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Review: Foul Play - Vixen Kane - February 2020 Following the bullymance trope, I was excited to read Foul Play by Vixen Kane. This one stood out from the rest of the bully romance books I have read as it had a twist on the story. In Foul Play, it is a male who is being bullied - Noah. Noah is the new basketball player taking the coach by surprise, he may be young but he has strong potential. The problem though is that the basketball team already has a starter - Alec and he's not happy about being replaced and has managed to manipulate and convince his friends - the other basketball players to bully and scare Noah bad enough that he will quit the basketball team and Alec can play right up to his graduation. The thing though is that Alec is one of those - take things for granted and Noah - he is the "determined" type as he knows that this is the only way he can make something out of himself. Noah's older sister Becca is a Volleyball player and when she finds out that ...

Sticks & Stones Dianne Beck Published by: Acorn Publishing Publication date: March 18th 2020 Genres: Contemporary, Young Adult When fifteen-year-old Emily Greene wakes up to police banging on her door, she is shocked to see her mother arrested on drug charges. Uprooted and in disbelief, Emily moves to a new town to stay with her grandmother, known as Crazy Carol for her outspoken faith and quirky behaviors. As if the arrest isn’t enough, kids at her new school immediately begin to stereotype and judge her based on the news they’ve heard about her mom. Emily is sure her mother’s fiancé is to blame for the crime. He has conveniently disappeared since the day of the arrest. She’s determined to find him, and prove he’s at fault. But something awful happens, shaking her world yet again. After this string of tragedies, Emily starts to question God, but is gently and consistently reminded by her grandmother, through stories she tells of all the sticks, leaves, and stones she collects, tha...

Review: Bullied - Book #1 Bullied Series - Vera Hollins - August 2019 I have been enjoying the bullymance trope and read so many bully books, some have been DNF's, others average and then you get the odd one that stands out. Bullied by Vera Hollins was one of those bully stories that took a different twist. The book starts with Sarah moving into a new town with her mother and meeting her neighbors - twin brothers Hayden and Kayden. Hayden, she never warmed to as he always from day one treated her like she was dirt whereas Kayden became her best friend. We learned though that for some messed up reason, Sarah loved Hayden and cared for Kayden as a friend. One night out with their friends an accident occurs which leaves Kayden dead. From that day on, Sarah is tormented day in and day out by not only Hayden but also his group of friends as they all blame her for Kayden's death and branded her as a murderer. Every day they tortured her like crazy and she couldn't get away from...