Shannon's reads:
1. The Unhoneymooners by Christina Lauren
Rating: 5/5 stars
Synopsis: Olive is always unlucky: in her career, in love, in…well, everything. Her identical twin sister Ami, on the other hand, is probably the luckiest person in the world. Her meet-cute with her fiancé is something out of a romantic comedy (gag) and she’s managed to finance her entire wedding by winning a series of Internet contests (double gag). Worst of all, she’s forcing Olive to spend the day with her sworn enemy, Ethan, who just happens to be the best man. Olive braces herself to get through 24 hours of wedding hell before she can return to her comfortable, unlucky life. But when the entire wedding party gets food poisoning from eating bad shellfish, the only people who aren’t affected are Olive and Ethan. And now there’s an all-expenses-paid honeymoon in Hawaii up for grabs. Putting their mutual hatred aside for the sake of a free vacation, Olive and Ethan head for paradise, determined to avoid each other at all costs. But when Olive runs into her future boss, the little white lie she tells him is suddenly at risk to become a whole lot bigger. She and Ethan now have to pretend to be loving newlyweds, and her luck seems worse than ever. But the weird thing is that she doesn’t mind playing pretend. In fact, she feels kind of... lucky.
Sarah's reads:
Loveboat, Taipei by Abigail Hing Wen
Rating: 5/5
Synopsis: Ever Wong is sent to a summer program in Taipei that she does not want to be at. However once she is there making friends and breaking rules, the summer starts to look a lot more promising.
September Love by Lang Leav
Rating: no rating
Synopsis: A collection of poems
My Tiny Town Just Got Put On Lockdown by Cryptic Nightmares
Rating: 3/5 stars
Synopsis: A thick purplish fog rolls into town, and weird creatures can be seen prowling around outside. One man is trying to protect his family.
My Tiny Town Just Got Put On Lockdown: Searching For A Way Out by Cryptic Nightmares
Rating: 2/5 stars
Synopsis: Sequel to My Tiny Town Just Got Put On Lockdown
The Lake by Natasha Preston:
Rating: 3/5 stars
Synopsis: Esme and Kayla return as CITs to a camp they attended as children. When they were kids something bad happened and they kept the secret hidden for ten years. However, now that they are back at camp it seems that someone knows what they did, and the threats start rolling in.
Caraval by Stephanie Garber
Rating:4/5 stars
Synopsis: Scarlett Dragna has never left the tiny island where she and her sister, Tella, live with their powerful, and cruel, father. Now Scarlett’s father has arranged a marriage for her, and Scarlett thinks her dreams of seeing Caraval—the faraway, once-a-year performance where the audience participates in the show—are over. But this year, Scarlett’s long-dreamt-of invitation finally arrives. With the help of a mysterious sailor, Tella whisks Scarlett away to the show. Only, as soon as they arrive, Tella is kidnapped by Caraval’s mastermind organizer, Legend. It turns out that this season’s Caraval revolves around Tella, and whoever finds her first is the winner. Scarlett has been told that everything that happens during Caraval is only an elaborate performance. Nevertheless she becomes enmeshed in a game of love, heartbreak, and magic.
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