Books on Our Radar: Doe by Rebecca Barrow Maris Larsen is the captain of her high school cheer team, Coach’s favorite, the one everyone looks to, and then a new girl shows up and starts taking all of that away. In her dreams, a creature called Doe offers her a […]
Cover Crush: A Great and Powerful Tyranny by Victoria Carbol We definitely aren’t in Kansas anymore. A Great and Powerful Tyranny is a dark, sapphic Oz retelling that feels like a fairy tale gone wrong in the best way possible. Thia basically falls into a mirror world, picks up three […]
Guest Post: YA Books Featuring Music by Annie Cardi We always love welcoming authors to the blog, and today we’re excited to feature a special guest post from Annie Cardi, author of the powerful YA novel Red, a timely and emotional story centered on the #MeToo movement, faith, and the […]
Books on Our Radar: Breakout by Dhonielle Clayton, Tiffany D. Jackson, Nic Stone, Angie Thomas, Ashley Woodfolk, and Nicola Yoon Dhonielle Clayton, Tiffany D. Jackson, Nic Stone, Angie Thomas, Ashley Woodfolk, and Nicola Yoon gave us a New York City blackout and then a Atlanta snowstorm, and both times they […]
Cover Crush: The Heirs by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé The cover of The Heirs by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé is doing exactly what a cover should do: make you want to know everything before you even read the synopsis. Five buttons, one for each of the Button siblings, surrounded by objects that hint at […]
Author Interview: The Labyrinth of Waking Dreams by Michelle Kulwicki Michelle Kulwicki’s The Labyrinth of Waking Dreams is a portal fantasy set in Appalachian West Virginia, with three teens who are all trapped in different ways before they ever find the Labyrinth, queer love that costs something, and monsters with […]
Review: The Photonic Effect by Mike Chen I have been a Mike Chen fan since his debut and have read everything he has put out since. So when I tell you it genuinely surprised me to realize that The Photonic Effect is his first space opera, I mean that. Everything […]
Review: How Solo: A Star Wars Story Novelization Made Me Love Solo: A Star Wars Story the Movie The Force is strong with this adaptation…and so is the hair care routine. Most Star Wars fans have their favorite movie, and probably a well-debated order in which they rank them. For […]
Author Interview: Someday Perfect by Kat Schneider There is something quietly devastating about growing up inside a world that has already decided who you are supposed to be. Someday Perfect by Kat Schneider follows Meg, a pastor’s kid navigating two weeks at a strict Christian sleepaway camp where first love […]
Review: A Murder in Zion by Nicole Maggi Nicole Maggi’s A Murder in Zion is the first book in her National Park Mystery series, following Special Agent Emmeline Helliwell of the National Park Service’s Investigative Services Branch as she investigates the murder of a childhood friend in the Narrows of […]