The Davenports by Krystal Marquis is a historical novel set in 1910s Chicago, centering around a rarity in the United…
Characters can represent parts of ourselves, which is why so many fans become infatuated with the individuals in their favorite…
Liz Harmer is a Canadian writer, editor, and professor at Chapman University. I had the pleasure of taking her Speculative…
Many fans were dismayed when it was revealed that the novel would follow Coriolanus, who is considered to be the main villain of the Hunger Games trilogy. I disagree, however. I believe that all monsters were once men, and “The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes” reveals Coriolanus’s tumultuous relationship between his humanity and his brutality as he struggled to survive in the brutal social sphere of the Capitol.
While this book incorporates elements from a previous trilogy by Black, they are not necessary to read to understand this one. The Darkest Part of the Forest combines the modern world with mythical creatures in a way that is somehow both jarring and completely seamless, and proves to be a wonderful read.
The book switches back and forth between point of views in order to tell the story of what is happening to Mark Watney, the stranded astronaut, and NASA officials on Earth trying to save him, but the language is always accessible and adds to the urgency.
Set in a boarding school for the arts called Trudale in Hollywood, Audible Love by Maggie Dallen is told in…
Melissa de la Cruz’s 29 Dates follows Ji-su as she gets uprooted from all that she has known in South…
Crown of Feathers by Nicki Pau Preto is the first in a series set in a world where airborne warriors…
A Wattpad originated series, Paper Hearts by Ali Novak is the sequel to The Heartbreakers, following Felicity as she uncovers…