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Tittle: Don’t touch Author: Rachel M.Wilson Genre: YA, fiction, contemporary, romance, mental health Pages: 432 Publisher: Harper Teen Format: Digital (Kindle edition) Time to read it: 3 days Language: English Rating: 4.5/5 “Don’t touch” was the debut novel of Rachel M. Wilson. This book was one of those books you plan to read as they come out, but you keep putting down, a contemporary novel that deals with mental illness and how to cope with it and society. Caddie has promise to herself that if she won’t touch anyone everything will go back to normal. However, she has to find a way to keep this promise in her new school, meeting new people, making new friends and keeping a normal life. Would she be able to keep with it and get the leading role in her new school play? “Don’t touch” was a really interesting contemporary book. I really liked how the book dealt with a problem like OCD and anxiety. In my opinion, it was really well written and noticeable ...

Tittle: Iluminae Series: The Iluminae files Author: Amy Kauffman and Jay Kristoff Genre: YA, fiction, science fiction, futuristic, fantasy, space, war Pages: 599 Publisher: Knopf Books for young readers Format: Hardback Time to read it: 3 days Language: English Rating: 5/5 “Iluminae” is the first book in the “Iluminae files series” written by Amy Kauffman and Jay Kristoff, a futuristic story about a couple of teenagers who found themselves in the middle of a space war. Kady and Ezra just broke up, however they find that they only have each other after what happened in their planet, despite the fact that they are located in different spaceships. Two rival companies control the universe and they are willing to do anything to be the only one, even destroying a whole planet. However, that would not be the worst thing happening to the one who used to live in the small planet, as they are not safe even in the rescue ships they now live. “Iluminae” was a f...

Tittle: The Crown Series: Selection Author: Kiera Cass Genre: YA, fiction, romance, fantasy, dystopia Pages: 352 Publisher: HarperTeen Format: Digital (Kindle) Time to read it: 7 days Language: English Rating: 3/5 The Crown is the last book in the selection series. The last two books in the series are a spin off of the original series that follows the daughter of King Manson and her wife America. Their daughter following her father’s path decides that she will chose her future husband in a selection. The queen’s had a heart attack after knowing about her son absence; this leaves the princess in a really tight spot. She decides to cut down her candidates leaving only the boys that have been able to wake something inside her. She also will have to act as ruler as his father seems unable to do it being as he is too worried about his life. Eadlyn founds herself in a tight position since she will have to make choices that will change her future. “The Cro...

Tittle: Harry Potter and the cursed child Series: Harry Potter Author: John Tiffany, Jack Thorne and J.K. Rowling Genre: YA, fiction, fantasy, magic, plays Pages: 321 Publisher: Salamandra Format: Hardcover Time to read it: 2 days Language: Spanish Rating: 4/5 “Harry Potter and the cursed child” is a book contains the script written by Jack Thorne based on a J.K. Rowling story that continues the story of Harry Potter. It is the first year at Hogwarts for the second child of Harry and Jinny. Albus Severus Potter is about to start his first year at Hogwarts and his is excited and nervous at the same time. However id is place at Slythering instead of Griffindor and he starts being friends with Scorpius Malfoy. All of this made people talk about how he is the black ship of the family, and he starts feeling that way. Time passes and the distance between Harry and his child becomes wider. In addition to all this Harry’s scar starts hurting again. To try provi...

Title: Cruel Beauty Author: Rosamund Hodge Genre: Fiction, YA, fantasy, romance, retelling, fairytale, mythology Pages: 352 Publisher: Balzer and Bray Format: Digital (kindle) Time to read it: 5 days Language: English Rating: 4/5 “Cruel Beauty” is a “Beauty and the beast” fairy tale retelling with a mythology twist to it. It has come the day in which Nyx will finally meet her destiny and marry the prince of demons, who rules the kingdom. That has been her fate since she was born. Her father made a deal with the prince in order to have children but every deal has a price and his was her wife who died after giving birth to two baby girls. Her father chose her to be the one marring the prince and for that she has always hated him and her sister. Apart from that, she should not only marry him but kill him, a powerful prince of demons. However, she will find really difficult to do so, since the prince is not as everyone sees him. “Cruel Be...