Hannah Atkins
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Hannah is a twenty-something born and bred Capetonian who adores reading and reviewing books, and encouraging critical discussion on all things pop culture. Currently a politics graduate student, she spent two years working in digital marketing before deciding she missed the student life. Loves QI, travel, dark chocolate, fantasy & YA books, pilates and sarcasm.

Our Top Sci-Fi Literary Picks

I’ve been fortunate to read some fantastic science fiction in recent months – and while fantasy seems to be getting a lot of attention in the literary world as of late, I thought it would be great to put together…

Veronica Roth Reveals Title & Cover of New Book

Bestselling YA author Veronica Roth revealed the title and cover of the first book in her new duo duology, Carve the Mark, which sounds suitably intriguing and is accompanied by a gorgeous cover. The official synopsis is as follows: “On a…

Book Review: ‘The Last Boy and Girl in the World’ by Siobhan Vivian

You’d be forgiven for initially thinking that The Last Boy and Girl in the World is a dystopia – a town that’s slowly going underwater sounds rather post-apocalyptic. However, this is in fact a contemporary novel, set in the town…

Book Review: ‘This is Where the World Ends’ by Amy Zhang

This is Where the World Ends is told from two alternating perspectives and centered around an event which is left as yet unexplained in the beginning of the novel, but has resulted in Janie missing and left Micah with selective…

TYF Staff: The first albums we ever owned

We’re taking a trip down musical memory lane and reminiscing on the first CDs — or heaven forbid, cassette tapes — that we ever owned. Feel free to share your own in the comments section below! FanMail – TLC (1999)…

Blog Tour: ‘The Shadow Queen’ by C.J. Redwine + Giveaway

5 Reasons to read ‘The Shadow Queen’ 1. Maps! Y’all love maps. This book comes with a beautifully detailed, gorgeously illustrated map of the world described in the novel. 2. Fairytale retellings have been all the rage recently, and are…

Book Review: “Assassin’s Heart” by Sarah Ahiers

Oleander Saldana is a member of one of the nine rival assassin families in the kingdom of Lovero, who take on jobs for cash and worship the goddess of death and resurrection. One day, she wakes up to find her…