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Book: How to Make Friends with the Dark
Author: Kathleen Glasgow
Published: April 9, 2019
Publisher: Delacorte Press
Pages: 421
Genre: YA Contemporary
How to Make Friends with the Dark by Kathleen Glasgow [book review]
Category: YA
This is Not a Ghost Story by Andrea Portes [book review]
Book: This is Not a Ghost Story
Author: Andrea Portes
Published: November 17, 2020
Publisher: Harper Teen
Pages: 288
Genre: YA Horror
You Can Go Your Own Way by Eric Smith [book review]
Book: You Can Go Your Own Way
Author: Eric Smith
Published: November 2, 2021
Publisher: Inkyard Press
Pages: 336
Genre: YA Contemporary
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Read more “You Can Go Your Own Way by Eric Smith [book review]”Anna Dressed In Blood by Kendare Blake [book review]
Book: Anna Dressed in Blood
Author: Kendare Blake
Published: October 17, 2011
Publisher: Tor Teen
Pages: 316
Genre: YA Horror
Setting: Thunder Bay, Ontario
Hey everyone and welcome to Owl Book World. Today I’m writing a review for Anna Dressed in Blood. I’m sure if you’re here then you’ve heard of this book before! Let me know in the comments where you heard the book from!
Read more “Anna Dressed In Blood by Kendare Blake [book review]”Legend by Marie Lu [book review]
Book: Legend
Author: Marie Lu
Published: November 29, 2011
Publisher: Putnam Juvenile
Pages: 305
Legend book genre: YA Dystopian
Setting: LA (2130)
Hey everyone and welcome to Owl Book World! I’m so happy to see you here. Today I’m writing a review about Legend by Marie Lu. I just found out about this book recently through TikTok (if you’d like to follow me there you can find me here) and I just had to get my hands on it. I’m surprised I have never heard of this book before getting on TikTok since I really enjoy dystopian novels!
Read more “Legend by Marie Lu [book review]”The Dead Boyfriend by R.L. Stine [book review]
Book: The Dead Boyfriend
By: R.L. Stine
Published: September 27, 2016
Publisher: A Thomas Dunne Book for St. Martin’s Griffin
Pages: 276
Genre: YA Horror
Read more “The Dead Boyfriend by R.L. Stine [book review]”Lies like Wildfire by Jennifer Lynn Alvarez [book review]
Book: Lies Like Wildfire
Author: Jennifer Lynn Alvarez
Published: September 7, 2021
Publisher: Delacoret Press
Genre: YA Thriller
Pages: 384
About Lies Like Wildfire
Lies Like Wildfire is a YA thriller by Jennifer Lynn Alvarez. The story follows eighteen-year-old Hannah Warner. She’s had a rough life from her mother driving drunk and accidentally killing someone to her father having to be the one to put her in jail. She’s now trying to get her life back on track. She’s doing well in school and has plans to go to college for law enforcement. When she and her friends go to their secret spot in the woods just to hang out something bad happens. They accidentally start a fire in California on a day they weren’t supposed to even think about lighting a flame. They keep the situation a secret but what happens when the police are able to figure out the source that’ll lead them their way.
What I thought about Lies Like Wildfire
I want to thank Dave from The Write Reads and the publishers for the opportunity to read and review Lies Like Wildfire. I’m not even sure what I expected from the story but I saw the cover and saw that it was a YA thriller and I just had to get my hands on the book. I couldn’t help but be excited to read this one.
The Characters
Lies like Wildfire follows Hannah Warner who is ultimately a good kid. Despite all that has happened to her she still pushes herself to do better and to be better. She wants more for her life and not be like her mother who was a huge screw-up. Why would she want the same life for herself?
Jennifer does an amazing job with Hannah Warner. She’s a very three-dimensional character that I ended up really liking. On top of that I can see why she would be scared to tell anyone about the that she accidentally helped started. Hannah didn’t want to be anything like her mother and she didn’t want to let her father down. Her response to the whole situation seems completely logical. My only thing is that she’s not really a good friend. For someone who really wants to keep her friends together she’e perfectly willing to throw them under the bus.
