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Binding 13 by Chloe Walsh
Binding 13 is a young adult romance novel, written by Chloe Walsh. This was my first read by Chloe and one of those elusive and magical novels where I read it once and immediately dove back in for a second taste. First, this novel is heavy, and you’ve been warned. This brings up uncomfortable topics, shitty situations. Not everyone is able to be saved at the book’s end. That being said, I have reread it multiple times since my first reading earlier this year. The depth of the character building is AMAZING. I was totally surprised when I read it the first time. Once in a blue moon a book…
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True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle – Avi
Pressure is on, here it is, my first review (queue the dramatic music & spotlight). I thought way too hard about what book to start with. I settled on a book that I have reread time and time again since I read it in middle school: The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle by Avi. For frame of reference this is an older book, published in 1990, my copy is tattered and torn and owned by my mother before me. For shits and giggles I decided to check which edition I have – lo’ and behold it’s a first! My middle school self reads this much differently than I do as an adult.…
