Genre: YA Contemporary Romance  Publisher: Penguin Teen Canada, published February 2 2021 Format: ebook Pages: 336 Rating: 4/5 stars Synopsis (from Goodreads): To her friends, high school senior Liza Yang is nearly perfect. Smart, kind, and pretty, she dreams big and never shies away from a challenge. But to her mom, Liza is anything but. … Continue reading Book Review: A Taste for Love by Jennifer Yen

Genre: Non-fiction Publisher: Simon and Schuster Canada, published February 2 2021 Format: Paperback Pages: 320 Rating: 5/5 stars Synopsis (from Goodreads): A stirring and powerful memoir from black cultural critic Rebecca Carroll recounting her painful struggle to overcome a completely white childhood in order to forge her identity as a black woman in America.Rebecca Carroll … Continue reading Book Review: Surviving the White Gaze by Rebecca Carroll

Genre: Historical Fiction Publisher: Blue Box Press, published February 2 2021 Format: ebook Pages: unknown Rating: 4/5 stars Synopsis (from Goodreads): From New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestseller M.J. Rose comes a provocative and moving story of a young female architect in post-World War II Manhattan, who stumbles upon a hidden treasure and … Continue reading Book Review: The Last Tiara by M.J. Rose

Genre: Historical Fiction Publisher: Aria and Aries, January 28th 2021 Format: ebook Pages: unknown Rating: 4/5 stars Synopsis: Description Falling in love with the enemy is the ultimate act of betrayal... 1917. A farm girl from Cavan, Veronica McDermott is desperate to find more to life than peeling potatoes. Persuading her family to let her stay … Continue reading Book Review: Dublin’s Girl by Eimear Lawlor

Genre: Historical Fiction Publisher: Penguin Teen Canada, January 19th Format: ebook Pages: 416 Rating: 4/5 stars Synopsis (Goodreads): Acclaimed author of Ash Malinda Lo returns with her most personal and ambitious novel yet, a gripping story of love and duty set in San Francisco's Chinatown during the Red Scare.“That book. It was about two women, and they … Continue reading Book Review: Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo

Genre: YA Fantasy Publisher: Penguin Teen Canada, January 19th Format: ebook Pages: 448 Rating: 4/5 stars Synopsis (Goodreads): The first book in an epic, heart-pounding fantasy duology about two royal heirs betrothed to be married, but whose loyalties are torn, and a ruthless enemy who threatens their world, perfect for fans of Sabaa Tahir, Hafsah … Continue reading Book Review: Cast in Firelight by Dana Swift

Genre: Historical Fiction Publisher: Simon and Schuster Canada, January 12 Format: Paperback Pages: 464 Rating: 4/5 stars Synopsis (Goodreads): An enthralling, redemptive novel set in Bangkok in 1972 and Washington, DC, in 2019 about an expatriate child who goes missing, whose family is contacted decades later by a man claiming to be the vanished boy.Washington, … Continue reading Book Review: What Could be Saved by Liese O’Halloran Schwarz

Genre: Historical Fiction Publisher: Simon and Schuster Canada, January 12 Format: Paperback Pages: 288 Rating: 5/5 stars Synopsis (Goodreads): In the tradition of Wench and Twelve Years a Slave, this harrowing story follows an enslaved woman forced to barter love and freedom while living in the most infamous slave jail in Virginia.Born on a plantation in Charles City, … Continue reading Book Review: Yellow Wife by Sadeqa Johnson

Genre: YA Contemporary  Publisher: Simon and Schuster Canada, January 12 Format: Paperback Pages: 384 Rating: 4/5 stars Synopsis (Goodreads): To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before meets Save the Date in this sweet and hijinks-filled rom-com about a teen girl who will do whatever it takes to find a date for her sister’s wedding.Mia’s friends love rom-coms. Mia … Continue reading Book Review: The Meet Cute Project by Rhiannon Richardson

Genre: Historical Fiction Publisher: Simon and Schuster Canada, January 12 Format: Paperback Pages: 336 Rating: 5/5 stars Synopsis (Goodreads): From the author of the “fast-paced, heartbreaking, and hopeful” (Kristin Harmel, author of The Room on Rue Amélie) The Light After the War, a riveting and heartfelt story of a young woman recruited to be a spy for … Continue reading Book Review: Lana’s War by Anita Abriel