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Exclusive Cover+Excerpt Reveal: Wren Martin Ruins It All by Amanda DeWitt
Today on the site, we’re revealing the cover of yet another ace offering by Amanda DeWitt! Wren Martin Ruins it All releases November 7, 2023 from Peachtree Teen, and here’s the story:
From the author of Aces Wild comes a hilarious and compassionate romantic comedy for fans of Casey McQuiston and Netflix’s Love Is Blind!
Now that Wren Martin is student council president (on a technicality, but…
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Wren Martin Ruins It All by Amanda DeWitt
“Why does this say”—he turns it around to read it—“Mr. and Mr. Wren and Leo Martin?”
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Arc & Audio ARC Review: Aces Wild: A Heist by Amanda DeWitt
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Publication Date: September 13, 2022
Synopsis:
What happens in Vegas when an all-asexual online friend group attempts to break into a high-stakes gambling club? Shenanigans ensue.
Some people join chess club, some people play football. Jack Shannon runs a secret blackjack ring in his private school’s basement. What else is the son of a Las Vegas casino mogul supposed to do?
Everything starts falling apart when Jack’s mom is arrested for their family’s ties to organized crime. His sister Beth thinks this is the Shannon family’s chance to finally go straight, but Jack knows that something’s not right. His mom was sold out, and he knows by who. Peter Carlevaro: rival casino owner and jilted lover. Gross.
Jack hatches a plan to find out what Carlevaro’s holding over his mom’s head, but he can’t do it alone. He recruits his closest friends—the asexual support group he met through fandom forums. Now all he has to do is infiltrate a high-stakes gambling club and dodge dark family secrets, while hopelessly navigating what it means to be in love while asexual. Easy, right?
My Rating: ★★★★★
*My Review below the cut.
My Review:
This was so much fun! I was drawn into the story immediately and immediately sympathetic to the main character. He was sarcastic, self-deprecating, funny, and a very believable teenager -- some of my favorite things in a protagonist. He made a lot of very realistic, very bad decisions, especially early on when he felt like he was alone and his world was falling apart. Sometimes he even knew they were bad decisions and he still made them. He was a very realistic teenager, in other words.
I LOVE that the entire crew he pulls together for his heist are ace. It's such a fun detail, and so relatable - not having friends in your immediate surroundings but connecting with people all over the country on fanfiction forums and then forming a chat support group for ace people? Definitely felt familiar, which drew me in even more. I almost felt like I was a member of the group and in on their shenanigans.
The heist itself sometimes took a backseat to the family and friend group drama, but I'm ok with that. There was still plenty of heist action there, but I was there for the character interactions anyway as I generally prefer character driven to plot driven stories. I love love loved the characters. They were all such individuals, with unique characteristics and mannerisms that didn't feel forced at all. They felt like real people you might find anywhere. Well, they felt like real teenagers that you might meet at the outskirts of the school social scene, which is where I've always been the most comfortable. In short - I wanted to be their friend too. They were very obviously my people.
I like how the 'being ace' aspect was handled, as well as the tentative love story. It was sweet and realistic and believable... and familiar. Aside from the whole heist thing, it could have been me and my friends in high school and college.
That sense of familiarity, of belonging, made me love this book 1000x more than I would have based solely on the plot. Obviously not everyone is going to feel this sentimental about the book and characters, but I think a lot of people will really see themselves here and feel seen.
Las Vegas was an excellent choice of setting because the glitter and glamour made an excellent contrast to the seriousness of the beginning and then an excellent background and distraction during the plotting and executing of the heist itself. I've never been to Las Vegas, but after reading this I feel like I was there. The descriptions didn't ever try to take over the story like in some books, but I still felt like everything was very grounded in a specific place and could even almost see it playing out in my head. in fact I did see it that way - I have very specific visual memories of events in the book. It was like watching a movie. Ocean's 11, but with teenagers.
