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Hello everyone and welcome back to the blog for the very first post of 2022! Happy New Year 🥳
Today is my spot in the “Honest June” Blog Tour and I have a few things planned for you.
DISCLAIMER: A review copy of this book has been sent to me in exchange for an honest review.
And now without further ado, let’s start!
For June Jackson, middle school is hard enough–but it’s even harder when a fairy godmother grants her the ability to only tell the truth ALL THE TIME! Is it a blessing… or a major curse? June’s charming story will inspire big laughs and even bigger love for a new heroine for our times. June Jackson is an expert at exceeding people’s expectations. She can’t help it; she’s a people- pleaser! She’ll do everything she can to be the perfect student, daughter, and friend, even if it means ignoring her own feelings sometimes. Cue Victoria, June’s secret fairy godmother, who blesses June with the ability to never tell a lie in the hopes that June will finally be honest with her loved ones. Instead of telling them the truth to their faces, June turns to a secret online blog–the only place she can write out her true feelings without hurting people. When all of her responsibilities start to pile on–field hockey, the school paper, family responsibility, her friends–June begins feeling so overwhelmed that sometimes it feels hard to breathe. Not to mention June is desperately trying to figure out how to overthrow the spell at the same time! When the pressures reach new heights, will Honest June finally be able to break free and tell whole truth and nothing but?
Title – Honest June
Author – Tina Wells
Genre – Middle Grade Fantasy
Release date – December 28, 2021
“Honest June” is a cute Middle Grade book about a young BPOC girl who just started her journey in middle grade school. June is someone you call a people pleaser. She wants to make everyone happy and therefore tends to forget to think about her own well-being from time to time.
I liked the pacing of the book and absolutely adored the message we get from the book. We shouldn’t put too much pressure on ourselves and especially not on children. They need to make their own choices at some point in their lives. And parents should learn that what they want for their kids isn’t necessarily something tweens want or something that’s good for them and their mental health.
The mix between Contemporary and Fantasy was brilliantly done and it was kind of funny to see that June got herself a fairy godmother just like in the fairytales.
I also couldn’t get enough of the cute illustrations by Brittney Bond and was kind of sad when I was done with this novel.
Overall, “Honest June” is a cute and fun MG Novel with an important theme for the adults and children out there.
Favorite quotes:
1. And then I’d get the eyebrows. Must. Avoid. The. Eyebrows.
2. I’d have to grow up, put on my game face, and become a poised young woman entering a more mature phase of her life. It was time to get serious. Sixth grade was almost here.
3. We’re friends. Just friends. Though, if he decided we should be girlfriend and boyfriend and plan to go to the same colleges and then get married and live happily ever after, I would not object.
4. Why mess up a good friendship between us with all those … feelings?
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/57050848-honest-june
Barnes and Noble: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/honest-june-tina-
wells/1138802892?ean=9780593378298
Book Depository: https://www.bookdepository.com/Honest-June-Tina-
Wells/9780593378298?ref=grid-view&qid=1636044627003&sr=1-1
Indigo: https://www.chapters.indigo.ca/en-ca/books/honest-june/9780593378298-
item.html?ref=isbn-search
IndieBound: https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780593378298
Tina Wells is the founder of RLVNT Media, a multimedia content venture serving entrepreneurs, tweens, and culturists with authentic representation. Tina has been recognized by Fast Company’s 100 Most Creative People in Business, Essence’s 40 Under 40, Cosmopolitan’s Fun Fearless Phenom, and more. She is the author of nine books, including the best-selling tween fiction series Mackenzie Blue, its 2020 spinoff series, The Zee Files, and the marketing handbook, Chasing Youth Culture and Getting It Right.
Author Links:
Website: https://tinawells.com/blog/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/tinacwells
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tinawells_/
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/442788.Tina_Wells
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wellsmc
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tinawells/
If you want to read the other posts from the other participants on the tour, the follow this link (HERE).
*A review copy of this book has been sent to me by the publisher in exchange for an honest review. All thoughts are my own.
Hi Stéphanie, I recently came across your blog via Twitter 🙂 I love middle grade and especially anything with a fantastical element. This is the first I’ve heard of this title – sounds like a good option for younger MG readers. Thanks for sharing.
Hi Jenna! Welcome to the blog 🧡 If you love MG then you absolutely have to add Honest June to your reading list because it was such a great read.