So Done

I can't believe that this is my first Paul Chase book! I should be ashamed of myself for waiting so long to start this series. So Done is the first book in a middle grade series told in dual POV that focuses on two characters Tai and Mila. They are best friends, but things change when Mila comes back......more

Edelweiss provided me a DRC of this book in exchange for an honest review. Do you know how hard it is to find middle grade fiction where African American girls and their culture feature prominently (as in not a sidekick or black-girl-in-a-white-town)...that's NOT historical? (Or about hurricane Katri......more

I... don't know how I feel about this book, and that's very much a me thing. The writing was good, the plot and the characters were good, but I also picked this one up because I needed a quick, fun contemporary because my anxiety was very bad and it ended up dealing with some very triggering stuff t......more

Everyone remembers that one childhood friend, their ride-or-die, that travels with them from childhood to adolescence. It's a challenging phase for kids as staggering changes wreak havoc on their bodies and minds, molding them into new people with new passions, desires and fears. I think we'd all ag......more

Grateful to author Paula Chase for sending me an ARC of this moving middle-grade book! SO DONE follows two friends, Metai and Jamila living in a low-income Housing Project. Although, inseparable from childhood, things change when Jamila returns from a summer in the suburbs. Both girls are dealing wi......more