David Yoon’s YA contemporary Frankly in Love is a heartfelt and humorous portrayal of the struggles of high school love and finding your identity, all while shining a light on the damaging power of ra…
A Curse So Dark and Lonely by Brigid Kemmerer
A tale as old as time, or is it? Brigid Kemmerer’s YA Fantasy A Curse So Dark and Lonely is a dark and enchanting Beauty and the Beast retelling laced with sass, a bromance of the ages, and fier…
Book Review: Winterwood by Shea Ernshaw
Winterwood by Shea Ernshaw is a lush, atmospheric mystery with a spellbinding setting and prose that lulls you deeper and deeper into the mountain town of Fir Haven. This book makes me think of …
Book Review: Song of the Crimson Flower by Julie C. Dao
Song of the Crimson Flower, the third book by author Julie C. Dao, contains all the trappings of a Vietnamese fairytale with its lush river markets, moonlight confessions of love, and dark magic. Set …
Book Review: Fireborne by Rosaria Munda
Here be dragons! Lovers of Game of Thrones, Eragon, and philosophy are bound to adore Rosaria Munda’s debut novel, Fireborne, a captivating, dragon-filled YA fantasy that is heavily inspired by Plato’…
Book Review: The Grace Year by Kim Liggett
One part Lord of the Flies and one part The Handmaid’s Tale, Kim Liggett’s YA dystopia The Grace Year plunges readers into a terrifying and timely examination of the human condition and women’s relati…
Book Review: The Beautiful by Renée Ahdieh
Lovers of vampires rejoice, for Renée Ahdieh’s latest offering The Beautiful, a YA paranormal, historical fiction, features these fanged creatures in droves in this steamy and bloody romp through 19th…