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YA Contemporary

The Price Guide to the Occult by Leslye Walton

I was so freaking excited about The Price Guide to the Occult. After all, I am literally a LESLYE WALTON MEGAFAN. The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava [...]

The Astonishing Color of After by Emily X.R. Pan

WOW. This book destroyed me. Joining Leigh on her journey has been emotionally exhilirating and exhausting at times. It wore me down (in a GOOD way, mind you) [...]

The Beauty that Remains by Ashley Woodfolk

The Beauty that Remains gripped me fiercely from the beginning. Since there are three distinct narratives going on, I'm going to talk about them in [...]

The Wicked Deep by Shea Ernshaw

"'This town was built on revenge,' I say. 'And it's never made anything better or right.'" Sparrow is cursed. Two centuries ago, three sisters were sentenced [...]

By a Charm and a Curse by Jamie Questell

"The carnival is a sad and desolate place on a weekday morning. No matter how brightly painted the stalls and booths are, no matter how loud the music...it's [...]

The Upside of Falling Down by Rebekah Crane

I had no idea what to expect going into this one (I didn't even read the synopsis) and boy was I pleasantly surprised. If you're looking for a fantastic [...]

American Panda by Gloria Chao

"Honesty is sometimes misconstrued as rudeness, which is probably why it's so rare." If you've ever struggled to live up to the expectations of others, while [...]

Top 10 New-to-Me Authors I Read in 2017

Mitali Perkins.Β Mitali is a veritable wizard with a pen! I will auto-buy her books until the day I die. Her contemporary YA novelΒ You Bring the Distant [...]