Camp Zero

 

Title: Camp Zero

Author: Michelle Min Sterling

Publisher: Audible Audio

 
ISBN: n/a

 

Thoughts: A very well-crafted novel, especially with a collective functioning as one character, but I just wanted more from it.

Rating: 3/5

Lavender House

 

Title: Lavender House

Author: Lev Ac Rosen

Publisher: Forge Books

 
ISBN: 9781250834225

 

Thoughts: This had the feel of the best old-school mystery novels, but with characters who would never be prominently featured in one.

Rating: 4/5

Scorched Grace

 

Title: Scorched Grace

Author: Margot Douaihy

Publisher: Zando

 
ISBN: 9781638930242

 

Thoughts: Sister Holiday is a very cool, tortured character, but the focus on her background took away from the mystery.

Rating: 3/5

Crossroads 2070

 

Title: Crossroads 2070: Humanity's Choices Today Have Consequences - Experience Three Possible Futures

Author: Dean Whitford

Publisher: self

 
ISBN: n/a

 

Thoughts: Very interesting premise, but while each catalyst did lead to a different future the characters themselves (their self, not their actions) were the same not matter which future it was.

Rating: 2/5

More Than You'll Ever Know

 

Title: More Than You'll Ever Know

Author: Katie Gutierrez

Publisher: HarperAudio

 
ISBN: 9780063118492

 

Thoughts: Told in alternating timelines and viewpoints, I had a hard time connecting with Lore in the past and thought Cassie was not as fully fleshed out as she could be, which made some of her choices not make sense.

Rating: 3/5

Swift River

 

Title: Swift River

Author: Essie Chambers

Publisher: Simon & Schuster

 
ISBN: 9781668027912

 

Thoughts: Very moving coming-of-age novel, but connections seemed tenuous in spots.

Rating: 3/5

Love Bites

 

Title: Love Bites

Author: Katrina N. Lewis

Publisher: self

 
ISBN: 9798390301050

 

Thoughts: Story felt a little disjointed and feelings moved very fast.

Rating: 2/5