Jen's Book Reviews

  Title: Fading Stars Author: Marisa Kazawey Number of Pages: 428 Publishing Date: 20 August 2024 Genre: Mental Health, Young-Adult TW: scenes of heavy Bullying, mmc deals with depression and suicidal thoughts, S.A, self-harm, school shooting Synopsis: Stars hold the power to rewrite a destiny. Neveah lives for them, counting down the days until the awe-inspiring return of Halley's Comet. At 16, she dreams of becoming an astrophysicist, her passion ignited by her grandmother who had passed away. Yohan, on the other hand, is a shadow of his former self. Once a good kid, he became withdrawn and distant after a tragic event. Yohan grapples with guilt and a deep-seated desire for redemption, even contemplating ending his own life. Their worlds collide when Neveah forms a club. Under the watchful eye of the returning comet, an unlikely connection blossoms between them. Together, Neveah and Yohan embark on a healing journey, discovering that sometimes, the light of one star can illuminat

Title:  The Girl With No Reflection Author: Keshe Chow Number of Pages: 496 Publishing Date: 6 August 2024 Genre: High Fantasy, Young-Adult, Romance, Mythology,  Horror, Re-telling My Rating: 2.5 stars Synopsis A young woman chosen as the crown prince’s bride must travel to the royal palace to meet her new husband—but her world is shaken when she discovers the dark truth the royal family has been hiding for centuries. Princess Ying Yue believed in love...once upon a time. Yet when she’s chosen to wed the crown prince, Ying’s dreams of a fairy tale marriage quickly fall apart. Her husband-to-be is cold and indifferent, confining Ying to her room for reasons he won’t explain. Worse still are the rumors that swirl around the imperial whispers of seven other royal brides who, after their own weddings, mysteriously disappeared. Left alone with only her own reflection for company, Ying begins to see things. Strange things. Movements in the corners of her mirror. Colorful lights upon its

Title : Meet Me At Blue Hour Author : Sarah Suk Number of Pages : 288 Publishing Date : 1 April 2025 Genre : Contemporary Fiction, Young-Adult, Coming of Age, Romance, Second Chance, Childhood Friends to Lovers Synopsis: Seventeen-year-old Yena Bae is spending the summer in Busan, South Korea, working at her mom’s memory-erasing clinic. She feels lost and disconnected from people, something she’s felt ever since her best friend, Lucas, moved away four years ago without a word, leaving her in limbo. Eighteen-year-old Lucas Pak is also in Busan for the summer, visiting his grandpa, who was recently diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease. But he isn’t just here for a regular visit—he’s determined to get his beloved grandpa into the new study running at the clinic, a trial program seeking to restore lost memories. When Yena runs into Lucas again, she’s shocked to see him and even more shocked to discover that he doesn’t remember a thing about her. He’s completely erased her fro

  Title : I Am Not Jessica Chen Author : Ann Liang Number of Pages : 384 Publishing Date : 28 January 2025 Genre : Contemporary Fiction, Young-Adult, Dark Academia, Coming of age, Magical Realism, Romance, Asian Representation, Second Chance. Synopsis Seventeen-year-old Jenna Chen, rejected by every Ivy League school she applied to and burdened by the weight of her Asian immigrant parents’ expectations, makes a desperate wish: to become her smarter, Harvard-bound cousin, Jessica Chen. To her shock, her wish comes true—literally. Now living as Jessica, Jenna has access to her cousin’s deepest secrets and journals, only to realize that being the top student at the prestigious Havenwood Private Academy isn’t the dream she imagined. As her parents, friends, and even Jenna herself start to forget who she truly is, she must decide if living out Jessica’s life is worth losing her own identity forever. Review I Am Not Jessica Chen is an emotional roller coaster that had me hooked from the very