Beauty Queens by Libba Bray

Survival. Of the fittest.

The fifty contestants in the Miss Teen Dream Pageant thought this was going to be a fun trip to the beach, where they could parade in their state-appropriate costumes and compete in front of the cameras. But sadly, their airplane had another idea, crashing on a desert island and leaving the survivors stranded with little food, little water, and practically no eyeliner.
What's a beauty queen to do? Continue to practice for the talent portion of the program - or wrestle snakes to the ground? Get a perfect tan - or learn to run wild? And what should happen when the sexy pirates show up?

 I have no words for the perfection that this book was. I'm kidding I have a lot of words.. 

Ok, let's be honest when I started reading it I thought it was going to kill my brain cells. To be honest, some of my brain cells died with the character's priorities on the island. 

But then, something beautiful happened.. FEMINISM, DIVERSITY AND SATIRE OVER WHAT MEDIA BROADCASTS TO GIRLS OVER BEAUTY.

This book is something that 10 year old me needed and I am so mad with myself for not reading it earlier. 

Beauty Queens is a beautifully written novel with such a fantastic message for girls and anyone else if you can read between the lines.
I love this books and you all need to go worship Libba Bray!

                                                                            5/5 stars

Peace, Love and Fangirl,

Alex

Lie for Me by Romily Bernard

HELLLOOOOO READERS,

Welcome to the anticipated cover reveal of Romily Bernard's Lie for Me which is Griff's novella. So for all the ladies (and gentlemen)  that looooved Griff you get a whole lot of his POV.

NOW FOR SOME BACKGROUND ON FIND ME.

  Fans of the Girl with the Dragon Tattoo trilogy will just love this creepy and alluring teen thriller. Complete with action, techie intrigue, a horrifying mystery, and a blossoming romance full of sparks, Find Me is an exhilarating debut.

When teen hacker and foster child Wick Tate finds a dead classmate's diary on her front step, with a note reading "Find me," she sets off on a perverse game of hide-and-seek to catch the killer. But things get even more personal as Wick's deadbeat dad returns and the killer points to Wick's sister Lily as the next target.

With the help of oh-so-cute hacker-boy-next-door Griff, can Wick find her tormenter and save her sister?

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Now we should talk about the sequel to Find Me... REMEMBER ME (comes out in September)

Wick had thought her troubles were over.

But she should’ve known better.

Not only is she embroiled in a new murder case, which starts with a body with “Remember Me” carved into it and doesn’t stop there, but she also discovers new evidence surrounding her mother’s suicide…which leads her right back to her imprisoned deadbeat dad. And she has to deal with her flirty new hacker friend, Milo, sniffing around—which her boyfriend, Griff, isn’t too happy about.

The pressure might be too much as secrets—including Wick’s own—climb to the surface.

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                    AND NOW FOR THE MAIN EVENT....

                THE COVER OF LIE FOR ME IS 
                                              
                                                            (drumroll please!!!!)
                                                                     

I may cry. Who's kidding, I'm already crying! This is such a perfect cover, I love it so much!! If you love it as much as I do

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ABOUT ROMILY BERNARD:
I graduated from Georgia State University with a Literature degree. Since then, I've worked as a riding instructor, cell phone salesgirl, personal assistant, groom, exercise rider, accounting assistant, and during a very dark time, customer service rep.

 So don't let anyone tell you that a BA degree will keep you unemployed.

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I hope you enjoyed your stay and I hope that you read all of Romily's books!


Peace, Love and Fangirl,

Alex

                                                                   
                                                      

Catching Jordan by Miranda Kenneally

What girl doesn't want to be surrounded by gorgeous jocks day in and day out? Jordan Woods isn't just surrounded by hot guys, though–she leads them as the captain and quarterback of her high school football team. They all see her as one of the guys and that's just fine. As long as she gets her athletic scholarship to a powerhouse university.

But everything she's ever worked for is threatened when Ty Green moves to her school. Not only is he an amazing QB, but he's also amazingly hot. And for the first time, Jordan's feeling vulnerable. Can she keep her head in the game while her heart's on the line?

I have a lot of feels over this book. I heard of this author before so I picked up this book at the library. SOMEONE GO HIGH-FIVE PAST ALEX. This book took my heart and did a touchdown with it. I could not have loved this book more that I already do.

If I didn't have a thing against sports of any kind, I would want to be Jordan. Alas, I will stick to just reading about her. She was this tough football player with a low tolerance of girly things. I loved the relationship she had with her team and I will totally be stealing her comebacks. Reading about Jordan finally being a teenage girl and experiencing stuff made me cry.

(I'm serious, I think like three neighborhoods heard my wails of despair.....)

Ty, I really have mixed feelings about you. I pity you but you are also the type of overbearing, controlling and jerkish boy that I spend my days avoiding. Contrary to popular belief, I do have a heart so I did feel really bad for Ty when he told Jordan about his family. Just not the boy for me. 

(Thank God, says my mother. She is standing behind me while I wail over this book)

Henry, you are a god amongst high school football players and I really want one of you.  I think that realizing that he had feelings for Jordan blew my mind but made complete sense. I am all for the best friends are soul mates campaign. I just wanted to hug him, slap him and maybe clone him.

JJ and Carter are some of the best side characters EVER. They can be man-w all they want as long as they keep being stand-up protective friends. I just reallllllyyy loved them, guys. 

(I want a football team now)

All in all, this book deserves a freaking Oscar and everyone should read it because I'm still crying

                                                                     5/5 stars

Peace, Love and Fangirl,

Alex

Speechless by Hannah Harrington

Everyone knows that Chelsea Knot can't keep a secret

Until now. Because the last secret she shared turned her into a social outcast—and nearly got someone killed.

