Audiobook Review: The Good Vampire’s Guide to Blood and Boyfriends by Jamie D’Amato Jamie D’Amato’s The Good Vampire’s Guide to Blood and Boyfriends is a queer paranormal rom-com with plenty of bite. Think awkward crushes, messy vampire puberty, and a romance that’s equal parts tender and hilarious. I picked up […]
Blog Tour & Middle Grade Monday: The Cassette Tape Secret by Danielle Herzog Alex Bennett has figured out how to survive middle school: stay invisible. After years of being bullied for his OCD, blending in feels like the safest choice. But when the new girl, Ida May, insists on partnering […]
Blog Tour & Book Recommendations: Climate Change, Body Horror, and the New Wave of Cli-Fi It’s here. It’s storm surge and heatwaves, poisoned water and burning skies. It’s also deeply personal, affecting our bodies, our families, and our sense of safety. And in fiction, especially speculative and horror fiction, the […]
BookCrushin Recommends: Hellishly Hot Rom-Coms Some romances are complicated…and then there’s falling for the actual prince of hell. These paranormal rom-coms take the classic love story formula (banter, fake dating, opposites attract) and layer in a whole lot of fire, brimstone, and chaos. If you love your swoons with sparks […]
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 […]