Nutmeg Street: Egyptian Secrets (A Botanic Hill Detectives Mystery, #1) by Sherrill Joseph

This is the first of a series with an already established group of friends who solve mysteries. They are official, with a name and credentials and past cases that we are only given glimpses of. The past will probably be referenced in future books in more detail to provide a better picture. The pair of…

Rating Your Bunkmates and Other Camp Crimes by Jennifer Orr

This was a cute middle-grade story of friendships. Although I found it hard to believe Abby could think the way she did, I do not know many geniuses or prodigies so I cannot precisely comment on that exact aspect. Abby has skipped a grade (or two) and has had minimal social interactions with the people…

Smailholm by C.L. Williams

This is probably the first historical fiction aimed at young teens that I have read. I would not say children because of the concentration of the storyline on the romantic prospects and emotions of the lead cast of characters. If targetting children, I would assume it would focus more on the task at hand and…

Yes No Maybe So by Becky Albertalli; Aisha Saeed

This book is available on NetGalley as of the posting of this review I have to begin by saying that this is a very US-centric book in the narration, but the story itself could probably be expanded to other countries. I say this because I have a semblance of understanding of the US political scenario…

Emily of New Moon (Emily #1) by L.M. Montgomery

Narrator:  Jess Nahikian I am a huge fan of Anne of Green Gables, and in 11th grade I moved to a whole new class, the nine girls in a class of 30 bonded over actually playing sports during the prescribed time and books. We had a trend for a couple of birthdays to gift the…

Fledgling by Molly Harper

I reviewed the first book of the series below: On reading back the review for the first book I realised afresh how much I enjoyed the series! I think the titles of the books do the content a mild disservice mostly because these are generic in a way and have many similarly-named books floating around…

Snug Harbor Stories: A Wallace the Brave Collection! by Will Henry

I reviewed another book by the author:Wallace the Brave by Will Henry and looked forward to getting into this one. The first few panels were nothing special and I have to admit that I was a little disappointed but then the story picks up pace. There is not much of a linear progression in terms of…

S.T.A.G.S (S.T.A.G.S #1) by M.A. Bennett

I saw this book on a random pass past the YA shelf (I was actually just taking my copy of The Raven King (The Raven Cycle #4) by Maggie Stiefvater) and realised I had seen this book reviewed extensively when it first came out. I did not remember much about the reviews but decided to give…