A seductive story about love and betrayal, Sweet Black Waves by Kristina Perez is an enchanting new take on the Tristan & Eseult legend. Not you without me, not me without you. Two proud kingdoms stand on opposite shores, with only a bloody history between them. As best friend and lady-in-waiting to the princess, Branwen... Continue Reading →

The Royal Bastards are back in fine form, in City of Bastards by Andrew Shvarts. Tilla, bastard of House Kent, has it made. Safe from her murderous father in the dazzling capital of Lightspire, she lives a life of luxury under the protection of the Volaris King, alongside her boyfriend Zell and best friend, Princess... Continue Reading →

Unexpected romance heats up on the baseball field in The Game Can't Love You Back by Karole Cozzo. Eve is used to being the odd woman out. As the only girl on her school's baseball team, she knows exactly how to put sweaty, macho baseball players in their place, and she's focused on one thing... Continue Reading →

Missed flights and misunderstandings abound in Airports, Exes & Other Things I'm Over by Shani Petroff. A bad storm, two canceled flights, stuck in an airport with a hot stranger and the guy who broke her heart... what could go wrong? After Sari caught her boyfriend Zev cheating on her, their romantic Florida vacation was... Continue Reading →

Who's your book boyfriend? This is not an uncommon question to be heard amongst book bloggers, bookstagrammers, and other ravenous readers. The answers may range from the classic -- Darcy, Heathcliffe, Rochester -- to the more contemporary -- Edward, Nikolai, Rhysand -- but regardless, we book nerds are known for fantasizing about fictional men. (Even... Continue Reading →

The book world is filled with stories about Chosen Ones -- and if, like me, you read a lot of YA, you're used to those Chosen Ones being teenagers. In Sarah Beth Durst's Queens of Renthia series, the Chosen One is actually the Chosen Few, and they're all adult women -- including a middle age... Continue Reading →

A love letter to fandom and the fans that make it up, Ship It by Britta Lundin is a timely and charming take on pop culture and self discovery. Claire is a sixteen-year-old fangirl obsessed with the show Demon Heart. Forest is an actor on Demon Heart who dreams of bigger roles. When the two... Continue Reading →

Hijinks, hilarity, and heartfelt revelations ensue as twin seniors bid farewell to high school in Sam & Ilsa's Last Hurrah by Rachel Cohn & David Levithan. Siblings Sam and Ilsa Kehlmann have spent most of their high school years throwing parties for their friends--and now they've prepared their final blowout, just before graduation. The rules... Continue Reading →