Age Category: YA

Uptown Oracle Reads… No Good Deed | A Robin Hood Time Travel Adventure

No Good DeedKara Connolly (Affiliate Links) Ellie Hudson is the front-runner on the road to gold for the U.S. Olympic archery team. All she has to do is qualify at the trials in jolly old England. When Ellie makes some kind of crazy wrong turn in the caverns under Nottingham Castle—yes, that Nottingham—she ends up…
Uptown Oracle Reads… The Raven and The Dove | A Magical Avian Adventure

So The Raven and The Dove was definitely a cover choice for me. Yes I know you should judge, but it was just so pretty! I didn’t really have much information going in, but I’ve since found out it’s a Tristan and Isolde Retelling. I personally do not know that story, so I won’t be…
Uptown Oracle Reads… Havenfall | Secrets Abound at the Inn Between Realms

I picked up Havenfall because I’d read both Everless and Evermore from Sara Holland and was excited to what she would come up with next. From reading both, I think Holland is extemely good at thinking up a unique premise and building that into a book. For the Everless duology it was blood is literally…
Uptown Oracle Reads… The Lost Witch | One Witch Must Fight in a Paranormal War

The key thing about The Lost Witch is that it is a quick and easy read. The pacing is extremely fast, especially after Bea finds out she’s a witch and there’s witch hunters. Weirdly though, I found that the pace was almost too much. There are some action scenes which move very suddenly, and then…
Uptown Oracle Reads… The Furies | A 90’s Witch Club Goes Rogue

The FuriesKatie Lowe (Affiliate Links) In 1998, a sixteen-year-old girl is found dead. She’s posed on a swing on her boarding school’s property, dressed all in white, with no known cause of death. Whispers and rumors swirl, with no answers. But there are a few who know what happened; there is one girl who will…
Uptown Oracle Reads… The Loneliest Girl in the Universe

The Loneliest Girl in the UniverseLauren James (Affiliate Links) Can you fall in love with someone you’ve never met, never even spoken to – someone who is light years away? Romy Silvers is the only surviving crew-member of a spaceship travelling to a new planet, on a mission to establish a second home for humanity…
Uptown Oracle Reads… The Iron Will of Genie Lo

Like the first book, The Epic Crush of Genie Lo, this book follows the Monkey King legend and multiple characters from similar Chinese folklore and legends.
Uptown Oracle Reads… The Good Luck Girls

The country of Arketta calls them Good Luck Girls – they know their luck is anything but. Sold to a “welcome house” as children and branded with cursed markings. Trapped in a life they would never have chosen.
Uptown Oracle Reads… Lud-in-the-Mist

Lud-in-the-MistHope Mirrlees (Affiliate Links) The town of Lud is a prosperous, bustling little country port, situated at the confluence of two rivers: the Dawl and the Dapple. The latter, which has its source in the land of Faerie beyond the Elfin Marches and the Debatable Hills, is a source of great trial to Lud, which…