This is an excellent story about a girl, Samantha who is struggling with OCD and anxiety. I could really relate to this story because Samantha has a hard time with her friendship. She has been friends with a group of girls "The Crazy Eights" now only 4 of them. They do not treat her as friends should treat each other. She can't let them go and move on. Friendship has always been my weakness, and I've dealt with this problem many times, holding onto friends who aren't true friends.

Poetry is a major factor in this book. Sam is introduced to a secret poetry club; Poet's Corner when she meets a girl, Caroline who takes her there. Poetry becomes a passion of hers and she meets new people during it; especially a love interest. Poet's Corner helps Sam in various ways such as reflecting on her past when she meets AJ a former classmate, who she patches things up with.

We are also introduced to another big part of Sam's life, Sue aka Shrink-Sue. Sue is Sam's therapist, who is one of my favorite characters besides, Sydney. Sue is a great character to see. She doesn't judge Sam and she helps in great ways. It's nice to see that side of Sam, too.

This story was executed brilliantly, and was very addicting. I couldn't put it down! It was definitely a unique story, one I have never read before. Toward the end of the book, I was blown away by the *spoiler* that is revealed. It really made me love the book even more, because IMO it's rare that a YA/Contemporary does this. It really captured Sam's OCD in full. This is a book everyone needs to pick up and start talking about. It's incredible!

I recieved this book via Net Galley in exchange for an honest review
One promposal goes up in flames, literally. Hank meets Peyton the day after his failed promposal. Peyton becomes a big part of Hank's life. Though, Peyton is not who Hank thinks he knows.

This story turns modern-day Cinderella when Amanda Carlisle creates a survey to find who the mysterious house-burner is. Hank becomes #456 to try to take Amanda to prom.

Reul took the time to describe her characters specifically their attire. That was something that stood out to me. I like to imagine characters and getting to know what they wear on a daily basis was really great.

Abuse and alcoholism are touched on in this book. As well as a family dealing with tragedy. It was written very well, had me almost on the verge of tears.

Hank writes comics to escape his reality. His love for superheros was something I loved! I felt it was very different to see that in a character. I liked how it tied into his college plans.

I'm still taken back from this book because of all it's surprises. However, this book was predictable, and I did slightly predict some of the twists.

In the end, I didn't agree with Hank's decisions. [more to come...]

Character development was okay in this book. We do see Hank develop, but the biggest character development was within his father.

Overall, I enjoyed this read! It was very dark at times, and happy too. I was laughing and I really connected to the characters. This was a good debut novel and I'm excited to see what's next for Reul!

eARC provided by Net Galley.

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Wow. My heart was racing throughout this book. I didn't really like how the end was but I was definitely spooked and just needed to keep reading to find out the mystery. This was an excellent photographic novel, my first one. This incorporation of photos was amazing. Woah is all I have to say.

Don't second guess yourself. Read this book.
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This was such an interesting concept that was executed very well! This story is organized well and flows nicely.

Alice has been seeing Max in her dreams ever since she was younger. They went on wild, imaginative adventures together such as the Met. Max and Alice become best friends and romantic interests in their dreams.

When Alice starts a new school, she discovers that Max is in her psychology class. This causes Alice to question her sanity and tries to befriend Max. This becomes problematic but helps Alice and Max's in-real-life friendship evolve.

Throughout the story, Max and Alice are trying to find the answers to why they dream of each other. They remember a place called Center for Dream Discovery (CDD) but they don't know why they were there.

Dreamology includes claustrophobia and a nut allergy. I feel that these topics are very rare in YA novels. Personally, I don't relate to these subjects but I think it's important to point out. If you're interested in a book that includes these two topics, you should read this! (and just read it anyway xD)

A loved character from this story is Oliver. Oliver is a mischievous, but harmless guy. He is very lovable and I loved when he had page time! He is an interesting character, he helps Alice and is very valuable in her life! Oliver is a character you'll love by the first few scenes! I loved how his storyline wrapped up.

As side from Oliver, we also meet Sophie- Alice's friend from where she lived previously. Sophie is a very reliable friend to Alice and felt very realistic! She was always playing detective when trying to solve the Max mystery.

Overall, this was such an enjoyable book that was fast paced - I flew through it! If you haven't picked this book up yet, I highly recommend!

I loved this book. Parker is such a sassy character and I love her for that. I was able to really be in Parker's shoes as I saw the obstacles she's faced on a daily basis due to being blind. This is an excellent YA book about disability. I highly recommend. Also, there is a touch on romance but not a full romance. You're really getting to know Parker and her story rather than all romance all the time. I really enjoyed that.

I was disappointed in this book. I thought it was going to be a road trip and honestly, they went to three places. I must've had high expectations since Me and Earl and the Dying Girl. The dirty language also threw me off and I just couldn't stand it, it was funny for the first time but it was just non-stop after that.

The diversity in this book surprised me and I would recommend for that purpose. Wes, the main male protagonist is Venezuelan and he is adopted. You learn a little about his life and dealing with his parents not having time for him in their busy lives. His best friend Corey has a peanut allergy.

But, does he really? I'm confused from the scene where he says he never had it? Like, what was the point of that?! I was hoping to see him break out or something dramatic.

Wes and Corey attend jazz camp in Pennsylvania and find out that they're not in with the jazz scen aka just not good and meet a new girl, Ash.

I recommend this if you like diversity and musical characters, but have low expectations!

I was so skeptical about this book because it was so hyped up and I was reading it I wasn't feeling the greatness everyone had been saying it had. But, the last 40+ pages blew me away. This was a beautiful, heart-wrenching story about love at first sight and your first love.

The Sun is Also A Star follows the first meeting of Natasha and Daniel who have a very important day ahead of themselves. Natasha is trying to get her deportation appealed so her and her family won't get deported back to Jamaica, her birthplace. For Daniel, he is going on an interview for Yale.

Daniel is convinced that he and Natasha are soulmates and "meant-to-be" whereas Natasha does not. There is some insta-love in this story, but it is to be expected since this is a romance set within a day.

Diversity is key in this story; Daniel is Korean American and Natasha is Jamaican (just like Nicola and her husband!). Daniel especially deals with harsh remarks from his jerk of a brother, Charlie and his father who wants him to marry a Korean girl.

If you're skeptical, I recommend to read until the very end because you'll be very impressed with the ending of this book.

Anything Could Happen is a perfect winter/holiday read. I wished I had read it closer to Christmas, but reading it before New Year's helped as well. I really liked the music aspect in this book and how Tretch likes to dance. It was so rare and unique! I don't think I have ever read a male protagonist who liked to dance. It's always been a female, so this surprised me. Tretch is not openly-gay and he is falling for his best friend, Matt who has two fathers, Landan and Ron.

I really liked this LGBTQIA+ book because it isn't about Tretch coming out to everyone. It's just about him becoming comfortable with himself and coming of age. I did enjoy this book but I did have problems with it as well. I felt as if there wasn't much of a plot and Tretch wasn't really going to accomplish anything. I also felt like some scenes weren't needed and I kind of would have liked more holiday spirit and elaboration on the Handel's since they were almost a big part of the story as well.

Overall, I would recommend this for a book that isn't a m/m romance but just about a 15 yo boy trying to find himself. Also, for fans of David Levithan - you might enjoy this since David was Will's editor for this book.