Michelle and Leslie's Book Picks

Title: Together at Midnight  Author: Jennifer Castle Published January 2nd 2018 by HarperTeen Goodreads / Amazon ---------------------------------------------------------- I think this book was definitely a good start for the new year. Together at Midnight was a fun, fast read, even though it is not exactly supposed to be that. It starts with our two main characters, Max and Kendall, witnessing a terrible accident and practically doing nothing to stop it from happening. The guilt of what happened makes them accept a dare in which they have to perform seven acts of kindness. It turns out harder than expected. I like the realness of this book. In real life not everything is what’s cracked up to be, and Maxie and Kendall learn that through it all. I was immediately attached to both of them, since we share a lot of character traits, and I wanted them to keep going and I shipped them so hard. And yet. Yet I was totally okay with that ending. Oh yes, even old hopeless romantic me ...

Title: Love and Other Train Wrecks  Author: Leah Konen Published January 2nd 2018 by Katherine Tegen Books Goodreads / Amazon -------------------------------------------------- Love and Other Train Wrecks has a lot of reasons not to work out. Surprisingly it does . I mean we are talking about two teens meeting and falling in love in the course of twenty four hours, some of you may say—oh dear, insta love. Not at all. Yes, it turns out to be a romantic story (after a while) but I wouldn’t even throw the word love—yet. Noah and Ammy find themselves stuck in an unmoving train during a heavy snow fall. They both have places to go, and fast. And although they didn’t hit it off right away, they come up with a plan so together they can get where they are going. You can imagine all sorts of trouble gets in their way, and it is good, ‘cause otherwise they wouldn’t have gotten to know each other that well. I had a couple of problems with Ammy at the beginning. I just thought she was be...