The Preppy Book Princess

  Good Morning Sweet Friends :) I pray today finds you all doing well, and I'm so thankful you've taken the time to drop om by The Preppy Book Princess today for another book review. I'm Kirby, and I always look forward to getting to welcome you to my little bookish corner of the internet. It's Monday, and I hope your week is off to a wonderful start. Unfortunately, I've had to be a little more absent from my blog in the last couple of weeks as there's been a few things going on with me personally which has been taking up a lot of my free time. This week will be more of the same, and I can't promise when I will be able to get back to my regular three posts a week. That being said, I'm definitely still going to be sticking around, it may just be a little less frequently than normal for awhile until things settle down. Today's review is going to be for a bit different of a title than I normally share on my blog. I decided to give this upcoming release ...

  Hello Sweet Friends :) I pray today finds you all doing well, and I'm so thankful you've taken the time to join me here on The Preppy Book Princess for another book review. I'm Kirby, and I'm always happy to welcome you to my little bookish corner of the internet. Are you someone who enjoys rereading? I definitely do, and it's something I honestly try and make time for almost every month. I recently decided to reread a title I read quite a few years ago to see if I'd end up feeling the same way about it. If you're interested in finding out how this experience went, then please join me down below for today's full review. When Irish Guys are Smiling by Suzanne Supplee: Source: Library Publisher: Speak Publication Date: January 10th, 2008 Genre: Young Adult/Contemporary Series: Students Across the Seven Seas Synopsis: For seventeen-year-old Delk Sinclair, studying abroad in Ireland means one thing: escape. Delk is tired of hearing about her friends' d...

  Good Morning Sweet Friends :) I pray today finds you all doing well, and I'm so thankful you've taken the time to drop on by The Preppy Book Princess today for another book review. I used to read a lot of young adult fiction. It was my favorite genre, and I read hundreds and hundreds of titles within this genre. Now I probably only read a few in the course of an entire year, and that's mainly because the content in these books now is absolutely atrocious!  One author who, except for one or two exceptions, continues to keep her books fairly clean is Kasie West. She's always been one of my all time favorite authors, and I still have a few of her books sitting on my shelf I have yet to get to. It seemed like the perfect time to change that, so I decided to dive right in and give this one a chance. Keep reading to find out if it was a success or another disappointment. Love, Life and the List by Kasie West: Source: Gift From My Hubby Publisher: Harper Teen Publication Dat...

  Good Morning Bookish Friends :) I pray today finds you all doing well, and I'm so thankful you chose to drop on by The Preppy Book Princess today for another book review. I've been an avid reader for a lot of years, and for a lot of those years young adult fiction was my absolute favorite genre. As a general rule, young adult contemporaries were my favorite novels, and I devoured many, many of these titles over the years. However, in recent years as I've gotten a lot stricter about the type of materials I'm allowing into my mind, I haven't been reading as many of these novels. I've noticed a downward trend in the content being included, and they are definitely not as clean as they used to be in the past. One author in the past that I could always count on to deliver swoon worthy, cute and clean young adult romances was Kasie West, and I've devoured a lot of her titles over the years. Unfortunately, I found that last year's release was definitely not as...

  Hello Bookish Lovelies :) I pray today finds you all doing well, and I'm so thankful you've taken the time to drop on by The Preppy Book Princess today for another book review. I'm Kirby, and I'm delighted you're here. Currently, I mainly read Christian fiction, however there's still a few secular genres I enjoy, and you will still see those reviews pop up sporadically on my blog. However, I do want to go ahead and mention today that as a Christian, I still feel it's my duty to mention the content included in even the non-Christian titles I read. I feel convicted to do so, and yes I realize that secular titles aren't going to be like Christian titles, but I do still feel it's important to highlight the content levels for readers to know if it's a title they'd feel comfortable reading or not. Rachel Harris is an author I've read several books from over the years, and I actually had the wonderful opportunity to meet her back in April of 2...

  Hello Everyone :) Thank you so much for taking time out of your day to drop on by The Preppy Book Princess. Last year, I started a mission to find a great young adult contemporary read. This without a doubt used to be my favorite genre, but since I've gotten a lot fussier about the type of content I enjoy while reading, I've discovered this genre has taken a huge downturn in the amount of inappropriate content contained within. I've discovered a lot of duds while on this journey to find a great young adult contemporary that's clean and reminiscent of the ten years ago type of YA.  However, today I'd like to share a review with you all of another one of these titles I read along my quest. Keep reading down below to see if this one ended up being the one I was looking for. Remember Me Always by Renee Collins: Source: Library Publisher: Sourcebooks Fire Publication Date: October 3rd, 2017 Genre: Young Adult Fiction/Contemporary/Romance Mystery Synopsis: Shelby is ner...

Good Morning Bookish Friends :) I pray today finds you all doing well, and I'm so thankful you decided to join me here on The Preppy Book Princess for another book review. Unfortunately, as I announced previously, this will be my last post on here for a month. I'm dealing with some medical circumstances, and as such, I need to take a little hiatus from the reading and reviewing world. I look forward to coming back though, so keep an eye out in the second week of May for more book reviews! Now let's jump right into today's post.  At the end of 2022, I decided to embark on a reread of one of my all time favorite series, The Gallagher Girls by Ally Carter. It's been such a special experience getting to revisit these wonderful stories and characters, and I've been very much enjoying my reread. Since I'd never reviewed these books on my blog the first time around, I've been enjoying doing so this time, and you can check out my reviews of the first four titles...

