A Beautiful Evil by Kelly Keaton: Essay & project ideas

Books like Kelly Keaton's A Beautiful Evil (and Darkness Becomes Her, the first book in the series) are gold mines for us at Novel Novice. We totally dork out at all the history, lore and real-life tie-ins. The possibilities for using this series as a springboard are practically endless. Below, you'll find some ideas to kickstart... Continue Reading →

Partials by Dan Wells

If you're sick of the same-old dystopian stories hitting store shelves these days, rest easy. Partials by Dan Wells is an action-packed, science fiction adventure of the highest degree -- and while it does bear some of the earmarks of dystopian fiction, it is not another cookie-cutter story from today's "It" genre. Humanity is all but extinguished... Continue Reading →

Book Review: Partials by Dan Wells

If you're sick of the same-old dystopian stories hitting store shelves these days, rest easy. Partials by Dan Wells is an action-packed, science fiction adventure of the highest degree -- and while it does bear some of the earmarks of dystopian fiction, it is not another cookie-cutter story from today's "It" genre. Humanity is all but extinguished... Continue Reading →

Kelly Keaton: A Beautiful Evil Q&A Part 3

Today we bring you the third and final part of our exclusive Q&A with A Beautiful Evil author Kelly Keaton. Today, she tackles our flash questions! Private concert: who’s playing? One Republic Pizza toppings? Pepperoni Book you can’t stop re-reading? A DANCE THROUGH TIME, THE MORE I SEE YOU, and MUCH ADO IN THE MOONLIGHT... Continue Reading →

Kelly Keaton: A Beautiful Evil Q&A Part 3

Today we bring you the third and final part of our exclusive Q&A with A Beautiful Evil author Kelly Keaton. Today, she tackles our flash questions! Private concert: who’s playing? One Republic Pizza toppings? Pepperoni Book you can’t stop re-reading? A DANCE THROUGH TIME, THE MORE I SEE YOU, and MUCH ADO IN THE MOONLIGHT... Continue Reading →

When the Sea is Rising Red by Cat Hellisen

Elegantly written and executed with smart, sexy tact, When the Sea is Rising Red by Cat Hellisen is unlike anything on the YA shelves these days. Sure, it has vampires and magic and romance ... but these ingredients are so cleverly concocted in Hellisen's fantasy universe, that each element feels brand new. After seventeen-year-old Felicita’s... Continue Reading →

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