Celebrate Pride Month with 10 LGBTQ+ Romances

Happy Pride Month! 2020 is definitely a year of amazing books, and the same can be said for LGBTQ+ books. With the first half of the year already passed, celebrate the month of being true to you with one of…

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…

Author Q&A: Sandhya Menon on OF CURSES AND KISSES

With Valentine’s Day near, there is nothing better to celebrate romance and love than with a new book. Of Curses and Kisses releases on February 18th and is filled with all of the things you love in Sandhya Menon’s previous…

10 Books That Show Tech & Social Media Are Total Story Starters

Here at The Young Folks, we love a good story that is influenced by technology and social media. There is something about characters who face their challenges that makes us feel seen. Social media and technology can be great ways…

Star Wars’ Reylo and the Stigma of Liking a ‘Problematic’ Fandom

Fandom is both the best and worst thing to happen to pop culture. On the one hand, you have a thriving community that is both supportive and a safe space for fans, like Star Wars. It can be akin to…

10 Great Books for Jane Austen Book Lovers

Emma. Pride and Prejudice. Persuasion. Jane Austen has created some pretty awesome and swoon-worthy stories. And we love it when authors take these classics and create new stories. Inspired by Austen’s works or Austen herself, so many retellings have provided…

Book Review: Things You Save in a Fire by Katherine Center

As a firefighter, Cassie Hanwell has made a career of keeping calm and thriving in chaos. Away from the extremes of her job, however, she lives a quiet, risk-free life, scarred by past traumas and her mother’s abandonment. So when…