Title: Spinning SilverSeries: Author: Naomi NovikGenre: FantasyPublisher: Del ReyFormat: eBookISBN: 0399180982 Summary: Miryem is the daughter and granddaughter of moneylenders, but her father’s inability to collect his debts has left his family on the edge of poverty–until Miryem takes matters into her own hands. Hardening her heart, the young woman sets out to claim what …
Title: All the Birds in the SkySeries: All the Birds in the Sky #1Author: Charlie Jane AndersGenre: FantasyPublisher: TorFormat: HardbackISBN: 0765379945 Summary: Childhood friends Patricia Delfine, a witch, and Laurence Armstead, a mad scientist, parted ways under mysterious circumstances during middle school. But as adults they both wind up in near-future San Francisco, where Laurence …
Tiffany Sly Lives Here Now is perched on my bookshelf, the passionate red cover sitting on top of The Book of Dust and Octavia’s Brood like a victor at the top of Mount Everest. Written by debut author Dana L Davis, Tiffany Sly is only the second Contemporary YA novel I’ve ever read, and – if I’m being honest – the first YA book I’ve read where the protagonist is a black female teen. From beginning to end, I couldn’t put Tiffany down — or out of my mind, for that matter. And…I’m still struggling to sort out my thoughts about this book.
Title: Brooding YA Hero: Becoming a Main Character (Almost) as Awesome as MeSeries:Author: Carrie Ann DiRisioGenre: Nonfiction, Creative WritingPublisher: SkyPony PressFormat: eBookISBN: 1510726667 Summary: Have you ever wished you could receive a little guidance from your favorite book boyfriend? Ever dreamed of being the Chosen One in a YA novel? Want to know all the secrets …
Title: Speak: The Graphic NovelSeries: Author: Laurie Halse AndersonGenre: Graphic Novel, Realistic FictionPublisher: Farrar, Straus, GirouxFormat: HardcoverISBN: 0374300283 CWs: Sexual Assault, Rape, Depression, Self Harm, Bullying, Consent Summary: “Speak up for yourself-we want to know what you have to say.” From the first moment of her freshman year at Merryweather High, Melinda knows this is a big fat …
Title: Pantheon: The True Story of Egyptian DeitiesSeries: Author: Hamish SteeleGenre: Graphic Novel, MythologyPublisher: Nobrow Press Format: PaperbackISBN: 1910620203 CWs: Incest, Violence Summary: The most important myth in Ancient Egypt is faithfully retold in glorious color! Horus, son of Isis, vows bloody revenge on his Uncle Set for the murder and usurpation of his Pharaoh father. Based on elements …
Title: The Cruel PrinceSeries: The Folk of the Air #1Author: Holy BlackGenre: Fantasy, RomancePublisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers Format: HardbackISBN: 9780316480208 Summary: At the ripe age of seven, Jude and her two sisters were stolen away to Faerie after their parents are brutally murdered. Flash forward ten years, when Jude tries desperately to belong …
Title: Dreadful Young Ladies and Other StoriesSeries: Author: Kelly BarnhillGenre: FantasyPublisher: Algonquin BooksFormat: eBookISBN: 1616207973 Summary: Author Kelly Barnhill has written a collection of stories, teeming with uncanny characters whose lives unfold in worlds at once strikingly human and eerily original. When Mrs. Sorensen’s husband dies, she rekindles a long-dormant love with an unsuitable mate in “Mrs. Sorensen …
A Ravenous review of Good Me Bad Me by Ali Land – a thrilling tale of the tragic nature of nurture gone wrong and the girl at the heart of it.
Title: Dark DesignsSeries: Author: Stefanie SpanglerGenre: Fantasy, Urban FantasyPublisher: Red Adept PublishingFormat: eBookISBN: 1940215978 CWs: Child Molestation, Stalking Summary: Twins Ivy and Violet Grant are opposites. Ivy, a hot-tempered redhead, couldn’t wait to get off the farm and see the world. Violet, a quiet brunette, was content to stay home and help their grandmother with the family business. The …
