This book is fairly standard YA fare. Beautiful young protagonist with her beautiful best friend and beautiful boyfriend have magical goings-on that tempt fate and what have you. There's very little character development that's going on here, as Charlotte wants to help people from the start, Sara...
Sloane and James survived The Program, but can they still run away together? With new threats coming from The Program and the epidemic taking on a whole new form, they both decide to make a run for it. But The Program won't let them get away that easy, once they're free The Program is one step be...
ᴛʜᴇ ᴛʀᴇᴀᴛᴍᴇɴᴛ ᴡᴀs ʀᴇᴀʟʟ ɢᴏᴏᴅ ɪɴ ᴍʏ ᴏᴘɪɴɪᴏɴ. ɪᴛ ᴡᴀs ᴀ ᴡᴏʀʟᴅ ɪ ᴡᴏᴜʟᴅ ᴏғ ɴᴇᴠᴇʀ ᴛʜᴏᴜɢʜᴛ ᴏғ ᴀs ᴘᴏssɪʙʟᴇ ᴡʜᴇʀᴇ sᴜɪᴄɪᴅᴇ ɪs ᴋɴᴏᴡ ᴀɴ ᴇᴘɪᴅᴇᴍɪᴄ. ᴛʜᴇ ᴛʀᴇᴀᴛᴍᴇɴᴛ sᴛᴀʀᴛᴇᴅ ʀᴇᴀʟʟʏ ᴄᴏᴏʟ ʙᴇᴄᴀᴜsᴇ ɪᴛ sᴛᴀʀᴛs ʀɪɢʜᴛ ᴡʜᴇʀᴇ ᴛʜᴇ ғɪʀsᴛ ʙᴏᴏᴋ ᴛʜᴇ ᴘʀᴏɢʀᴀᴍ ғɪɴɪsʜᴇs sᴏ ʏᴏᴜ ᴄᴏᴜʟᴅ ʀᴇᴀʟʟʏ ʀᴇᴀᴅ ᴛʜᴇᴍ ʙᴀᴄᴋ ᴛᴏ ʙᴀᴄᴋ ᴀɴᴅ ɴᴏᴛ ʙᴇ ʟᴏsᴛ. ᴛʜᴇ...
I liked this book but I didn't love it. The main character, Tessa, is the perkiest cheerleader that I have ever heard of and I do realize that there are people out in the world that are like that no matter what is happening in there lives. If she was just a cheerleader, even the captain of the ch...
A great sequel that left me satisfied with this book, but still wanting more in the next one. Tessa is down but not out in this book, still recovering from the betrayals, the lies, and general lack of support that ended the first book. Her stylist even tells her that the stress of her year has ...
This is the third and final book in the Need So Beautiful series by Suzanne Young, a series I have loved from the very beginning, and it only has nine chapters. So I’m only going to take nine sentences to review it:I wish it were longer. The beginning takes a while to set up, but the writing is...
I can hear Lourdes’s ragged breaths getting stronger and more measured. The entirety of their story is catastrophic, devastating. “I’m sorry for what happened to you,” I say, knowing it’s not enough. “I can’t imagine . . . I . . .” My voice startles Catherine, and she wipes away the tears on her ...
Next to me, close, is the dark-haired handler. He smiles. “Worried I’d given you too much Thorazine. You’ve been out for hours.” He reaches to brush my hair away from my face. I jump, turning my head violently away, repulsed. “Don’t touch me,” I hiss. “Don’t you dare touch me.” He laughs. “Miss B...
He exited his contract eight months ago, but he still got paid for his first three years. He gets nothing for the extra year he put in because he broke the second contract. He ended up putting the money down on a home, which was way more responsible of him than any of us expected. He also dropped...
Virginia and I walk side by side until we pause next to a silver car with a bundle of unburned sage hanging from its rearview mirror. We get inside, and the space is fragrant and comforting. Aromatherapy, I think. We occasionally use it with our clients. “My dad’s old car,” she says when she noti...
I thought it sounded fun. And I’m entitled to a bit of fun once in a while. Isaac and I arrive at the cages and find Jason waiting for us near the little shop that houses concessions, a big wad of gum stuck in the side of his mouth like chew. He’s wearing a jersey that’s tight over his rounded st...
She wanted to arrive well before Rosie got off work and came to the house. Edna’s excuse would be that she wanted to give the girls a special day by taking them shopping and out for lunch. Afterwards, they could have an afternoon of hair styling and manicures. Irene was excited about the idea, an...
the windshield wipers seemed to taunt her. As she left Boston, Edna had been preoccupied by traffic and lights and detours until she reached the interstate. Then, trying to plan how to secure the house against a major storm, she thought about Albert and what he would do. T...
That looks good.” He eyed her pastry. She laughed at his hungry look, like a small child drooling over candy. “Go get yourself some breakfast. We're in no hurry. I have the next several hours off.” She felt as though she were playing hooky from school. By the time Ernie returned, she was still no...
It’s a run-down place off Route 5 with a light out in their vacancy sign. I wonder how long he’s been living here. When I park in front of his room, there is a tug of sadness. I don’t want this day to end. I don’t want Harlin to go. As if sensing my mood, he turns to me and smiles. “Did you want ...
Edna followed to see Renee sitting next to her mother’s bed with a book in her lap. It looked like a Bible. As Edna moved farther into the room, she saw Guy seated on the opposite side of the bed, holding his mother’s hand. Cherisse lay propped on two pillows. She seemed to be asleep, but her eye...