I am loving this Mickey series! Mickey is such a great teenager. Mickey and his Uncle Myron are so sarcastic and fun to see interact.

Mickey and his new friends Ema and Spoon are trying to figure out why Bat Lady says Mickey's father is still alive. Then their classmate, Rachel, is shot and her mother killed. Mickey and his friend set or to give out what happened that night since Rachel doesn't remember everything.

I love that Mickey is just like his Uncle. Helping out people who are in huge trouble. I am so sad what happened to Spoon near the end of the book and need to know what happens next for him.

Why is this book not all over the place?! I loved every minute of this dark YA novel.

Nora is the daughter of a con woman who has taught her very well. Nora has lived so many lives and had to keep so many secrets... All in the name of the grift. When her mom falls in love and marries one of her marks.. Nora calls her sister Lee (who got away from their mom years ago).

Fast forward 5 years.. Nora, her ex boyfriend/best friend Wes, and her girlfriend Iris are at a bank and get taken hostage. But Nora knows how to con and she can get them out.

The robbery takes place in a day but we get to look into the many lives Nora has lived before. I felt so bad for her and the way she was brought up . The marks her mom had were always such scum. The ending was so crazy and it made me wonder if we could possibly get more story

This was such a fun enemies to lovers high school tale.

Penelope has an unfortunate nickname that has followed her through middle school and high school ... All due to Topher. He's the one that gave it to her. Now at their last year at their school, Penelope is about to have her scholarship revoked. Until she agrees to tutor kids for money.... One of which is Topher.

Topher is the rich kid. Penelope is the girl from the other side of the tracks. This was so fun because Penelope finds an opportunity to get some dirt on Topher ... By texting him with him not knowing it's her. She wants to take "the King of Lakeview High" down.

I love Penelope's family. Her dad is just the best! I love her friend Scarlett (who book 2 is about).

This was a really cute fake dating story.
Winnie and Mat grew up the best of friends, but 4 years ago.... They just stopped being friends.
Now that Winnie's twin sisters have left for college, their mom decided it would be good for Winnie to practice dating. Who do they pick but Mat for her to preserve dating!

I really liked learning a bit about Thai culture. One thing that was mentioned was that it's a Thai thing to have butter and sugar on toast and I loved that growing up.

Mat is a sweetheart and I could tell getting very early on how he really felt about Winnie.

One of my favorite things is that her mom sets them up on dates based on scenes from romcoms! The most hilarious being the famous scene from When Harry Met Sally in a deli. I love that Winnie had to tell her mom what actually happened in that scene because her mom doesn't really remember it!

This book comes out in August and it's such a fun, light, and easy read!

4 teens (Sarah, Grace, Jamie, and Carlos) live and meet at Blue Haven where their families move after getting hit hard financially or otherwise.

They each have their own family struggles. Each have to do what they can to help keep their families afloat. They start meeting up at 3 am on the swings too talk about their dreams and hopes and frustrations. They find a solace in each other where they can't elsewhere.

This story was beautiful. It deals a lot about the human spirit and the hardships we have to endure. It shows we are all different. The adults in their lives are not bad people (just one or two make bad decisions) and they really try their best to do what's right for their kids.

As they each slowly leave Blue Haven, we get to see how their lives are still impacted by the place and where life has taken each of them. There is a lot of sadness and I was in tears at the end. Such a good book.

Thanks to the author for sending me a copy.

This was a gem of a book and if most brides act like these ones with their bridesmaids.... Well, I'm just glad I've only done the bridesmaids thing once!

This book was hilarious. I found myself laughing so much, my daughter kept asking me "what?"!

Poor Lily! I would not have wanted to be in her position. Seriously-5 weddings people wanted her in within months of each other? One bride-I can't believe the stuff she made her bridesmaids do .. It made my head spin.

I loved her blog and though I can't agree with everything said... Most of it was spot on. Two of the brides really should have stepped up on things that Lily called them out on.

I love the friendship that Lily develops with Alex. He's the best! I guessed one thing early on about them and then there were some moments where I thought I was wrong but then it turned out right!

This book instantly drew me in. It's a very quick read at just over 200 pages.

Bree is more of a mother figure to her siblings, Tyler and Alissa, than their own mother. Their mother works many jobs because their father is always drunk and losing work.

Fast forward to Bree being 26 and still living at home taking care of her siblings. Although Tyler isn't there a lot and Alissa is a teenager that is most of course. Then Alissa disappears and Bree gets a chilling message left in Alissa's backpack. She has to save her sister and needs her brother (who she currently doesn't know where he is) to do it.

I would have called the police but Bree thought she had to do it herself. When you find out what has happened to Alissa and why.... That's where it dropped stars for me. I just didn't buy it. The ending was just not what I would have wanted.

This is definitely not your cute and fluffy fairy tale! This is a very adult version of fairy tale proportions.

Lucky is very unlucky. She had a particular mishap with a boy, Ransom, in college that earned him a very unfortunate nickname that follows him beyond college. Everytime they try to get together, bad things happen.

Lucky had 3 fairy godmothers though she doesn't know of their magic. When they call themselves fairy godmothers, Lucky just goes along with the eccentricity.

When the godmothers want the town of Ever After to be put on the map (because it's hidden from the normal world), they make a cake egg between Lucky and Ransom to bring people to town they want to have their own weddings there.

This is full of laughs and fun. I really enjoyed it though the nickname was a big focus in this book and I would have been happier knowing where it came from and then that be it. But it's rehashed over and over.

Manu is on the run again but this time she has friends surrounding her. Manu is part of two worlds...a half human side and a half wolf side. She is being hunted for being an anamoly among both her people.

This is a fantasy book but it deals with very real topics of racism and sexism. It feels so real because Manu is being seen as "less than" or "not worthy" because she is different. I love her in both books, she just wants to belong and she's out to price that she DOES being!

An adorable dog and an adorable baby bring two people together in this sweet, small town romance.

Julia is part of Harpers Landing royalty as her family built the town. Aaron has moved there recently and is taking care of his baby nephew, Jack, as their parents (Jack's mom was his sister) have sadly passed away.

Aaron is so cute as he's like a lot of first time moms! Always worried about raising their baby "the right way", reading anything and everything on parenting. He did get a bit frustrated as people give him advice instead of just brushing it off and still doing it his way.

Julie is so beloved by the town which is good because her mom was horrible and was always condescending to her. There is one grumpy old man that gets yelled at by Julie because he's a jerk and it was so funny.

The ending left me feeling like it was very rushed but I also thought it was okay that it wasn't more dragged out.