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I knew just a few pages into KC Held's debut, HOLDING COURT, that I was going to enjoy the book--particularly after discovering that He...

Jeff Zentner's debut, THE SERPENT KING, is a little out of my usual wheelhouse--a more serious contemporary YA. But there's no doub...

I got to interview mother-daughter writing team Perdita and Honor Cargill about their debut, WAITING FOR CALLBACK, for the Swanky Seventee...

I have loved Calvin and Hobbes for a very long time, and Martine Leavitt's Keturah and Lord Death has been a long-time favorite of min...

From the moment you start Anna Breslaw's witty, heart-felt SCARLETT EPSTEIN HATES IT HERE, it's pretty clear that Scarlett is not y...

Jenny Han is a genius at writing character: Shug is one of the best middle-grade books I've read, and To All the Boys I've Loved Be...

Jessica Martinez is a master at combining lyrical prose with tense, sometimes dark plots, and Kiss, Kill, Vanish is no exception. Valentin...

There were a lot of things I enjoyed about Natalie Whipple's Fish Out of Water . (I was given an eARC in exchange for an honest review)....

 Rachel Hawkins does fun and lighthearted YA with a kick so well sometimes--the first book in Hex Hall was a delight from beginning to end. ...

 I've got mixed feelings after finishing Kate Hattemer's debut, The Vigilante Poets of Selwyn Academy . I loved the writing: I thoug...

 Miranda Kenneally has made a name for herself writing contemporary young adult novels. Things I Can't Forget is a companion novel to...

 Kasie West does contemporary YA romance as well as just about any author I can think of--she ranks right up there in the company of Stephan...

  Only Everything , by Kieran Scott Eros, the daughter of Aphrodite, has just been exiled from Mount Olympus--with her mother--for defying...