting novel about a black woman who returns to her hometown for a plantation wedding and the horror that ensues as she reconnects with the blood-soaked history of the land and the best friends she left behind.More … Continue reading Book Review: When the Reckoning Comes by LaTayna McQueen

Publisher: Penguin Teen Canada, August 3rd 2021 Format: ebook Pages: 384 Rating: 4/5 stars Synopsis (from Goodreads): For fans of Wilder Girls and Ninth House comes a dark, twisty, atmospheric thriller about a boarding school haunted by its history of witchcraft and two girls dangerously close to digging up the past.Felicity Morrow is back at Dalloway School.Perched in the … Continue reading Book Review: A Lesson in Vengeance by Victoria Lee

Publisher: Harper Collins Canada and Harlequin Books, July27th 2021 Format: ebook Pages: 368 Rating: 5/5 stars Synopsis (from Goodreads): An extraordinary story inspired by the real Women’s Air Raid Defense, where an unlikely recruit and her sisters-in-arms forge their place in WWII history.Daisy Wilder prefers the company of horses to people, bare feet and salt water … Continue reading Book Review: Radar Girls by Sarah Ackerman

Publisher: Simon and Schuster Canada, August 10th 2021 Format: Paperback Pages: 304 Rating: 4/5 stars Synopsis (from Goodreads): London, November 1941. Following the departure of the formidable Henrietta Bird from Woman’s Friend magazine, things are looking up for Emmeline Lake as she takes on the challenge of becoming a young wartime advice columnist. Her relationship with boyfriend … Continue reading Book Review: Yours Cheerfully by A.J. Pearce

Publisher: Simon and Schuster Canada, July 13th 2021 Format: ebook Pages: 208 Rating: 5/5 stars Synopsis (from Goodreads): A powerful and provocative collection of essays that offers poignant reflections on living between society’s most charged, politicized, and intractably polar spaces—between black and white, rich and poor, thin and fat.Savala Nolan knows what it means to … Continue reading Book Review: Don’t Let It Get You Down by Savala Nolan

Publisher: Simon and Schuster Canada, July 13th 2021 Format: ebook Pages: 352 Rating: 4/5 stars Synopsis (from Goodreads): We had no warning that she’d come back.Hollow’s Edge used to be a quiet place. A private and idyllic neighborhood where neighbors dropped in on neighbors, celebrated graduation and holiday parties together, and looked out for one … Continue reading Book Review: Such a Quiet Place by Megan Miranda

Publisher: Avon Books UK, July 8th 2021 Format: ebook Pages: 400 Rating: 4/5 stars Synopsis (from Goodreads): A perilous mission. An unforgivable betrayal. A secret lost in time…1584: Elizabeth I rules England. But a dangerous plot is brewing in court, and Mary Queen of Scots will stop at nothing to take her cousin’s throne.There’s only one … Continue reading Book Review: The Queen’s Spy by Clare Marchant