The audiobook was narrated flawlessly and I love the narrator and the choices he made for the different voices and the way he told the story. Just perfect all around. I bumped the speed up to 2x because he spoke a little slowly for my taste - many people do - and it was still perfectly clear and easy to understand and all the emotion came through easily.
*Thanks to NetGalley, Peachtree Teen, and Recorded Books for providing an e-arc and audio arc for review.
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Aces Wild: A Heist - Amanda DeWitt
Some people join chess club, some people play football. Jack Shannon runs a secret blackjack ring in his private school’s basement. What else is the son of a Las Vegas casino mogul supposed to do?
Everything starts falling apart when Jack’s mom is arrested for their family’s ties to organized crime. His sister Beth thinks this is the Shannon family’s chance to finally go straight, but Jack knows that something’s not right. His mom was sold out, and he knows by who. Peter Carlevaro: rival casino owner and jilted lover. Gross.
Jack hatches a plan to find out what Carlevaro’s holding over his mom’s head, but he can’t do it alone. He recruits his closest friends—the asexual support group he met through fandom forums. Now all he has to do is infiltrate a high-stakes gambling club and dodge dark family secrets, while hopelessly navigating what it means to be in love while asexual. Easy, right?
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Review: Hell Followed with Us by Andrew Joseph White
Review: Hell Followed with Us by Andrew Joseph White
Hell Followed with UsAndrew Joseph WhitePeachtree TeenPublished June 7, 2022
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About Hell Followed with Us
Sixteen-year-old trans boy Benji is on the run from the cult that raised him—the fundamentalist sect that unleashed Armageddon and decimated the world’s population. Desperately, he searches for a place where the cult can’t get their hands on him, or more…
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#Acheson PA#Andrew Joseph White#autism#cult#Hell Followed with Us#LGBTQIA+#Peachtree Teen#Pennsylvania#post-apocalyptic#Romance#transgender
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2024 YA Fantasy Books
I didn’t really notice it while I was putting this list together but scrolling down just to check the formatting really put into perspective how many utterly amazing books there are. There might be more YA fantasy than adult fantasy that’s pulling at me this year.
Sky’s End (Above the Black #1) by Marc J Gregson | 02 / 01 / 24 – Peachtree Teen
Exiled to live as a Low, sixteen-year-old Conrad…
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#2024#Andersen Press#Books#Chicken House Books#Delacorte Press#Fantasy#G.P. Putnam’s Sons Books for Young Readers#HarperCollins#Hodder and Stoughton#Hodderscape#Page Street Publishing#Pan Macmillan#Peachtree Teen#releases#Rick Riordan Presents#Roaring Brook Press#Rock the Boat#Scholastic#Sourcebooks#Titan Books#YA
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Saint Juniper's Folly by Alex Crespo
Saint Juniper’s Folly by Alec Crespo. Peachtree Teen, 2023. 9781682635773
Rating: 1-5 (5 is an excellent or a Starred review) 3.5
Format: Hardcover
Genre: Paranormal/romance
What did you like about the book? Three teens collaborate to solve the mystery of the crumbling mansion in the woods of Saint Juniper, Vermont. Jaime, who’s in foster care, has the most to lose: he is stuck in the house,…
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Saint Juniper's Folly by Alex Crespo
Saint Juniper’s Folly by Alec Crespo. Peachtree Teen, 2023. 9781682635773
Rating: 1-5 (5 is an excellent or a Starred review) 3.5
Format: Hardcover
Genre: Paranormal/romance
What did you like about the book? Three teens collaborate to solve the mystery of the crumbling mansion in the woods of Saint Juniper, Vermont. Jaime, who’s in foster care, has the most to lose: he is stuck in the house,…
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Review: The Spirit Bares Its Teeth by Andrew Joseph White
Title: The Spirit Bares Its Teeth
Author: Andrew Joseph White
Publisher: Peachtree Teen
Length: 399 Pages
Category: YA/Teen Fantasy, Paranormal, Historical
Rating: 5 Stars
At a Glance: Andrew Joseph White is an uncompromising storyteller. His canvas is the page, his imagination the palette, and his words and experiences the color he uses to paint a story, sometimes in grisly ways, always…
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#5 stars#Andrew Joseph White#Autistic MC#Gothic Horror#Historical Fantasy#LGBTQIA+#Paranormal#Peachtree Teen#Trans MCs
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The Ghosts of Rose Hill by R. M. Romero
The Ghosts of Rose Hill by R. M. Romero
Magic will burn you up.
