This week’s most exciting releases include a road trip from hell, a fancy cruise from hell, and a search for family secrets that leads to the wrong kind of attention from the yakuza. So basically don’t leave the house this summer, just stay in and read. From a near-future heartbreaker exploring the power of forgetting to […]
Con artists, sociopaths, revenge junkies…there’s nothing like following the twisted exploits of a great thriller, and it’s all the more fun when there are teens at the helm or in the hot seat. This summer is rife with all kinds of thrillers, from the high-octane to the slow-burn destructive to the psychologically twisted. Here are […]
Everyone has those books from childhood that deeply influenced them, whether classics or graphic novels or, for modern teens, hopefully actual YA. For me and other Readers of a Certain Age, it was the Sweet Valley High series. (And Sweet Valley Twins. And Sweet Valley Senior Year, which was terribly underrated. And Sweet Valley University. […]
One of my favorite things about summer is that it tends to be a glorious season for YA romances, and this year is no exception. Behold a host of new releases emerging between May and August that feature teen romance at their core, with that sweet, sweet happily ever after (or at least for the foreseeable […]
Thriller authors don’t have a whole lot of time to hook you. If you don’t believe they can spin your head on a dime, upend your world with just a few well-chosen words, screw with your mind before you even realize they’ve entered it…well, then they’re not very likely to do their job of “thrilling” […]