Heather Buchta’s YA contemporary debut novel, Beyond the Break, seamlessly blends the trials of young adulthood with encouraging spirituality, hitting similar chords to that of the movie Soul Surfer and Jenny Han’s series To All the Boys I Loved Before. …
Book Review: By the Book by Amanda Sellet
Amanda Sellet’s debut By the Book: A Novel of Prose and Cons is the very definition of cute, guaranteed to make you feel all the warm fuzzies. Now, I love to read as much as the next bookworm (probably even…
Book Review: The Perfect Escape by Suzanne Park
Zombie-themed escape rooms. Artificial Intelligence. Teenage angst. Money problems. Family drama. A survival competition. Scheming competitors. More zombies. The Perfect Escape is a fun, sweet mix of all of the above. Nate Jae-Woo Kim is a Skid—a scholarship kid. The…
Book Review: Frozen Beauty by Lexa Hillyer
Sisters and secrets. Secrets and sisters. Secrets kill sisters. Secrets, not sisterhood, make this story, though it’s that bond that unravels them. Frozen Beauty is told from alternating perspectives, each holding tightly to their own part of the story, which…
YES NO MAYBE SO Authors Becky Albertalli & Aisha Saeed on canvassing, political activism, and their love letter to Atlanta
It is a new year, a new decade – and it’s election year. With many calling this election the most important race in years, it is no surprise that we are seeing an increase of discussions of political activism in…
Book Review: What I Want You to See by Catherine Linka
I started reading What I Want You to See by Catherine Linka expecting a fun, fascinating thriller about the inner working of the art world, and while this book is all of those things, what I was not expecting was…
Book Review: Frankly in Love by David Yoon
David Yoon’s YA contemporary Frankly in Love is a heartfelt and humorous portrayal of the struggles of high school love and finding your identity, all while shining a light on the damaging power of racism on relationships. I was so…