Choose Your Own Adventure: Eigth Grade Witch
by: Andrew E.C. Gaska; E.L. Thomas; C.E. Simpson
The first official Choose Your Own Adventure graphic novel!
From the hit Choose Your Own Adventure® novels comes a newly adapted graphic novel taking readers on their own visual adventure! Enter a ghoulish world of nightmares, witches, ghosts, and dreaded the eighth grade as Rabbit, the new kid on the block! As Rabbit, readers will get to choose which adventure--or nightmare--they'll embark on. From learning about the mysterious witch Prudence Deadly, to trouncing through spooky graveyards, to meeting ghostly ancestors or channeling some witchcraft with classmates, no one path leads to the same destination.
Will you choose a path that leads to the light? Or will the path you choose lead to a gruesome end? You get to decide!
REVIEW: Thank you to NetGalley for the advanced reader copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. I have been a fan of Choose Your Own Adventure books since as long as I can remember. I am so excited that they are making a resurgence. The choice of bring them to the graphic novel game is genius!! The story lines are fun and spooky and magical. The graphics are bold, and vibrant, and eye catching. This is a great recommendation for 10 & up who are maybe not active readers. Graphic novels are an incredible way to promote a love of reading in reluctant readers. This one comes just in time for the spooky season.
The Inn at Summer Island
By: Rachel Magee
Millie Leclair is a mess, complete with a dead-end career and a flat-lining love life. So when she inherits her great aunt’s oceanfront B&B in a resort town in South Carolina’s Lowcountry, she doesn’t hesitate to pack up her car and set off on a new adventure. It’ll be fun.
Of course, life seldom goes according to plan. The B&B is barely habitable for one person, let alone ready to open for business. With dwindling funds, Millie has no choice but to roll up her sleeves and tackle the repairs by herself. Yeah, so much fun.
Ex-pro golfer Braxton Channing thought being a full-time single parent kept him on his toes. That was before he spotted his new neighbor teetering on her rooftop—which is only the beginning of her long list of renovations for the old house—and he added keeping her safe to his to-do list.
But Millie is determined to dive headfirst into repairs regardless of the risk, and suddenly, battling with his daughter over brushing her teeth seems easier than winning an argument with Millie. She’s exasperating. And oddly delightful. And most definitely shouldn’t be let anywhere near a tall ladder.
For a guy who’s sworn off romantic relationships, why does he suddenly want to be the one who gets the privilege of watching Millie conquer not just the B&B but his heart as well?
REVIEW: Thank you to NetGalley and Entangled Publishing for the advanced reader copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. This was the sweetest most heartfelt contemporary romance I have read in a long time. I think growing up on an island that is a vacation hot spot definitely gave this book a special place in my heart. It's incredible to see how Millie's aunt Mildred meant so much to the community and how they (almost) all pitch in to help Millie refurbish the Inn to it's full glory. Throw in some mystery love letters, a festival, and a hurricane and you've got the perfect closed door romance to end the summer. If this is not immediately made into a Hallmark movie, I will riot!!