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  Today I’m writing about Burn Down, Rise Up by Vincent Tirado. I’m not sure how I even found out about this book. It might have been one of those, if you like x you’ll like y, kind of deals. I truly couldn’t tell you. Still, the blurb says that for more than a year, the Bronx has been plagued by sudden disappearances that no one can explain. Fifteen-year-old Raquel does her best to ignore them. After all, the police only look for the white kids. But when her crush Charlize’s cousin goes missing, Raquel starts to pay attention – especially when her own mom comes down with a mysterious illness that seems linked to the disappearances. Raquel and Charlize team up to investigate, but they soon discover that everything is tied to a terrifying urban legend called the Echo Game. The game is rumoured to trap people in a sinister world underneath the city, and the rules are based on a particularly dark chapter in New York’s past. If the friends want to save their home and everyone they l...

  I am excited! So, today I’m talking about Together in a Broken World by Paul Michael Winters which is actually an arc I received. That is precisely why I’m excited because I think this might be the very first time that I’ve gotten an arc. I was sent an email basically pitching me the book and then asking if they were able to send me an arc for review ahead of the book’s release, so I said yes. And before I forget, this book is slated for release on May 21 st , 2024. Thank you to Paul Michael Winters, and Kourtney Jason from Pacific & Court for sending me the arc. For transparency, I was sent this book for free, but I’m not getting paid to make this post, nor is there any kind of contract. And I think I want to do this a bit more structured than I normally do my posts. Normally I just sort of ramble in a book report-y kind of way, but with this one, I want to actively say what I liked, then disliked about it, then conclude. The blurb says that seventeen-year-old Zach was vi...