Month: January 2019

Review: Mirror Mirror by Cara Delevingne (with Rowan Coleman)

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Bentley’s Grade: C-

Title: Mirror Mirror 
Author: Cara Delevingne (with Rowan Coleman)
Publisher and Date: Harper Collins 2017
Page Length: 355
Genre: YA Thriller

Brief Summary:
Naomi, Mirror Mirror’s bassist and lead songwriter, disappears without a trace, leaving the remaining three band members in shock and confusion. Eight weeks later, Naomi is fished from the Thames bruised and broken—but alive. While Naomi remains in her induced coma, Red, Leo, and Rose attempt to solve the mystery of their friend’s disappearance and along the way, they find themselves face to face with their own troubled home lives and inner demons. With the help of Ashira, Naomi’s older sister and proud computer wizard-hacker, the band mates’ search for clues leads them around London, to Camden and back, and finally to the dark net, where they discover the unsettling and graphic truth of Naomi’s whereabouts and who lured her there. 

Review: 
Honesty, right? I promised to give you an honest critique, so here it goes: I did not enjoy this book.  Continue reading →

Review: Bad Girls with Perfect Faces by Lynne Weingarten

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Bentley’s Grade: B+

Title: Bad Girls with Perfect Faces 
Author: Lynn Weingarten
Publisher and Date: Simon Pulse; Simon and Schuster 2017
Page Length: 285
Genre: YA Thriller

Brief Summary: 
Although Ivy broke his heart and sent him into a month-long funk, Xavier agrees to get back together with his ex-girlfriend. Sasha, Xavier’s best friend and the novel’s protagonist, believes that Ivy has no intention of remaining faithful, so she decides to catfish Ivy by creating a fake Instagram account. In the weeks that follow, “Jake” (aka Sasha) and Ivy engage in a series of intimate DMs and text messages, all of which Sasha plans to reveal to Xavier as hard proof of Ivy’s infidelity; however, after a failed attempt to confront Ivy, Sasha makes more than a few poor decisions—decisions that land Ivy with a sweater full a rocks on the bottom of the Florida Everglades.

Review:
I was skeptical of the novel at first, but I found it to be surprisingly enjoyable. It’s a very quick read—three to five hours depending on your speed. Continue reading →