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YA Fiction

Foolish Hearts by Emma Mills

I have such a hard time reviewing anything Emma Mills writes because I just want to put a ton of heart-eyed and sobbing emojis together and leave it at that. [...]

You Bring the Distant Near by Mitali Perkins

I don’t know that I’m going to be able to find adequate words to describe my feelings for this book. This intergenerational heart-wrenching gem of a book, [...]

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 [...]

North of Happy by Adi Alsaid

North of Happy by Adi Alsaid 1 cup likeable protagonist 2 ½ cups grief-induced hallucinations 3 cups food porn ½ cup diversity   6 TB forbidden [...]

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 [...]

Saints and Misfits by S.K. Ali

Saints and Misfits is a pretty solid contemporary with some truly extraordinary components. Let me dive right in. Here’s what I liked: Janna is a bright [...]

Saint Death by Marcus Sedgwick

It’s very hard to review this book because I WANTED to love it the way I loved Blood Red Snow White and while I think that Saint Death is every bit as [...]

Bang by Barry Lyga

I wasn't really sure what to expect when I started reading this one, and it hit me like a punch to the gut basically on page one. Sebastian Cody accidentally [...]

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 [...]