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YA fantasy

The Cruel Prince by Holly Black

"And despite myself, despite what he'd done and what he was, I came to love him. I do love him. ... It's just not a comfortable kind of love."  - The Cruel [...]

One Dark Throne by Kendare Blake

Well, The Queens of Fennbirn are at it again, but this time the stakes are higher, the insanity is crazier, and the queens are going to have to decide to [...]

Spotlight: One Dark Throne by Kendare Blake

Last year's Three Dark Crowns was one of my favorite new fantasy novels, and this month the sequel, One Dark Throne is coming out! I thought I'd give you [...]

Ash and Quill by Rachel Caine

Okay, I’m sorry but WHAT?!?!?!?!? WHY IS THERE NOT A RELEASE DATE FOR BOOK FOUR YET?!?!? WHY? It should be ABSOLUTELY ILLEGAL to withhold said information [...]

The Hundredth Queen by Emily R. King

I wasn’t expecting to love this as much as I did (which is saying a lot because I was expecting to love it), and now all I want to do is FLAIL UNCONTROLLABLY [...]

Roar by Cora Carmack

What a gorgeous freaking book! I loved pretty much everything about it from cover to cover and here’s why you will too: There is STORM MAGIC. Storm magic [...]

Strange the Dreamer by Laini Taylor

I finished this book two weeks ago, and it’s taken me this long to have anything articulate to say about it. What I wanted my original review to say was [...]

Hunted by Meagan Spooner

Guys, I’m sorry. I want to love this – I know so many of you either already love it or will love it. But I just… didn’t. I know, I know, I am the [...]

A Crown of Wishes by Roshani Chokshi

This book might just be my favorite read of 2017. I know it’s still early in the year for such a declaration, but I am dead serious – I devoured A Crown [...]