Courting Darkness is the first book in a new duology from author Robin LaFevers. It’s a spin-off of her wildly popular His Fair Assassins series, and it features Sybella, whom readers of the previous series will recognize. It’s certainly possible to read and enjoy Courting Darkness without having read the original three books, since the…
When I picked up To Best the Boys, I wasn’t expecting to read a mash-up of The Hunger Games, Mackenzi Lee’s Gentleman’s Guide books and Willy Wonka, but that’s what I got. The book’s constant tendency to boomerang between being ludicrous and fascinating made for a fairly unsatisfying read. In the steampunk-esque death-plagued seaside town…
In the far-flung future, Medio has been run for thousands of years on the principle of the ancient legend of the thieving Salt God and the financially ripe Sun God. The upper crust of society are the descendants of the Sun God and his two wives; women are expected to behave in either the manner…
Much as I’ve enjoyed Ms. Snyder’s work in the past, I don’t follow her release schedule very closely. But when I do find out about a new release, I’m ready to dive right in. It didn’t even take ten pages of Navigating the Stars to have me hooked and desperate to read more. The premise…
The Similars is the first book in a brand-new series from Rebecca Hanover, featuring a group of teenagers who just happen to be clones. It’s set in an upper-class boarding school, which made it an obvious choice for me to pick up, since boarding school books are my catnip. Sixteen-year-old Emmaline is still reeling from…
Jessica Brody’s The Geography of Lost Things tells the story of a road trip from youth to maturity – and from repulsion to forgiveness – and is a really great little slice of growing up and all of the complications fraught with inheriting a complex legacy. When Ali Collins’ long-estranged father, Jackson, passes away and…
Is there anything better than curling up on a chilly fall evening with a light-hearted novel featuring dragons? If there is, I have no earthly idea what it might be. Dragons have always fascinated me, and so, when I learned that author Sarah Beth Durst had written Fire and Heist, a standalone novel featuring these…
What happens when it turns out your father is a liar and cheat on a colossal scale? The Lying Woods takes a look at this difficult subject through the eyes of a young man about to discover that the past has a way of catching up with everyone. Owen Foster’s family has long been in…
Girls of Paper and Fire is one of the most anticipated YA fantasy releases of the year. Featuring a diverse cast of characters and an LGBTQ+ heroine, it is a story of magic, mayhem, rebellion and young love. Two hundred years ago, in the kingdom of Ikhara, the demon Bull King of Han took control…
Kacen Callender’s funny, flawed, authentic story of young love and broken arms, This is Kind of an Epic Love Story focuses on the messy complexities of romance, friend-love and parental love in all of its frustrating, confusing forms. Seattle-raised sixteen-year-old high school junior Nathan Bird, stuck mending a broken arm in the middle of the…
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