When you first look up Pax Novis by Erica Cameron, a sidebar summary tells you that it’s a gritty science fiction thriller full of forbidden romance and comparable to Illuminae. If you’re …
Book Review: Gideon The Ninth by Tasmyn Muir
Gideon The Ninth by Tasmyn Muir is one of the most delightful, creeptastic, intriguing and overall amazing books I have ever read. I first heard the stirrings of buzz a few months back when social med…
Book Review: Pumpkinheads by Rainbow Rowell and Faith Erin Hicks
I can think of no other book to satisfy early autumnal cravings than Pumpkinheads by Rainbow Rowell and Faith Erin Hicks. Set in the Disneyland of Pumpkin-patches, complete with various Fall-themed at…
9 “Frankly” Fantastic Star-Crossed YA Contemporary Couples
My favorite type of romantic fiction trope is anything where the romance doesn’t come too easy, where the writer or creator makes the couple work for it, so that the inevitable reunion or coupli…
Book Review: The Lady Rogue by Jenn Bennett
If the 1999 Brandan Fraser and Rachel Weisz classic, The Mummy and the 2009 Robert Downey Jr. and Jude Law Sherlock Holmes had an intrepid teenager obsessed with Dracula, the result would be The Lady …
Blog Tour: Celia C. Pérez on the inspiration for Strange Birds
I first heard about Strange Birds at BookExpo and I knew immediately that I needed to read it. Ensemble stories, especially ensemble stories featuring girls and young women working toward activism and…
Book Review: The Good Thieves by Katherine Rundell
Katherine Rundell’s writing is magic. I’ve read three of her books now, and each one is filled with such whimsy and irresistibly charming characters. The Good Thieves is no exception. Set …