Without spoiling too much, I have to begin my review of Lisa Maxwell’s The Last Magician by remarking that it is one of two novels that, upon finishing it, made me promptly want to scream with frustration. The other novel…
Book Review: Alexandra Sirowy’s “First We Were IV”
On the surface, there’s a lot in Alexandra Sirowy’s First We Were IV that comes across as a high-school version of The Secret History—albeit more streamlined and narrower in its focus—which is what originally attracted me to the book. Subtract…
Underrated, Under-read, Under-loved: Deborah Krieger’s Fave YA Reads
Hello fellow Young Folks! My name is Deborah Krieger, and I’m a new Books writer for The Young Folks. Despite my advanced age of 23, I applied to write for TYF because I like to think I’m somewhat young at…