  Hello Everyone :) I pray today finds you all doing well, and I want to thank you all for joining me for another book review here on The Preppy Book Princess. If you've been reading my blog for awhile, then chances are you've heard me mention my love for Kasie West's books. I've loved her stories ever since reading her debut novel, and my opinion hasn't changed over the years. Her recent release was on my list of My Most Anticipated 2022 Releases , and I recently finally got the chance to read it. Keep reading below to find out if it lived up to the expectations I had for it. Places We've Never Been by Kasie West: Source: Library Publisher: Delacorte Press Publication Date: May 31st, 2022 Genre: Young Adult Fiction/Young Adult Contemporary Synopsis: A sweet and swoony contemporary Young Adult novel about a cross-country family road trip that puts one girl and her childhood best friend on an unexpected road to romance! Norah hasn’t seen her childhood best friend...

  Hello Everyone :)  I pray today finds you all doing well, and I want to thank you all for joining me for another book review here on The Preppy Book Princess. It's a perfect day for curling up with a great read, as it's cloudy, cool and it looks like we might even get more snow. I'm one of those weirdos that much prefers cloudy days to sunny days usually, as they make the perfect atmospheric time to read and stay inside.  How bout yourself? What's your favorite type of weather? If you've been reading my blog for awhile, then you might have already heard me talk about my quest to find another really great secular young adult contemporary. I haven't had the best luck on this journey so far, as most of the ones I've picked up have unfortunately been full of objectionable content, or include characters I can't really seem to connect with. For today's review I'm here to share another young adult contemporary review with you all, and this one was a h...

  Hello Bookish Friends :) I pray today finds you all doing well, and I want to thank you all for joining me for another book review here on The Preppy Book Princess. I'm going to be sharing a few more young adult book reviews in the next little while than normal for me, but it's mainly because I decided to give a few titles within this genre another chance, just to see if I could possibly find any that might still be something I could classify as clean and still find enjoyable. Today's title had actually been on my TBR for quite some time, but I wasn't quite willing to part with 27.00 dollars to read it. Instead, I ordered it in at my library, and I was excited to dive right in. I'd previously really enjoyed Kerstin Gier's Ruby Red trilogy, and I was looking forward to giving another one of her books a try. Keep reading below to find out what I ended up thinking about this one.  A Castle in the Clouds by Kerstin Gier: Source: Library Publisher: Henry Holt Publi...

  Good Morning Friends :) I hope you're all doing well, and I want to thank you all for joining me for another book review here on The Preppy Book Princess. Young Adult Contemporaries used to be my all time favorite genre. I gobbled them up as fast as I could find them, and it probably made up over half of the books I'd read in a year. However, in recent years I've really grown disheartened with this genre. Aside from Kasie West and a couple of others, I've found that they all seem to include unnecessary content, and have way more adult sexual stuff in them than ever needs to be included in a book about two teenagers. In the last couple of weeks, I've decided to give a few more of these books a try, in the hopes that I'll find one that fits within the guidelines I'm looking for. I'm planning to share a wrap up of them all in the weeks ahead, but today I'm going to share one of the individual reviews from a new to me author. Keep reading below for my ...

  Hello Friends :) I pray today finds you all doing well, and I want to thank you all for joining me for another book review here on The Preppy Book Princess. Last year, I'd talked quite a bit on my blog about my quest to find a really great young adult contemporary story. It feels like it's been a long time since I've read a truly great title within this genre, and I've discovered many duds in the last few weeks while on this journey. I've also discovered a couple of cute ones that were pretty enjoyable, but I have yet to discover one that truly blew me away. Today's review is a review of another of these titles, and I hope you'll keep reading below to find out if this one ended up being the one I was searching for. Kisses and Croissants by Anne-Sophie Jouhanneau: Source: Library  Publisher: Delacorte Press Publication Date: April 6th, 2021 Genre: Young Adult Fiction/Contemporary Romance Synopsis: Seventeen-year-old Mia, an American girl at an elite summer ...

  Hello Everyone :) I pray today finds you all doing well, and I want to thank you all for joining me for another book review here on The Preppy Book Princess. I've been on a quest the last few months, which I've already talked about a little bit on my blog. I'm on a quest to find a good young adult contemporary novel (other than the ones by Kasie West who is my all time fave), and it's not really going that well. I used to love this genre, but oh the recent releases have left me so disappointed, and remind me again why it is that I stopped reading so many secular titles. The content in so many of them is downright atrocious, and I miss the days when young adult books weren't just adult books disguised as being for teenagers. With all that being said, let's dive right in to today's review, and I'll share whether or not this particular title ended up being what I was looking for. Bend in the Road by Sara Biren: Source: Library Publisher: Harry N. Abrams P...

  Hello Friends :) I pray today finds you all doing well, and I want to thank you all for joining me for another book review here on The Preppy Book Princess. Young Adult Contemporaries used to be my absolute favorite genre. I voraciously read each and every one I could find, and I used to love so many of them. Unfortunately, in the last few years I've started to notice a downwards trend within this genre.  They are no longer clean or cutesy, and instead are chocked full of inappropriate content, and I find myself really having to weed through the available titles. I've gotten a lot fussier over the last couple of years about the types of content I allow myself to read, watch and listen to, and I've honestly  gotten to the point where I don't often pick up a secular young adult title anymore, unless I know good and sure that the author keeps them fairly clean. I've been disappointed with the majority of the ones I've read in the past year or so, but I recently f...