Young Adult – Joy's Book Blog

The Court of Thorns and Roses

April 2, 2024 by Joy

“The Court of Thorns and Roses” was recommended by several of my college students as the new great fantasy trilogy. A must-read if you will. Goodreads has almost 2.5 MILLION ratings with a 4.2 start average out of five, so it’s obviously a good book to most people. But I just didn’t like it! *gasp* …

The Cousins

November 30, 2020 by Joy

I actually really liked this book. By Karen McManus, the author of One of Us Is Lying, a NY Times Best-seller, I actually liked The Cousins just as much (if not alittle more) than that one. Like One of Us Is Lying, this book is considered a YA novel and is told from different points-of-view. …