By Kaiu Shirai 5 Stars The Promised Neverland is a chilling mystery story that is portrayed in a fairytale-like orphanage named Grace Field House. At first glance, Grace Field House is shown as a perfect orphanage, where the children live happily under their caretaker whom they call "mama", Isabella. However, the deception of the beaming orphanage turned to…
Book Review: Impossible Creatures
By Katherine Rundell 4 Stars Katherine Rundell's novel, Impossible Creatures, is a truly creative story. Evolving around the key themes of friendship, love, mystery, and myth, it's not a story to miss. The novel features a flying girl, a pet griffin, a friend, and a murderer on their tail. The boy isn't of interest, but the girl… Somehow, there's a correlation between…
Book Review: Twin Crowns
By Catherine Doyle and Katherine Webber 5 Stars Twin Crowns is a magical Young Adult fantasy that begins with a gripping premise: two twins, separated at birth, find themselves caught in royal destiny, witchcraft, and political chaos. One grows up as a sheltered princess, while the other is raised by witches, brimming with enough confidence to empower…
Book Review: Dr. Stone. 1, Stone World
By Riichiro Inagaki 5 Stars Dr. Stone Volume One, written by Riichiro Inagaki and illustrated by Boichi, takes place in a world where all humans spontaneously turn to stone through a mysterious phenomenon. With this sudden cataclysmic event, there is only one hope in this stone world: a hyper-intelligent high-schooler by the name of Senku Ishigami. Reawakening after three thousand seven hundred days of…
Movie Review: No Hard Feelings
Directed by Gene Stupnitsky 2 Stars No Hard Feelings is a rom-com film starring Jennifer Lawrence and Andrew Barth Feldman. After finding out that she is about to lose her childhood home, Maddie becomes desperate to pay off her debt. She ends up agreeing to date a 19-year-old son of a very wealthy family. Little does…
Book Review: Prisoner B-3087
By Alan Gratz 4 Stars Prisoner B-3087 is a young adult historical fiction novel by Alan Gratz. The book itself is fiction, but it is based on the true story of Ruth and Jack Gruener. This novel takes the reader through the experiences of a Jewish boy named Yanek Gruener who went through the horrors of…
Book Review: Star Wars Rebels. 1
By Akira Aoki 4 Stars Star Wars Rebels Volume One is an adaptation of the Star Wars Rebels TV show that aired from October 3, 2014, and concluded with the final episode airing on March 5, 2018. This adaptation and its art are by Akira Aoki. Star Wars Rebels follows the story of young Ezra Bridger, a street rat living…
Book Review: As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow
By Zoulfa Katouh 5 Stars Zoulfa Katouh’s As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow tells the story of Salama, a young Syrian woman whose life is shattered by war. Once a pharmacy student, she now works in a hospital filled with suffering and loss. She finds herself torn between staying to help and leaving to survive. What makes this novel powerful…
Book Review: No Fixed Address
By Susin Nielsen 4 Stars No Fixed Address, the contemporary novel by Susin Nielsen, is an interesting read; however, not in my preferred style or genre. The main character of this book is Felix Knutsson, a school-aged boy who lives with his mom, Astrid, and gerbil, Horatio. Their life seems normal, but they have a huge…
Book Review: Wheel of Wrath
By A. A. Vora 5 Stars Wheel of Wrath, written by A. A. Vora, is the second book in The Fifth Realm trilogy. It follows the trio of Aina, Meizan and Aranel, as well as Himalia, a princess of Mayani. After the events in the Void, and the raging war between Mayana and Malin that ensues, they all…
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