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REVIEW: "Chromatic" by Ashley Bustamante

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  About the Book: ✦ Title: Chromatic ✦ Author: Ashley Bustamante ✦ Genre: YA romance fantasy (marketed as Christian but this is the only book in the series with faith content) ✦ Series: Book #3 of the Color Theory trilogy ✦ Recommend for: ages 15+ My Personal Rating ⭐⭐⭐ 📖 Synopsis Light is Found in Every Hue Magus is dying from the inside out, and only the destruction of the barrier can save it. Even color magic can't defend against earthquakes, strange weather patterns, and erratic wildlife behavior. After discovering hundreds of captive Yellow magic-users, Ava and Elm fight to set them free. However, new dangers and unexpected enemies await at every turn, forcing them to face their greatest challenges yet. The calamities inside the barrier slowly manifest in the outside world as well, pulling citizens from both sides of the battle into the fray. In this new war, they may not all make it out alive. Elm and Ava must confront the growing darkness and create a future in a world tha...
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REVIEW: "Tutor, Nanny, Spit-Up, Spy" by Perry Elizabeth Kirkpatrick

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About the Book: ✦ Title: Tutor, Nanny, Spit-Up, Spy ✦ Author: Perry Elizabeth Kirkpatrick ✦ Genre: Clean spy-comedy novella ✦ Series: Book #4 in The Accidental Cases of Emily Abbot (see reviews for prior three books here! ) ✦ Recommend for: ages 13+ My Personal Rating ⭐⭐⭐ 📖 Synopsis He’s a tutor and she’s a nanny… but not really. Emily Abbott, coffee barista and accidental spy, is asked to fill in for an injured ICS agent. Intelligence suggests a guerrilla group is plotting to assassinate the president of a small South American country while he and his family are visiting the U.S., and that the assassin may actually be one of his protection detail. Undercover as nanny to the four young Gonzalez children, Emily will be perfectly positioned to keep an eye on things and report back to ICS, the spy organization Brent Peterson works for. Emily and Brent–who is undercover as the children’s tutor–must navigate long-division, spit-up, arguments over toys, and suspicious guards to discover a p...
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REVIEW: "Roses for Mama" by Janette Oke

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  About the Book: ✦ Title: Roses for Mama ✦ Author: Janette Oke ✦ Genre: Christian historical romance ✦ Series: Part of the Women of the West series (see review for book #7 here ) ✦ Recommend for: ages 14+ My Personal Rating ⭐⭐⭐.5  📖 Synopsis A teenager herself, Angela has been raising her three younger siblings with the help of her older brother since their parents died three years ago. Their material needs are met, but preparing the children for life requires something more. Can Angela handle the challenges as well as Mama would have? 💭 My thoughts I don't really have many thoughts on this one, but I thought it was sweet, although it did start slow for me. Older siblings raising their younger siblings was an interesting dynamic, but I kept thinking Thomas and Angela were husband and wife 😅 I was worried for a bit that Angela would end up with a certain someone whom I strongly disliked, but thankfully she didn't, and I really liked how things went for her. There were momen...
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REVIEW: "Legacy of Roses" by Melanie Cellier

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  About the Book: ✦ Title: Legacy of Roses ✦ Author: Melanie Cellier ✦ Genre: Clean fairytale reimagining ✦ Series: Book #1 in the Kingdoms of Legacy series ✦ Recommend for: ages 14/15+ My Personal Rating 3.75 ⭐ 📖 Synopsis A merchant’s daughter who knows better than to pick roses. A returned royal with no interest in becoming an enchanted prince. A Legacy determined to force them into a story neither wants. Rosalie’s family has already lost everything, and she’s willing to do whatever it takes to protect them from further harm. Even if that means stopping ignorant newcomers from picking enchanted roses. Dimitri knows little about his new kingdom, and he can’t help being captivated by the fiery girl who holds the answers. But Rosalie seems horrified by both his presence and his handsome face, and it turns out she has good reason. In the kingdom of Glandore, it’s a dangerous thing to be a young man of royal blood living alone in a castle. Almost as dangerous as being the youngest da...
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