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YA Romance

Shadowsong by S. Jae Jones

Shadowsong is a very different beast from Wintersong. I don't think that's a bad thing, but it is something to be aware of going in. One of my favorite things [...]

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

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. [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]