7 YA Bad Boys to Fall For After Watching Loki

The popularity of Disney+’s Loki only proves how much people still love bad boys. (Also that Tom Hiddleston is incredibly hot and charismatic, but we already knew that). Over the past few years, the YA category has become flooded with…

‘Fearless (Taylor’s Version)’ Book Playlist: 13 YA novels to read while listening to Taylor Swift

The pandemic seems to bring the reign of Taylor Swift. Not only has she released two brand new albums, but now she just released a re-recording of her classic album Fearless. Now, this was my jam in middle school, and…

YALLWest 2020: 4 Tips on Writing Suspense

Although shelter-in-place orders have led to so many anticipated events being cancelled, some thankfully were moved online… and YALLWest 2020, cleverly renamed YALLStayHome, was one of them. YALLWest is a book convention featuring Young Adult and Middle Grade authors, usually…

Book Review: “Caraval” by Stephanie Garber

Often, the problem with YA fantasy is that the romantic aspects of the books overshadow the world-building and background necessary to make the fantasy elements shine. This problem plagued Caraval. Instead of being a kickass novel similar to The Hunger Games, Caraval came off…