The Plot
I’m not really sure what I was expecting when it comes to the plot of Lies Like Wildfire. When I ended up getting the earc for the book I had actually forgotten what the story was about so I was in for a nice surprise when I started reading it.
For me the start of the book and towards the end of book were really good. In the middle I wasn’t exactly sure where the story was going to go or if they were going to get charged for the fire. The story actually surpassed my expectations because like I said I had forgotten what the book was even about.
Yes, I know I need to stop stop participating in blog tours and then forgetting completely what the book was even about! I do it all of the time and I hope I’m not alone!
I do have to say that the ending completely surprised me and I loved it! I will be reading a lot more of Jennifer’s books!
If you liked this review then you might also like my list of YA thrillers you need to have on you shelf!
Dagger Hill by Devon Taylor [book review]
Dagger Hill
Devon Taylor
Published by: Swoon Reads
Publication date: August 17th 2021
Genres: Mystery, Paranormal, Young Adult
Stranger Things meets One of Us Is Lying in this creepy paranormal mystery about four friends who find themselves hunted by a malevolent presence in their sleepy hometown.
It knows your fear…
Summer, 1989. Four best friends—Gabe, Kimberly, Charlie, and Sonya—are preparing for their last summer together before senior year, after which they’ll all be splitting up to start college in different parts of the country. They make a promise to always find their way back to each other, no matter how far away from their sleepy Pennsylvania hometown they get.
But their plans are destroyed when a plane crashes right on top of their favorite hangout outside of town—and right on top of them.
In the catastrophic aftermath of the incident, Gabe, Sonya and Charlie are plagued by eerie visions and messages from an unknown watcher. They soon realize that the plane crash was no accident, and now they are being hunted by a sinister presence. And everyone is still searching for Kimberly, who has been missing ever since Gabe saw somebody wearing a gas mask carry her out of the woods the day the sky fell down on them…
What I thought of Dagger Hill
So, this is the first book that I read by Devon Taylor and I’m so glad that I did. For one that cover really grabbed my attention. A good cover always grabs my attention and what initially catches my attention to a book. Then on top of that, the sound of the book sounds really good. I love books that take place around the 80s and 90s because it brings so much nostalgia. Granted I was born in 1990 so I wasn’t really there for the 80s, but both decades seem to bring a lot of comfort for me.
Dagger Hill follows a few different characters that get themself in a bad situation even though they were told not to go somewhere and they did it anyway. Of course, teenagers who are about to embark on their own journey through life never end up listening and think they know better.
All of the characters in the story are very well done and have a lot of growth. Thankfully none of the characters actually blend with each other. On top of that Dagger Hill is really fast-paced and is pretty similar to Stranger Things which made me so happy with this book!
I’m hoping soon I can actually get to more of Devon’s books!
Do you guys enjoy books that are similar to shows?
Author Bio:
Devon Taylor was born in Las Vegas, Nevada and currently lives in Pennsylvania with his wife and two daughters. His day job consists of sneaking around the house with ninja-like stealth to avoid waking up his kids. When not writing, reading, or tediously typing out text messages with all the correct spelling and punctuation, he spends his time with his family. THE SOUL KEEPERS is his debut novel.
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YA Thrillers you won’t be able to put down
Welcome to Owl Book World! I hope everyone is doing okay and hanging in there. I know the past couple of years have been a little tough with COVID and not really being able to do anything. On the plus side, you’re probably reading a lot. Are you guys young adult fans? You must be if you’re on this post. Today I’m talking about YA thrillers which just so happens to be one of my favorite genres in this age group. Some of the books I’m going to recommend are probably some you haven’t heard while there are some you probably have.
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Book: Blood Donor
Author: Karen Bass
Published: August 17, 2021
Publisher: Orca Book Publishers
Genre: YA Thriller
Pages: 128