Justice Reads & Reviews

  Reviews for This Cruel Design and This Mortal Coil! This Cruel Design by Emily Suvada Publisher: Simon Pulse Release Date: October 30, 2018 Genre: Young Adult -- Science Fiction Goodreads Summary Catarina Agatta is a hacker. She can cripple mainframes and crash through firewalls, but that’s not what makes her special. In Cat’s world, people are implanted with technology to recode their DNA, allowing them to change their bodies in any way they want. And Cat happens to be a gene-hacking genius. That’s no surprise, since Cat’s father is Dr. Lachlan Agatta, a legendary geneticist who may be the last hope for defeating a plague that has brought humanity to the brink of extinction. But during the outbreak, Lachlan was kidnapped by a shadowy organization called Cartaxus, leaving Cat to survive the last two years on her own. When a Cartaxus soldier, Cole, arrives with news that her father has been killed, Cat’s instincts tell her it’s just another Cartaxus ...

ABOUT THE BOOK: Light Years by Emily Ziff Griffin Publisher: Simon Pulse Release Date: September 5th, 2017 Genre: Young Adult Synopsis: As a mysterious virus infects the world’s population, a girl embarks on a quest to find a cure in this thrilling debut from Emily Ziff Griffin. Luisa is ready for her life to start. Five minutes ago. And she could be on her way, as her extraordinary coding skills have landed her a finalist spot for a fellowship sponsored by Thomas Bell, the world’s most brilliant and mercurial tech entrepreneur. Being chosen means funding, mentorship, and most importantly, freedom from her overbearing mother. Maybe Lu will even figure out how to control the rare condition that plagues her: whenever her emotions run high, her physical senses kick into overload, with waves of color, sound, taste, and touch flooding her body. But Luisa’s life is thrust into chaos as a deadly virus sweeps across the globe, killing thousands and sending...

Review of Sunrise Cabin by Stacey Donovan   The sunrise cabin was the sweetest novel for me to read this September! Paige Reynolds is a first grade teacher who lives in a beautiful cabin that fills her with joy and inspiration every day. Unfortunately her landlord decides to sell and Paige has to try to buy the cabin for herself. Dylan, the very attractive businessman, who can have anything he wants decides that he wants this cabin as well. While both Paige and Dylan take the time that is needed to learn about one another and try to understand why each other wants the cabin so badly, they discover there's a lot more to each other than what meets the eye and a hopeful spark between the two ignites. Giving me every bit of the fall romance that I was craving. This is the first Hallmark novel that I have read and I was not disappointed.  The fact that it was an original Hallmark novel made it feel even more special to me.  I had the chance to read th...

Fawkes by Nadine Brandes Publisher: Thomas Nelson Release Date: July 10, 2018 Genre: Young Adult, Fanasy, Historical Fiction Synopsis: Thomas Fawkes is turning to stone, and the only cure to the Stone Plague is to join his father’s plot to assassinate the king of England. Silent wars leave the most carnage. The wars that are never declared, but are carried out in dark alleys with masks and hidden knives. Wars where color power alters the natural rhythm of 17th century London. And when the king calls for peace, no one listens until he finally calls for death. But what if death finds him first? Keepers think the Igniters caused the plague. Igniters think the Keepers did. But all Thomas knows is that the Stone Plague infecting his eye is spreading. And if he doesn’t do something soon, he’ll be a lifeless statue. So when his Keeper father, Guy Fawkes, invites him to join the Gunpowder Plot—claiming it will put an end to the plague—Thomas is in....

A Vote of Confidence By Irene Justice Prompt: "It's not you, it's me." “It’s nothing personal,” he mumbled.   “It’s not you, it’s me” he threw in there, and then turned to laugh with his buddies.   Why did I have to like him so much?   Why did I have to listen to Laura and drink the liquid courage to go up to Miguel and ask him out?   His dark cornrows were absolutely perfectly braided back and his smile was as pearly white as ever, that’s why.   I had been in love with him since he first came to our high school last year, late in the senior year, another reason why.   He and I both went to our local university and signed up for the same Civics class, yet another reason why.   Why did he have to be my crush and why did I have to ruin my freshman year in college by asking him out, when I obviously was not his type?    “Hey, Jane?” he asked, after I had turned away in humiliation.   “This doesn’t affect our friendship thoug...