Gateway Reviews

UNDER THE SURFACE Paris is a dream come true for Ruby. A budding travel vlogger, she knows this is the start to the rest of her life. Assuming everything goes well, she might even convince her dad to let her go on another trip and another and another--and not keep her so close to him all the time. Sean's just happy to be here with Ruby. Paris is great, but being in Paris with Ruby is even better. Not that he's told her that. He's been dancing around his confession for months. When Ruby's best friend sneaks away from the chaperones to meet a mysterious French boy, Ruby knows nothing good can happen. And it's not like she can tell the teachers and risk her best friend getting sent home. Sneaking out, too, is the only way to go... And she can't exactly say no to a party in the catacombs, right? It's not like any other travel vlogger will have footage like this. But all is not well in the tunnels of the dead. When something chas

A BÁNH MÌ FOR TWO Lan knows she needs to be the perfect daughter, always dependable and always there for her mother. She's all her mother has left, now that her father is gone. Any dreams of college, of travel, of her food blog really taking off as she explores the world outside Sài Gòn are on hold. Her mother needs her to stay around and help run the family food truck. Vivi's parents want her to see the world... except for Việt Nam. Her parents don't talk about their homeland and whatever memories drove them from that place, but Vivi wants to know. No, she needs to know, whether they want that or not. So if that means telling them she's studying abroad in Singapore to get them off her back, so be it. Singapore is close enough to the truth, right? When Vivi and Lan cross paths, Vivi knows who Lan is: the writer behind her favorite food blog. Lan hasn't written anything in a while, but Vivi knows that she can get Lan back into

HOUSE OF THORNS Five years ago, something happened to the Peartree family. Something happened, and they fled their ancestral home in the dead of the night. Something happened, and they left one sister behind. Something happened, and Lia Peartree doesn't remember. Or at least that's what she's always told the press. After that night, the Peartrees were never the same. Lia's the only one holding it together. Her oldest sister is gone, lost during that night. Her second sister, Ali, has gone off the deep end, only drifting back into town when she needs to beg for money. Which leaves only Lia left to be the daughter her mother always wanted. And that's a hard burden to shoulder. And as the five-year anniversary of that night approaches, Lia starts to realize she can't dodge her past forever. Literally. Because her sister's ghost is back, haunting her--calling her home. And when Ali answers to that call, well, Lia isn&

TO THE BONE It's 1609, and Ellis has nobody. She lost her mother, lost her baby sister, lost anyone who could care about her. Her older sister has her own family and no space for Ellis. If her father's alive, he's in the New World. So that's what Ellis sets her sights on: making it across the sea. But Ellis doesn't have the money to fund her own voyage. She has to sell her services instead. Henry Collins and his young wife seem nice enough, at least. Arriving at James Fort opens up a lot of opportunities for Ellis. Here she has a fresh start. Here she has the chance for a bright future, the type of future a poor girl like her couldn't even dream of in London. And with more than one hopeful face in James Fort, Ellis has fast friends... and maybe the chance of something more. But tensions are running high at James Fort, both inside the fort and out. Crimes committed against the native people have left the settlers less

A DARKER MISCHIEF A working class kid from Mississippi, Cal Ware isn't exactly in the position to turn down a full-ride scholarship to an elite New England boarding school. And why would he want to? He'd do anything to leave his life in Mississippi behind after what happened. A chance to attend Essex Academy is a chance to reinvent himself. But as Essex, image is more important than Cal thought, and all his new classmates can see is his thrift store clothes, his several-generations-too-old phone... His accent only helps him to stick out more. His parents don't work in politics, don't run companies, don't own fancy vacation homes on the Cape. If Cal thought he could fresh start here at Essex, well... But just when Cal's ready to give up on reinventing himself, he learns one Essex secret that might give him a leg up. There's a secret society on this campus, a society that cares more about intelligence than money or