book reviews REVIEW: Never Gamble Your Heart January 8, 2025 / August 7, 2025 by Star Cat Books | Leave a Comment Never Gamble Your Heart (Forever (Grand Central Publishing), pub date Feb 4, 2025, 384pp, $17.99) Genre: Romance with mystery. A charming Victorian romance, updated for modern values regarding women’s independence, but quite lovely, well-told, and eminently readable. I tore through it (even while taking notes!). I read an ARC of this (Advanced Reading Copy) because […] Read more » mystery Romance Victorian
book reviews Review: After Life by Gayle Forman December 14, 2024 / August 7, 2025 by Andrew Phillips | Leave a Comment AFTER LIFE, Gayle Forman, Quill Tree Books (Harper Collins), ISBN 978-0-0633-4614-7, January 2025, $19.99, 272pp. After Life is a fine example of my long-held belief that one is never too old for a “Young Adult” book. The story begins with a lyrical description of a young woman riding her bicycle home, and expressing the pleasures […] Read more » death YA
book reviews Review: MEET ME AT BLUE HOUR, Sarah Suk December 12, 2024 / August 7, 2025 by Star Cat Books | Leave a Comment MEET ME AT BLUE HOUR, by Sarah Suk. Quill Tree Books (HarperCollins), trade paperback, 288pp. Price $19.99. Pub date: April 1, 2025. This young adult book (13 and up) is set primarily in South Korea, centered around one of the protagonist’s mother’s clinic, Sori of Us Clinic (Sori Clinic run by Dr. Bae), a memory […] Read more » friendship YA
book reviews REVIEW: Midnights With You September 12, 2024 / August 7, 2025 by Star Cat Books | Leave a Comment Book By: Clare Osongco Review By: Mae Vincent September 12, 2024 Content warnings: Emotional abuse, domestic violence, racism and sexual harassment Midnights With You is a young adult coming-of-age novel that follows Deedee, a seventeen-year-old who has a struggling relationship with her mother. Deedee’s family, friendships, and romantic relationships felt realistic and relatable. The story […] Read more » Romance
book reviews Review: Such a Bad Influence March 7, 2024 / August 7, 2025 by Mae Vincent | 1 Comment on Review: Such a Bad Influence Book By: Olivia Muenter Review by: Mae Vincent March 7, 2024Mae’s rating: 4/5 stars Content warning: Eating disorders, abuse, death, trauma Such a bad influence is a thriller that follows Hazel, the older sister of prominent social media influencer Evie Davis. The book begins with Evie disappearing on a live stream. We follow Hazel as […] Read more » mystery New Adult
book reviews I Hope to Have a Daughter like Hazel Sharp in Daughter of Mine February 23, 2024 / August 7, 2025 by Sable Quinn | Leave a Comment Written By: Sable Quinn Sable’s Rating: 5/5 stars Content Warning: this novel references three different deaths in different manors, one being a malicious homicide. Daughter of Mine, Megan Miranda. MarySue Rucci Books, April 9, 2024. 354 pp. Daughter of Mine is Megan Miranda’s newest thriller.** This novel surrounds Hazel Sharp and the mysterious secrets that […] Read more » New Adult Thriller YA
book reviews The Days I Loved You Most by Amy Neff Has Already Become the 2024 Book I Love the Most December 30, 2023 / August 7, 2025 by Sable Quinn | 1 Comment on The Days I Loved You Most by Amy Neff Has Already Become the 2024 Book I Love the Most The Days I Loved You Most by Amy Neff Has Already Become the 2024 Book I Love the Most Written By: Sable Quinn Sable’s Rating: 5/5 stars Content Warning: there is mention of chosen suicide due to a terminal illness. The Days I Loved You Most, Amy Neff. Park Row Books, July 30, 2024. 336 […] Read more » New Adult Romance YA
book reviews Review of BRIDGE TO BAT CITY December 21, 2023 / August 7, 2025 by Star Cat Books | Leave a Comment Bridge to Bat City, by Ernest Cline, illustrations by Mishka Westell. Little Brown, 308 pp., hardcover $17.99, publication date April 2024. Ages 8 to 12. Review by Mae Vincent 10/28/23 Bridge to Bat City is a fun adventure about a girl named Opal who loses her mom and moves in with her uncle. The pair […] Read more » Middle Reader
book reviews Four Four-Letter-Words to Praise Gretchen McNeil’s Newest Novel, Four Letter Word: Rich, Real, Eerie, Wild December 19, 2023 / August 7, 2025 by Sable Quinn | Leave a Comment Four Four-Letter-Words to Praise Gretchen McNeil’s Newest Novel, Four Letter Word: Rich, Real, Eerie, Wild Written By: Sable Quinn Sable’s Rating: 4.5/5 stars Content Warning: there is mention of the ‘Casanova Killer’s’ victims, the gory details of some of the cases, and how he brutally assaulted and murdered the women. Four Letter Word, Gretchen McNeil. […] Read more » New Adult Thriller YA
book reviews The Last Pride is a Pandemic of Emotions and an Innate sense of Belonging with The Z Word’s Ragtag Group December 11, 2023 / August 7, 2025 by Sable Quinn Happy Snow Day from Star Cat Books! We thought that since we had to take a snow day, that we could still cozy up with a nice ARC and share our thoughts with our lovely customers and friends! Without further ado… Written By: Sable Quinn Sable’s Rating: 5/5 stars Content Warning: there is a brutal […] Read more » horror LGBTQA New Adult YA