Blog Tour & Middle Grade Monday: Greta Ever After by Melissa Dassori Greta Starr wants nothing more than to be a reporter with stories that matter, but being stuck on the most boring beat of the school paper has her feeling invisible. Then comes her twelfth birthday gift: a cuckoo […]
Blog Tour & Book Look: These Bodies Ain’t Broken Edited by Madeline Dyer Today’s Book Look is for These Bodies Ain’t Broken, a horror anthology that feels as fierce as it does fresh. Thirteen stories put disabled characters at the center of the genre, facing monsters, curses, and nightmares with grit, […]
Author Interview: Blood Moon by Britney S. Lewis With Blood Moon, Britney Lewis invites readers into Timber Plains, Kansas, a small town where secrets run deep, the shadows stretch long, and danger prowls just beneath the surface. At its heart is Mira, a young woman caught between the ache of abandonment […]
Author Interview: Angelica and the Bear Prince by Trung Le Nguyen With Angelica and the Bear Prince, Trung Le Nguyen turns from the sweeping themes of The Magic Fish to a story that feels more intimate yet just as powerful, balancing teen grief, burnout, friendship, and first crushes in a […]
Review: Absolutely Everything by Damian Alexander Middle school is messy, complicated, and full of changes, and Damian Alexander captures all of it with humor and heart in Absolutely Everything. This new middle grade graphic novel follows Marcella, a sixth grader juggling shifting friendships, a family move, and the daily challenges […]
Audiobook Review: Tell Me Something Good by Court Stevens I finished the audiobook of Tell Me Something Good by Court Stevens, and I couldn’t shake it. Court takes us to two towns on opposite sides of the Ohio River, divided not just by water but by money, power, and secrets […]
Author Interview: Fireblooms by Alexandra Villasante Alexandra’s Fireblooms imagines New Gault, a so-called utopia where every word is monitored, and silence can cost you everything. Through the intertwined stories of Lu, a queer teen desperate to stay “safe,” and Sebas, who faces impossible choices while caring for his ailing mother, […]
ARC Review: The Dead of Summer by Ryan La Sala Ryan La Sala has done it again. Dead of Summer is creepy, campy (C A M P Y), heartfelt, and just plain fun. Think Stephen King meets Holly Jackson with a dash of We Were Liars…but also drag queens, queer […]
Author Interview: Scarlet Morning by N.D. Stevenson ND Stevenson’s Scarlet Morning is a story years in the making, first dreamed up when they were twelve, now reimagined with the depth and perspective of an adult storyteller. Blending adventure, emotion, and over 100 stunning illustrations, the novel follows Viola and Wilmur […]
Feature: Watching Gilead From Here: The Handmaid’s Tale, Poster Girl, and the Problem of “After” I (finally) finished The Handmaid’s Tale series and felt that familiar whiplash: turn off the TV, turn back to real life, and realize they’re not that far apart. The show captures the mechanics of authoritarianism, […]