Sent to stay with her aunt in Prague and witness the humble life of an artist, Ilana Lopez—a biracial Jewish girl—finds herself torn between her dream of becoming a violinist and her immigrant parents’ desire for her to pursue a more stable career.
When she discovers a forgotten Jewish cemetery behind her aunt’s cottage, she meets the ghost of a kindhearted boy named…
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🌸 ARIANA'S BOOK REVIEW 🌸
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐/5
Genre: Young Adult, Romance, Contemporary, LGBT (Ace Representation)
📚 Synopsis: Now that Wren Martin is student council president (on a technicality, but hey, it counts) he’s going to fix Rapture High. His first order of business: abolish the school’s annual Valentine’s Day Dance, a drain on the school’s resources and general social nightmare—especially when you’re asexual.
His greatest opponent: Leo Reyes, vice president and all-around annoyingly perfect student, who has a solution to Wren’s budget problem. A sponsorship from Buddy, the anonymous “not a dating” app sweeping the nation. Now instead of a dance-less senior year, Wren is in charge of the biggest dance Rapture High has ever seen. He’s even secretly signed up for the app. For research, of course.
But when Wren develops capital F-Feelings for his anonymous match, things spiral out of control. Wren decided a long time ago that dating while asexual wasn’t worth the hassle. With the Dance rapidly approaching, he isn’t sure what will kill him first: the dance, his relationship drama, or the growing realization that Leo’s perfect life might not be so perfect after all.
In an unforgettably quippy and endearingly chaotic voice, narrator Wren Martin explores the complexities of falling in love while asexual.
📝 Review: I recently had the pleasure of diving into the captivating world of "Wren Martin Ruins It All" by Amanda Dewitt, and I must say, it did not disappoint. From the very first page, I was hooked by Dewitt's impeccable storytelling and relatable characters.
In this delightful novel, we follow the journey of Wren Martin, the witty and ambitious student council president of Rapture High. Wren's mission to abolish the infamously dreaded Valentine's Day Dance at his school sets the stage for a series of hilarious mishaps and unexpected romantic entanglements. But "Wren Martin Ruins It All" is so much more than a comedic high school romance.
Dewitt skillfully weaves in the complexities of love, relationships, and the journey of self-discovery. One of the standout aspects of this book is its refreshing portrayal of asexuality. Wren's exploration and acceptance of his identity as an asexual individual is thoughtfully depicted, shedding light on a topic that is often misunderstood or overlooked.
What truly sets "Wren Martin Ruins It All" apart is the authenticity of its characters. Dewitt has created a diverse cast that is brimming with personality and relatability. From the charming Leo, Wren's vice president, to the quirky and lovable members of the student council, each character feels like someone you could know in real life.
The writing style employed by Dewitt is energetic, humorous, and infused with heart. The pacing is spot on, keeping the reader engaged and eagerly turning the pages. Whether it's the witty banter between characters or the tender moments of self-reflection, the prose effortlessly captures the essence of each scene.
At its core, "Wren Martin Ruins It All" is a story about embracing who you truly are, navigating the highs and lows of teenage life, and learning that sometimes, it's okay to let go and allow yourself to be vulnerable. It's a powerful and heartwarming reminder that love takes many forms, and self-discovery is a journey worth embarking on.
