Review: When Life Gives You Demons by Jennifer Honeybourn

Title: When Life Gives You Demons

Author: Jennifer Honeybourn

Genre: YA, urban fantasy

Publication date: July 2018

Published by: Swoon Reads

Source: Purchased hardcover

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Synopsis: Sixteen-year-old Shelby Black has spent the past year training to be an exorcist. Her great-uncle Roy—a Catholic priest and Shelby’s guardian—believes she has a gift for expelling demons, and he’s put her through exorcist boot camp hell, but he still doesn’t trust her to do an exorcism on her own.

High school is hard enough without having to explain that you fight demons for a living, so Shelby keeps her extracurricular activity quiet, especially from Spencer, her cute math tutor. Secrets run in Shelby’s family, though: her mother has been missing ever since an exorcism went horribly wrong, and Uncle Roy is tight-lipped about it. But Shelby’s hell-bent on finding her mom, no matter what—even if what it ends up costing her her soul AND a date with Spencer.

My rating: ★★★★☆

I may be able to face down a demon, but the idea of making a move on Spencer is way scarier.

Review: Wesley James Ruined My Life by Jennifer Honeybourn

Title: Wesley James Ruined My Life

Author: Jennifer Honeybourn

Genre: YA, contemporary romance

Publication date: July 2017

Published by: Swoon Reads

Source: Purchased paperback

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Synopsis:

Sixteen-year-old Quinn Hardwick’s having a rough summer. Her beloved grandmother has been put into a home, her dad’s gambling addiction has flared back up and now her worst enemy is back in town: Wesley James, former childhood friend—until he ruined her life, that is.

So when Wesley is hired to work with her at Tudor Tymes, a medieval England themed restaurant, the last thing Quinn’s going to do is forgive and forget. She’s determined to remove him from her life and even the score all at once—by getting him fired.

But getting rid of Wesley isn’t as easy as she’d hoped. When Quinn finds herself falling for him, she has to decide what she wants more: to get even, or to just get over it.

My rating: ★★★★☆
So, I’m not a big contemporary reader. I love my books with some sort of supernatural element to them or maybe some murder. I have to be in a certain mood to pick up a book like this. But this one sounded really cute so I gave it a shot. And you know what, it wasn’t too bad! I think i’m getting turned around on this whole contemporary thing. Lol. (Also, this book takes place in Seattle and I read this book just after I was there for the weekend, so that was pretty cool! I like when a book is set in familiar place.)