Tag: ya self-discovery

“Weirdly Passionate” | This Adventure Ends by Emma Mills | Review

October 14, 2016 / 3 Comments / Posted by Tiff @ Mostly YA Lit in Favorites, Review
“Weirdly Passionate” | This Adventure Ends by Emma Mills | Review

Review: This Adventure Ends by Emma Mills This Adventure Ends is amazing. There, I got that out of the way. Like First & Then, Emma Mills’ debut, this book continues the author’s ability to articulate teen life in the most deadpan, honest way. Sloane Finch, the MC, is funny, sarcastic, and deeply kind, able to right wrongs, but unable to break herself out of a bubble of not being engaged in things. Sloane and her family have recently relocated permanently to their summer home in a small town in Florida. When she meets the vivacious Vera Fuller and her brother Gabe, […]

If I Was Your Girl by Meredith Russo | Review

July 4, 2016 / 0 Comments / Posted by Tiff @ Mostly YA Lit in Diversity, Review
If I Was Your Girl by Meredith Russo | Review

Review: If I Was Your Girl by Meredith Russo I feel like an alternate title for If I Was Your Girl by Meredith Russo could be “Secrets” or “The Secrets We Keep.” Because even though it’s Amanda’s secret that is the impetus for this story of a transgender girl who moves to a new town, it’s the idea of secrets and secret-keeping that makes this story as compelling as it is. There’s a universality in being scared to show someone your true self, in moving to a new town, in first love and first real friends. In those ways, this […]

Wanderlost by Jen Malone | Review

June 2, 2016 / 5 Comments / Posted by Tiff @ Mostly YA Lit in Review
Wanderlost by Jen Malone | Review

Review: Wanderlost by Jen Malone You guys. Wanderlost by Jen Malone is this summer’s perfect beach read. You know the one I’m talking about. The book that has you racing through from page one, whipping through as fast as you can, falling so hard and fast for the heroine, the journey, THE BOY. The book that takes you on an adventure so compelling that you don’t notice that the sun is setting until your mom shakes your arm and tells you it’s time to go. The book that you read in the car going home and long into the night […]

La Vie En Rose: The Distance from A to Z by Natalie Blitt

January 15, 2016 / 4 Comments / Posted by Tiff @ Mostly YA Lit in Review
La Vie En Rose: The Distance from A to Z by Natalie Blitt

REVIEW: The Distance from A to Z by Natalie Blitt SWOONS. BOOK BOYFRIENDS. What else can I say to get your attention? Because The Distance from A to Z by Natalie Blitt has both of those things in epic amounts. We’re talking full-on butterflies in your stomach, tears in your eyes, Anna and the French Kiss levels of swoons. When I first heard about The Distance from A to Z by Natalie Blitt, I really liked the idea of a girl being in an intensive language course over the summer and falling for her language partner. I thought that The Distance from […]

Review | Just Visiting by Dahlia Adler

December 7, 2015 / 1 Comment / Posted by Tiff @ Mostly YA Lit in Diversity, Review
Review | Just Visiting by Dahlia Adler

Review: I’ve been following Dahlia on Twitter for about two years now, and she is fiercely passionate about young adult literature, diversity, feminism, and many of the things I care about, so I adore her feed. Just Visiting, though, is the first of her books that I’ve gotten to – but I’m so grateful that this was my first one, because the themes of Just Visiting are ones I care deeply about: teen girl friendship, trying to figure out your life’s work, trying to break out of bad circumstances, standing up for yourself, and yeah, okay, REALLY GOOD romance. There […]

“Say What You Want to Say” Every Last Word by Tamara Ireland Stone

June 19, 2015 / 7 Comments / Posted by Tiff @ Mostly YA Lit in Review, Uncategorized
“Say What You Want to Say” Every Last Word by Tamara Ireland Stone