Now Chelsea has taken a vow of silence—to learn to keep her mouth shut, and to stop hurting anyone else. And if she thinks keeping secrets is hard, not speaking up when she's ignored, ridiculed and even attacked is worse.

But there's strength in silence, and in the new friends who are, shockingly, coming her way—people she never noticed before; a boy she might even fall for. If only her new friends can forgive what she's done. If only she can forgive herself.

I really loved this book, guys! I loved how the author approached the topic of gossip and the popular cliques. I think that the author approached Chelsea's fall from grace very well and she showed a whole new side of people. Chelsea was not a good person at the beginning of this book but watching how she picked up the pieces of herself was very well put together. 

 Her vow of silence was something new that really made me want to see how this book ended. The ways that she would get back at the jocks in her silent matter was something that I loved!!

Oh, the group at the diner makes my little heart sing. I just loved the whole forgiveness process that the group went through with Chelsea. 

I loved the side characters as well and I felt that every character would make you love them or hate them!

                                                                       4/5 stars

Peace, Love and Fangirl,

Alex                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            

Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson Review!

  "Speak up for yourself—we want to know what you have to say." From the first moment of her freshman year at Merryweather High, Melinda knows this is a big fat lie, part of the nonsense of high school. She is friendless, outcast, because she busted an end-of-summer party by calling the cops, so now nobody will talk to her, let alone listen to her. As time passes, she becomes increasingly isolated and practically stops talking altogether. Only her art class offers any solace, and it is through her work on an art project that she is finally able to face what really happened at that terrible party: she was raped by an upperclassman, a guy who still attends Merryweather and is still a threat to her. Her healing process has just begun when she has another violent encounter with him. But this time Melinda fights back, refuses to be silent, and thereby achieves a measure of vindication. In Laurie Halse Anderson's powerful novel, an utterly believable heroine with a bitterly ironic voice delivers a blow to the hypocritical world of high school. She speaks for many a disenfranchised teenager while demonstrating the importance of speaking up for oneself.

Speak is a haunting, sad story about a girl who survives rape and has no one to trust. I am going to thank my English teacher, Mrs. Mays for giving me this book and telling me that it was a good age for me to read it. I could have read this before and not have gotten the message or what was happening. I have met people who are survivors and I can try to help.

Melinda is a typical teenage girl in how she talks but she has many issues that she has to deal with. No friends, No life, and parents who don't try to understand her. She has to deal with High School but how she even tried is my surprise. Melinda has to deal with seeing her rapist and it hurts to see her go through this. The part where it almost happens again is terrifying to both Melinda and the read but she gets the courage to stop it.
    This book shows how difficult it is for Rape survivors and how we can try to help them.

                                                                     5/5 stars

Peace, Love and Fangirl,
Alex

If I Stay by Gayle Forman Review!

In the blink of an eye everything changes. Seventeen ­year-old Mia has no memory of the accident; she can only recall what happened afterwards, watching her own damaged body being taken from the wreck. Little by little she struggles to put together the pieces- to figure out what she has lost, what she has left, and the very difficult choice she must make. Heartwrenchingly beautiful, this will change the way you look at life, love, and family. Mia's story will stay with you for a long, long time













 If I Stay is a haunting read that will stay with you days after you finish. This book hit me hard because I identified with Mia, her family reminded me of my family and I felt their loss deep in my soul. I sobbed hours after finished and it took cuddling with little bro to calm down. This book is difficult to read but so worth it.

The characters were all so likable and fantastic which makes my heart hurt. Mia is a teenager with her life ahead of her and her out-of-body experience is terrifying. Teddy, her mom and dad were big parts of her family and having to read the happy flashbacks makes it so much worse because you realize that there won't be anymore happy moments. 
Adam was so lovable and adorable. He and his dramatic gestures to see her were all around painful. He was so heart-broken that you could feel his pain. Her family and friends were so good to have in the book because you saw that they wouldn't blame her if she left. The words her grandfather said to her hit me hard and I could not shake them.

I lost any semblance of composure when she found out Teddy died because I have a little brother that same age. If I had to live without him or my parents would not be a life. I don't know if i would stay like Mia did because without my family there would be no me. I dread seeing how she has to go through life now but she chose to live. I don't want to see her regret it.

                                                                    5/5 stars

Peace, Love and Fangirl,

Alex

Side Effects May Vary by Julie Murphy Review!

What if you'd been living your life as if you were dying—only to find out that you had your whole future ahead of you?

When sixteen-year-old Alice is diagnosed with leukemia, her prognosis is grim. To maximize the time she does have, she vows to spend her final months righting wrongs—however she sees fit. She convinces her friend Harvey, who she knows has always had feelings for her, to help her with a crazy bucket list that's as much about revenge (humiliating her ex-boyfriend and getting back at her archnemesis) as it is about hope (doing something unexpectedly kind for a stranger). But just when Alice's scores are settled, she goes into remission.

Now Alice is forced to face the con­sequences of all that she's said and done, as well as her true feelings for Harvey. But has she caused irreparable damage to the people around her—and to the one person who matters most?

   *sniffle* I loved this book so much, I can't deal with it. SEMV is a fantastic book with love, loss and teenagers and their hormones. 

Alice has issues and I have accepted that. She is bitchy and I love her for it, I cannot bring myself to hate her. It could be that she has such good revenge plots, the world may never know. Harvey is a sweetheart with a heart of gold and I ACHEEE FOR HIM. Stupid Julie and her sweet fictional boys.

The plot was so juicy and I loved it so much. I can't even express how wonderful it was. The way that Alice carries out her revenge was wonderfully horrible. Julie captured high school in such a great way. It showed how your life can go to shit in a second.

I applaud you, Julie Murphy

                                     5/5 stars

Peace, Love and Fangirl,

Alex