‘Crownchasers’ review: Rebecca Coffindaffer’s fast-paced planet-hopping debut explores more than just the galaxy

Alyssa Farshot must compete against the children of the galaxy’s most powerful families to win the throne. She’s experienced, capable, and favored to win. The only problem is, she doesn’t want to.

‘This Is All Your Fault’ review: Aminah Mae Safi’s book on three girls who try to save their independent bookstore

Aminah Mae Safi’s This Is All Your Fault presents an enticing premise: a book about three girls trying to save their independent bookstore from closing in the course of one day? Paired with that cover? There are just so many…

Book Review: Prelude for Lost Souls by Helene Dunbar

Helene Dunbar’s paranormal young adult novel explores loss and grieving in a town where people communicate with the dead. Prelude for Lost Souls delivers exactly what its title promises: a book about music and lost souls in a town full…

Book Review: The Faithless Hawk by Margaret Owen

Spycraft! Politics! Intrigue! Angst! Magic! What more can one ask from a sequel? The Faithless Hawk returns readers to Margaret Owen’s rich and inventive Sabor from The Merciful Crow with a rush of flame and a shove headfirst into a…

Book Review: Stealing Thunder by Alina Boyden

Stealing Thunder by Alina Boyden is a fantasy novel set in a Mughal Empire-inspired landscape featuring a trans courtesan who gave up her royal title for the chance to finally live her truth. Certainly one of the few of its…