  Every Last Word Author: Tamara Ireland Stone (website | twitter) Publisher: Disney Hyperion (HBG Canada) Source/Format: ARC provided by Hachette Book Group Canada (thank you!) Publication date: June 16, 2015 My rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars. Buy It: Indigo.ca | Amazon.ca | Amazon.com | Barnes and Noble | IndieBound | The Book Depository | Audible | iTunes | Google Books If you could read my mind, you wouldn’t be smiling.Samantha McAllister looks just like the rest of the popular girls in her junior class. But hidden beneath the straightened hair and expertly applied makeup is a secret that her […]

“I Don’t Want To Get Over You”: More Happy Than Not by Adam Silvera

June 5, 2015 / 6 Comments / Posted by Tiff @ Mostly YA Lit in Review, Uncategorized
“I Don’t Want To Get Over You”: More Happy Than Not by Adam Silvera

  More Happy Than Not Author: Adam Silvera (website | twitter) Publisher: Soho Teen Source/Format: eARC provided by publisher via Edelweiss (thank you!) Publication date: June 2, 2015 My rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars.  Buy It: Indigo.ca | Amazon.ca | Amazon.com | Barnes and Noble | IndieBound | The Book Depository | Audible | iTunes | Google Books Part Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, part Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe, Adam Silvera’s extraordinary debut novel offers a unique confrontation of race, class and sexuality during one charged near-future summer in the Bronx. When it first gets announced, the […]

“I Used to Write” Kissing in America by Margo Rabb

May 27, 2015 / 4 Comments / Posted by Tiff @ Mostly YA Lit in Review, Uncategorized
“I Used to Write” Kissing in America by Margo Rabb

Win a copy of Kissing in America or another May release! Kissing in America Author: Margo Rabb (website | twitter) Publisher: Harper Collins Source/Format: ARC sent to me by Harper Collins Canada in exchange for an honest review (thank you!) Publication date: May 26, 2015 (yesterday!) My rating: 4 out of 5 stars Buy It: Indigo.ca | Amazon.ca | Amazon.com | Barnes and Noble | IndieBound | The Book Depository “Wise, inspiring, and ultimately uplifting—not to be missed.”—Kirkus Reviews, starred review “A hilarious, thought-provoking, wrenching, and joyful quest.”—Publishers Weekly, starred review “Authentic and complex…This is a smart teen’s novel.”—Booklist, starred review […]

GIVEAWAY + Excerpt: Halfway Perfect by Julie Cross & Mark Perini

April 30, 2015 / 2 Comments / Posted by Tiff @ Mostly YA Lit in Uncategorized
GIVEAWAY + Excerpt: Halfway Perfect by Julie Cross & Mark Perini

Hi everyone, I’m delighted to be part of the promo tour for Halfway Perfect by Julie Cross and Mark Perini. I’m a fan of Julie’s (and part of her street team) after reading her mature YA novels Whatever Life Throws at You and Letters to Nowhere – she does great things with teens who are dealing with tough, pressure-filled worlds. I just started Halfway Perfect, and I’m pretty sure it’s going to be spectacular as well. Stay tuned for my review, but first, check out an excerpt and giveaway from Julie and Mark! Halfway Perfect Authors: Julie Cross and Mark […]

“Just A Girl” Review: None of the Above by I.W. Gregorio

April 17, 2015 / 5 Comments / Posted by Tiff @ Mostly YA Lit in Review, Uncategorized
“Just A Girl” Review: None of the Above by I.W. Gregorio

None of the Above Author: I.W. Gregorio (website | twitter) Publisher: Balzer + Bray Source/Format: ARC provided by Harper Collins Canada (thank you!) Publication date: April 7, 2015 My rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars.  Buy It: Indigo.ca | Amazon.ca | Amazon.com | B&N | IndieBound | iTunes | Google Books | The Book Depository | Audible A groundbreaking story about a teenage girl who discovers she was born intersex . . . and what happens when her secret is revealed to the entire school. Incredibly compelling and sensitively told, None of the Above is a thought-provoking novel that explores what it means to be […]