A romantic story about growing up, and figuring out what comes next in life, The Map from Here to There by Emery Lord is sure to become a YA classic. It’s senior year, and Paige Hancock is finally living her best life. She has a fun summer job, great friends, and a super charming boyfriend […]
Today marks TEN YEARS since the launch of Novel Novice. It’s hard to believe that I’ve been blogging for over a decade now (since I started previously with our OG sister site, Novel Novice Twilight a couple years prior to launching this site). Blogging has taken up nearly a third of my life. (Agh, how […]
A standalone YA fantasy to kick off the new year, here’s what you can expect from The King’s Questioner by Nikki Katz: From the author of ‘The Midnight Dance’ comes an epic YA fantasy featuring royal drama, dark magic, and a secret that could topple a kingdom. Kalen has been cursed with a gift: he’s […]
The Buffy-verse is back and bigger than ever with Chosen by Kiersten White, the conclusion to her delightful Slayer duology. Nina continues to learn how to use her slayer powers against enemies old and new in this second novel in the New York Times bestselling series from Kiersten White, set in the world of Buffy […]
A Heart So Fierce and Broken by Brigid Kemmerer has left my heart fiercely broken. The second book in the Cursebreakers series is chock-full of revelations and shocking twists and turns, and it left me an emotional mess. Me, after reading A Heart So Fierce and Broken. This book gives us two new POVs to […]
Every year since starting Novel Novice, I’ve ended the year with my annual “Best of” books list. But this year, I don’t feel like it’s really fair to do a “best of” list, considering I focused less on reading review books, and more on reading whatever the heck I felt like. So with that in […]
Tonight, the season finale of His Dark Materials airs on HBO here in the U.S. (UK viewers got to watch it last night on BBC, lucky ducks.) If you’re a regular follower of the blog and/or my social media, then you probably know that the His Dark Materials series by Philip Pullman is my ALL-TIME […]
In case you missed my recent post, I am expecting twins in May — and this much-wanted pregnancy comes after two years of fertility treatments. The thing about fertility treatments and infertility in general is that it sucks you dry, mentally and emotionally. As a woman going through treatments, you’re pumping your body full of […]
Christmas and historical romance go together like warm and cozy — which is exactly what you’ll feel when you curl up with a copy of A Mackenzie Clan Christmas by Jennifer Ashley, a collection of two holiday novellas. Celebrate the holidays with New York Times bestselling author Jennifer Ashley’s Mackenzie clan in two heartwarming novellas. […]
Time for another round-up of recent contest winners! Thanks to everyone who entered our giveaway celebrating Heart of the Moors by Holly Black. The winner of the prize pack from Disney Books is: Sarah Burgundy Price Thanks to our friends at Walden Pond Press, this winner receives a finished copy of A Perilous Journey of […]