Reanna's Book Realm

*Lord of Shadows is the sequel to Lady Midnight by Cassandra Clare It’s been only weeks since Emma killed Malcolm Fade, the high warlock of Los Angeles. While that should’ve been the end of Malcolm's game, it doesn’t look like it is. His body is still somewhere in the ocean, and it’s woken up sea demons throughout the coast. To try to combat this problem, the Ceturions arrive to the Los Angeles Institute, a highly skilled group of Shadowhunters. However, it seems that the Centurions have a different motive for being there, and that’s not the only thing that going on at the institute. Kit, who just discovered he was a Shadowhunter, is not settling in well is dragging Ty down with him. At the same time, Julian is trying to deal with the complications of his parabitai bond with Emma and Mark’s faerie past is catching up with him. The problems are adding up, and soon the structure of the Los Angeles Institute is going to collapse. Lord of Shadows is a seriously daunting book. I...

Justyce is not allowed to be a care-free, regular teenage boy. He’s not allowed to be these things because he is a person of color, and in present day America, that puts a target on his back. And on the night he’s arrested, it doesn’t matter that he’s on his way to Yale or that he is a loving person, all that matters is he’s a black boy seen with a drunk, white-passing girl at two a.m. He hasn’t done anything wrong, but he’s arrested and held for hours, only to not have any charges filed against him. In the months following his arrest, Justyce is forced to examine his relations with American culture while being in an environment that denies his struggles. The minute I heard the premise of Dear Martin I knew I wanted to read it. In the past years, the collection of published YA books has broadened in diversity, not to say that there isn’t always room for improvement. Originally, this book reminded me of The Hate U Give , one of my favorites this year. Now that I’ve read both books...

As a new adult out of the foster system, Emika doesn’t have much going for her. She’s barely making ends meet, her rent just went up, and her job as a bounty hunter is unreliable. Her talents lie in Warcross, a game of augmented reality that has taken the world by storm. Everyone lives in the world of Warcross, especially during the time of the official games, where the top players compete in a series of games with as much press as the Olympics. On opening night during a risky hack, Emika accidentally transports herself into the games. Instead of the creator of Warcross, Hideo, pressing charges, he challenges her to a bounty with a price she’ll never forget. She must act quick because the farther she goes the hunt the more risk is involved, including the lives of the players. I was given a wonderful ARC of Warcross from my library which I appreciate so much. That being said, keep in mind that I didn’t read the “official” copy of the book and some details can change. I was a little...

Monty is too progressive for his times (somewhere in the eighteenth century). He has no interest in being a perfect gentleman, making business deals behind closed doors and only drinking within the same class. Instead he likes his parties wild, all the pretty girls and all the pretty boys too. His father doesn’t. In hopes to put him into shape, his father places him, his best friend Percy, and his sister Felicity on a Tour around the continent. With all this formality, Monty of course turn squeamish and “accidentally” steals a item from a duke that may hold the secret to the world’s first cure-all medicine. Suddenly, the three are on a chase across the continent to retrieve the medicine and it only complicates things that Monty is in love with Percy. When The Gentleman’s Guide for Vice and Virtue came out I had no interest in reading it. Mostly, I was turned away from it because it’s historical fiction, something I almost never read. I actually end up liking most of my historical ...

There are two groups Ali is apart of: Ali, Noodles, and Needles and Ali, Jazz, and Mom. The two groups aren’t exclusive but there’s only so much Jazz and Mom know about what Ali does with Noodles and Needles. Sometimes, it’s better not to ask. No one asks about Needles anyway. Everybody knows he has Tourette’s Syndrome and the he has his ticks but it’s all good to everyone except Noodles, his own brother. Although he loves him, Noodles blames Needles and his disability for the reason why their dad left. So, when they’re all invited to the hottest party on the block with the condition that Needles comes with, Noodles can’t do anything but give in. But, like everything, it doesn’t go as everyone plans at the party and this time it might not be Needles fault. I got a chance to read When I Was The Greatest when it was my book club’s book of the month. Jason Reynolds has been an author on my radar for awhile now, especially with his new collaborative book All American Boys. I didn’t r...