Some books are a perfect mix of murder mysteries, love interests and teenagers. This Is Our Story by Ashley Elston is one of those books: it has all the right elements in just the right dose. Centering around the death of a boy from a private school, the plot twists in unexpected places AND ways. …
Midnight Sun
After a long wait, it finally happened: the story of Twilight from Edward’s perspective. In Midnight Sun we get to see his darkest desires, thirst and memories from his family members. Reading minds Although we already know that Edward has a special gift, this book makes that really clear. From the first page Edward reacts …
The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes
Fans of the Hunger Games trilogy were going crazy when it was announced that there would be a new book in the series – this time a prequel. Suzanne Collins wrote a very thick book (almost six hundred pages in the Dutch translation), but is it everything we wanted it to be? Origin story The …
13 Minutes
Get ready for some icy chills if you’re planning to read 13 Minutes by Sarah Pinborough, and not only because it is about a girl almost drowning in a river in the middle of winter. Let the story of these teenage girls pull you under water… About the story (no spoilers) The book centers around …
Everything, Everything
When you are allergic to everything, you’re not a normal teenager. Maddy Whittier, the main character in Nicola Yoon’s Everything, Everything knows this from experience. For the last 17 years, she has never left her house, been to a normal school or fallen in love. But everything is about to change… About the book Normally …
“Red Queen” Series – part 3 & 4
King’s Cage and War Storm by Victoria Aveyard are the final books in the Red Queen series and I was so excited to finally have the series complete! I rushed through the third book, loving every word of it. For the first time, the story was being told from different points of view: with the main characters being …
“Red Queen” series – parts 1 & 2
At the first Dutch Comic Con in 2015, my friends wanted to buy a shirt at a stand. I didn’t feel like waiting in line with them, so I stayed behind at the pop-up store of The American Bookstore. And no, I was not sad about that. In fact, I saw some books that pulled …