Sweet Treats & Secret Crushes

Sweet Treats & Secret Crushes is just like the fortune cookies within: light, sweet, and oddly reflective of life. It’s a good pleasure read, nothing too serious, about three best friends who live in the same building. It’s Valentine’s Day, a day when school is fun, and Olivia, Kate, and Georgia each have plans to enjoy it. There’s one problem: it’s a snow day! The girls decide giving fortune cookies out to the people in their building is a good way to cheer their neighbors- and themselves- up. As they deliver, the fortune cookies begin to come a little true.

Alix, 13 

Bloodthirsty

Bloodthirsty is a refreshing take on the (in my opinion) really, really overused vampire plot. Sun-sensitive reader Finbar has felt overlooked all his life in favor of his brother, Luke, the cool twin. Luke has always been more popular- and gotten all the girls. That is, until Finbar decides to become a fake vampire. This book chronicles his struggles with love, high school, friendship, and of course, vampirism. It’s a pretty funny idea implemented almost perfectly. I didn’t love the book, but it was definitely worth my time, and much better than some other vampire novels.

Alix, 13