YA Open Mic is a monthly series in which YA authors share personal stories on topics of their choice. The aim of the series, above all, is to peel away the formality of bios and offer authors a platform to talk about something readers won’t necessarily find on their websites. This month, 14 authors discuss […]
Another season, another crisp stack of YA debuts to lose your heart to. Earlier this year I talked up 15 January–June debuts I adored, now I’m diving face first into amazing releases for the rest of the year. These 11 books by new authors to watch include a metaphysical fantasy bookworms will find irresistible, a daring coming of […]
Car Chases. Mistaken Identity. Kidnapping. Murder. There’s no limit to how far YA thrillers can and will go, and that’s what makes them so damn awesome. When you combine reckless and desperate teens with some bad behavior and no curfew, there’s no telling what can happen… Well, I supposed I could tell you what can happen, but […]
Having summer fun’s not hard when you’ve got more awesome new releases than there are flavors of Pop-Ice. So rip open a Tropical Punch and exercise your pre-order muscles with July YA including a moving mental illness narrative with a sci-fi twist, a monstrous new fantasy series from the pen of Victoria “instabuy” Schwab, and a twisty ballet-world thriller. I won’t […]