Overall, I highly recommend "Wren Martin Ruins It All" to anyone in search of a captivating and relatable read. Amanda Dewitt has crafted a gem of a novel that seamlessly combines humor, romance, and important themes, leaving a lasting impression. Don't miss out on this delightful book that will make you laugh, swoon, and maybe even shed a tear or two.
🔍 Rec: People who have read ‘The Borrow A Boyfriend Club’ (Page Powars), ‘They Hate Each Other’ (Amanda Woody) and ‘Gwen & Art Are Not In Love’ (Lex Croucher) may like this book.
Thank you Amanda DeWitt, Peachtree Teen and Colored Pages Book Tours for this delightful read. All opinions expressed here are purely my own.
🦋 Recommend some books with Ace Representation in the comments.
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The Vital Role of Child and Teen Counseling
Peachtree City is a beacon of community and family values in the heart of Georgia. Within this idyllic setting, however, lies a critical need - the mental and emotional well-being of its youngest residents. This piece delves into the world of child and Teen Counseling in Peachtree City, GA, unraveling its significance in nurturing the mental health of the younger generation.
The Need for Adolescent Therapy
Adolescence and childhood are not just about physical growth but also significant emotional and psychological development. In Peachtree City, as in any community, children and teens face many challenges - from academic pressure to social dynamics and the complexities of growing up in an increasingly digital world. The need for specialized counseling in this demographic is not just beneficial but essential. It serves as a proactive approach to address various mental health concerns that, if left unattended, can escalate into more severe issues in adulthood.
Benefits of Therapy
The advantages of engaging in therapy at a young age are manifold:
Emotional Resilience:
Therapy equips young individuals with the skills to cope with stress, anxiety, and emotional upheavals.
Behavioral Improvement:
Counselors can help address behavioral issues by providing strategies to manage and overcome them.
Self-Discovery and Growth:
It creates a safe space for children and teens to understand themselves better, fostering self-awareness and personal growth.
Academic and Social Success:
By tackling emotional and mental challenges, therapy can indirectly contribute to improved academic performance and healthier social interactions.
Spotlight on Local Counselors
Peachtree City is home to a dedicated group of child and teen counselors who bring expertise and compassion to their practice. These professionals are not just therapists but mentors, advocates, and pillars of support for the young minds they guide. They employ various therapeutic techniques, from traditional talk therapy to more innovative approaches, ensuring each child or teen's unique needs are met. Highlighting the work of these counselors sheds light on the invaluable service they provide to the community.
Conclusion
The journey of childhood and adolescence is complex and filled with numerous challenges. Teen Counseling in Peachtree City, GA is pivotal in ensuring this journey is navigated successfully. By providing a supportive and understanding environment, these counselors play a crucial role in shaping our children's future and, by extension, the future of our community. As we recognize and support these vital services, we invest in the well-being and potential of our youngest generation, laying the foundation for a healthier, more resilient society.
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The Ghosts of Rose Hill - R.M. Romero
Magic will burn you up.
Sent to stay with her aunt in Prague and witness the humble life of an artist, Ilana Lopez—a biracial Jewish girl—finds herself torn between her dream of becoming a violinist and her immigrant parents’ desire for her to pursue a more stable career.
When she discovers a forgotten Jewish cemetery behind her aunt’s cottage, she meets the ghost of a kindhearted boy named Benjamin, who died over a century ago. As Ilana restores Benjamin’s grave, he introduces her to the enchanted side of Prague, where ghosts walk the streets and their kisses have warmth.
tw: antisemitism, child abuse, death, kidnapping
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Review: The Ghosts of Rose Hill by R. M. Romero
Review: The Ghosts of Rose Hill by R. M. Romero
The Ghosts of Rose HillR. M. RomeroPeachtree TeenPublished May 10, 2022
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About The Ghosts of Rose Hill
Magic will burn you up.
Sent to stay with her aunt in Prague and witness the humble life of an artist, Ilana Lopez—a biracial Jewish girl—finds herself torn between her dream of becoming a violinist and her immigrant parents’ desire for her to pursue a more…
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