Science fiction allows us to explore different worlds, galaxies, and other wonderfully strange things. In anticipation of the big screen adaptation of the sci fi classic, Dune, here are some of our recent favorite YA science fiction novels! Scythe by Neal…
‘When We Make It’ review: Elisabet Velasquez crafts an intimate coming-of-age-tale
Elisabet Velasquez crafts an explosive and intimate coming-of-tale in her debut novel, When We Make It. Written in verse, the story takes place in the 1990’s in Bushwick, Brooklyn. Told in first person, we meet Sarai, a first generation Nuyorican…
‘Fresh’ review: Margot Wood retells ‘Emma’ with a new spin
Fun and earnest, Fresh by Margot Wood is a coming of age story with a very big heart. It retells Jane Austen’s Emma and updates it for the modern audience–adding crisp dimension to an already iconic story. Fresh follows college…
‘Thirty Talks Weird Love’ review: Alessandra Narváez Varela coming-of-age tale is incisive and punchy
Written in verse, Thirty Talks Weird Love by Alessandra Narváez Varela is a coming-of-age story with a science fiction edge. This punchy and incisive tale follows 13-year-old Anamaría, who is growing up in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. Anamaría is full of…
‘Shadow and Bone’: 6 major differences between the Netflix show and book
The long awaited first season of Netflix’s Shadow and Bone is finally here! Fans of the books can expect to dive headfirst into the world of Ravka and the Grishaverse through this TV adaptation. That said, here are a few…
‘The Mirror Season’ Review: Anna-Marie McLemore tells a poignant and powerful story about learning to heal after trauma
Striking, compelling, and full of Anna-Marie McLemore’s signature lyrical prose, The Mirror Season is a heavy, but commanding piece of fiction. Inspired by the Hans Christian Anderson fairytale, The Snow Queen, this book is a poignant and powerful story about…
‘Once Upon A Quinceañera’ review: Monica Gomez-Hira’s debut dives into the world of quinces and complicated family dynamics
Monica Gomez-Hira’s debut YA novel, Once Upon A Quinceañera, explores the ways in which a quinceañera can make, break, and shake families together and apart. Carmen Aguilar is an 18-year-old teenager working an unpaid internship as a party princess impersonator…
