Royce Rolls<\/em>\u00a0by Margaret Stohl<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n The Royce family live for the spotlight. As the stars of the reality TV show\u00a0Rolling with the Royces<\/em>, siblings Porsche, Bentley, and Maybach, lead drama-filled lives. Their mother, Mercedes, thinks nothing is too far to go to keep their family on the air. So when the show is in danger of cancellation, the siblings know they must do whatever it takes to make sure they get picked up for their sixth season. Between Porsche\u2019s fake wedding, Bentley\u2019s bad girl act, and Bach\u2019s very real gambling addiction, the family starts to spin out of control.<\/p>\n I liked this book more than I thought I would. The Royces have a Kardashian-esque air about them, with a dash of trailer park for good measure. Their over the top lives and dysfunctional family situation make for a trashy but enticing story, with a plot that\u2019s too crazy to believe.<\/p>\n Alvie has always been different. She understands animals much better than she understands people and she sees no need for friends. All she wants is to be left alone and to be independent. But all of that changes when she meets Stanley. For the first time, Alvie is drawn to someone, for reasons she can\u2019t quite explain. As Stanley and Alvie grow closer, she realizes that while her differences make it hard for her to understand people, they don\u2019t mean that she has to be alone.<\/p>\n It took me a bit to get into this book. I liked it from the start, but I didn\u2019t love it until 2\/3 of the way through. But by the end of the book I had tears in my eyes and was feeling a lot of things. I highly recommend this, for older teens, as well as adults. It\u2019s a great story about finding love when you don\u2019t think you deserve it.<\/p>\n The Belles\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>by Dhonielle Clayton<\/strong><\/p>\n In Orleans, beauty is everything. Not natural beauty, as humans are born with grey skin and red eyes. They must rely on the power of The Belles, a mysterious family of women who are the daughters of the Goddess of Beauty and possess the power to change the physical appearance and manners of the people of Orleans. The newest generation of Belles is just beginning their service, and Camellia knows that she must become the Favorite, the Belle chosen by the queen to perform all of the royal family\u2019s beauty work. But as Camellia begins to see more of what goes on at the castle, she begins to question all she has been taught about The Belles.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bapl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/when-my-heart-199x300.jpg?resize=199%2C300&ssl=1\")
<\/a>When My Heart Joins the Thousand by A. J. Steiger<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n