What We Saw--Reviewed by Sarah Roberts

 

               
              Have you ever been in a situation where something bad happens, and you are the only one that wants to speak out against it? Well that's exactly where Kate Weston finds herself. After a picture of Stacey Stallard passed out over Deacon Mill's shoulder appears on social media, Kate begins to question what really happened that night. Suddenly, controversy erupt in town after Stacey accuses four of Kate's classmates of rape. Kate begins to question What really happened at that party after she left? who was still there? and more importantly what did they see?
     I gave this book a five star rating. This book was absolutely amazing! The mystery and suspense had my heart pounding and my mind dying to find out more as each chapter passed. I enjoyed how there was some romance but also a scandal that I feel any teen could experience at any party. This book may have you believe you have it all figured out by reading one single page, but in reality nothing is as exactly as it appears. The closer you look, the more you see.

 



The Golden World reviewed by: Portia Rockers

Morgan Monetti is an average teenager, she's super smart and people have high expectations for her. Morgan's mother Dinah has her hands full with twin new born babies, so trusting that Morgan is mature enough she ignores Morgan and lets her do what she wants. Morgan is feeling down because she is rejected by her ex-boyfriend and her crush turned out to be gay. She seeks comfort in her young calculus teacher, T.J. Hill, but he quickly turns it into an affair. Morgan who believes that she is an adult doesn't see it as T.J. taking advantage of her and even in the court room she stands by him. Rain who is T.J.s wife is depressed because she wants to be pregnant, and has no idea that her husband is cheating on her.

I gave this book four stars because the plot was really interesting, but some of the characters were really annoying. Morgan was really cocky and needed to be told that she is not an adult nor is she old enough to make the chioces she made, and thoughts about T.J. Dinah was a bit neglectful and maybe if she paid more attention to Morgan then it might not have happened. Rain was a bit niave and I think she refused to see the flaws in her husband. I think the way the book was written well and it was really interesting. We get to see T.J through the eyes of Rain and what she thinks. I recommend this book to anyone who likes scandals.