Tyler and his "rag tag misfit team" are off on their first mission joined by the out of time girl who just woke up from a 200 year cryo sleep. They learn about secrets their academy has been keeping, do a heist, and now find themselves on the run.

Amie and Jay at it again! I was worried I was going to be biased and compare this to the Illuminae Files, but they did a great job of making sure the worlds are separate. While this is still another YA space adventure, it stands alone in it's own universe. The story has multiple POVS and all characters felt they had equal screen time and well developed. The pacing was perfect. Good mix of moments that drew out and areas of the plot that were fast paced when they needed to be.

Can't wait to pick up the sequel

Margo is seen as your typical "LA Socialite" except she and her team dress up in drag and pull off late night heists.

This had so much potential to be a great novel! It's marketed as "Ocean's 8 with drag queens"... I was
sold on just that alone! This was a little bit of a let down. The heists scenes needed to be trimmed down a little and the book in general was a little long.

The heists scenes read more like a movie script with a play by play for the scene. There were also no indications or page/chapter breaks when we would change POVs and it would take you out the story to try to figure out what character we were following.

I could see this making a good movie, but as a book it was just okay.

Wayward is about Rori Lane, an Irish-Japanese, girl as she is starting her new life in Japan with her mom. As soon as she gets there and starts exploring she comes across magical monsters in a dark alley and a young girl, Ayane, who protects her and fights them off. She seems to possess some sort of magical abilities linked to cats. Rori soon discovers she has some magical abilities of her own.

I loved the art style used for this series. While not much happens in this first volume, I enjoyed the build up and teaser for what's to come. The setting and atmosphere of Japan seemed realistic and enjoyed seeing the culture come through as well. I like the portrayal of Rori so far. She is a teenager who is in unfamiliar territory and starts school being told she could consider dying her red hair as they don't accept "unnatural colors." She is also battling self-harm.

The first volume is not strong, but it was just enough to get me invested in continuing with the series.

This first volume in the DC Rebirth run of Batgirl is another okay read for me.

I enjoyed this portrayal of Barbara, who is a PhD student in Library Science in the AM and Batgirl at night. She was written as a relate-able young hero for this modern age. The art style, was fun but not my favorite and the plot felt flat and lack luster at times.

I do think it's a good start to the run, and plan on continuing with the rest of the volumes.

This was a disappointment for me, even though I enjoyed it enough for three stars.

I LOVE Adam Silvera's work and was so excited for this... Fantasy, phoenixes, queer, NYC? This was the mixture of a perfect read for me. This should have been better. I wanted it to be better. I tried to pretend I was going to rate it higher... For Silvera's first fantasy novel, it could have been so much better but is a good first try.

For me, it was strong right out the gate. I felt like I was dropped right into the world and was figuring it out. My issues came about half way through the book. The plot falls flat, and the pacing seems off. It feels like a scramble of learning about new characters that we are suppose to connect to, but don't have enough time with. The pacing and world building could have been stronger, and I would have liked to see what could have been done with more time with the supporting cast and a longer novel.