Sarah Jones

Never Said

Fiction

“While this is an overall engaging read, the strange decisions both protagonists make, the overbearing parents, and the constant message that being overweight is the worst thing that can happen to a girl will put off many teens.”

Summer by Summer

Fiction

“A fairly typical summer romance. Girl (Summer) goes to Belize for the summer as a nanny, clashes with her charge's popular teen brother (Bray), things go awry, and the two end up shipwrecked. What happens next is predictable, which doesn't necessarily discount this from being a good beach read. Where this book goes astray, unfortunately, is in the unnecessary physical transformation of Summer. At the start of the book, she fits a certain conservative modest teen girl stereotype—long floral dresses, mousy brown hair. Within a few chapters she's been given a complete makeover—highlighted hair, cutoffs, tank tops. Among the intended audience, the message that an instant makeover will get the guy might not float so well. Despite being full of YA tropes, it is a readable novel.”