Come On In Anthology – Thoughts and Doodles

WELCOME From some of the most exciting bestselling and up-and-coming YA authors writing today...journey from Ecuador to New York City and Argentina to Utah, from Australia to Harlem and India to New Jersey, from Fiji, America, Mexico and more... Come On In. With characters who face random traffic stops, TSA detention, customs anxiety, and the …

Review: The Story of Mina Lee – The Monotony of the Great American Dream

Title: The Last Story of Mina LeeAuthor: Nancy Jooyoun KimPublisher: Park Row Books Genre(s): Fiction, Historical FictionSubject(s)/Themes(s): Asian-American immigrantsRepresentation: Korean MCs (ownvoices) Release Date: September 1st, 2020Page Count: 384 (hardback)Rating: 4.0/10 Margot Lee's mother, Mina, isn't returning her calls. It's a mystery to twenty-six-year-old Margot, until she visits her childhood apartment in Koreatown, LA, and …

Blog Tour + Giveaway: The Babysitters Coven by Kate Williams

I'm thrilled to present a spotlight and a giveaway (US only) for Kate Williams' upcoming The Babysitters Coven! I'll be posting a mini review for it after the tour ends. Title: The Babysitters Coven Author: Kate Williams Publisher: Delacorte Press Release Date: September 17th, 2019 Genre(s): YA Paranormal Subjects and Themes: Witches, Female Friendships Page …

Blog Tour Review: Rotherweird – Plenty of Weird, Not a Lot of Enjoyment

Title: Rotherweird Author: Andrew Caldecott Publisher: Quercus (US) Release Date: June 9th, 2019 Genre(s): Historical Fiction, Fantasy Subjects and Themes: Alternate History Page Count: 456 (hardback) Rating: DNF @ ~50%         1558: Twelve children, gifted far beyond their years, are banished by their Tudor queen to the town of Rotherweird. Some say …

Review + Giveaway (INTL): Gather the Fortunes – The Most Neil Gaiman Thing I Read Since I Last Read Neil Gaiman

Title: Gather the Fortunes (A Crescent City Novel Book 2) Author: Bryan Camp Publisher: John Joseph Adams/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Release Date: May 21st, 2019 Genre(s): Urban Fantasy Subjects and Themes: Gods, Mythology Page Count: 384 (hardback) Rating: 8.0/10     Renaissance Raines has found her place among the psychopomps—the guides who lead the souls of …

Blog Tour Review: We Rule the Night – Came for Girl Friendships, Stayed for Girl Friendships

Title: We Rule the Night Author: Claire Eliza Bartlett Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers Release Date: April 2nd, 2019 Genre(s): YA Fantasy, Steampunk Subjects and Themes: Female Friendships, Feminism, History-Inspired Page Count: 400 (hardback) Rating: N/A Seventeen-year-old Revna is a factory worker, manufacturing war machines for the Union of the North. When she’s …

Blog Tour Review + Giveaway: The Fever King – Baby, You Burn My Brain Up Like a Fever

Title: The Fever King (Feverwake, #1) Author: Victoria Lee Publisher Skyscape Release Date: March 1, 2019 Genre(s): YA Fantasy, Paranormal, Dystopian Subjects and Themes: LGBTQIAP+, Politics, Abuse Page Count: 384 Rating: 6.5/10   In the former United States, sixteen-year-old Noam Álvaro wakes up in a hospital bed, the sole survivor of the viral magic that …

Blog Tour Spotlight + Giveaway: Smoke & Summons (Numina 1)

  This is a tiny bit late because I was squeezed into the tour at the last minute! Thank you to Fantastic Flying Books Club for the opportunity to participate!   Title: Smoke and Summons (Numina Trilogy #1) Author: Charlie N. Holmberg Publisher: 47North Release Date: February 1st 2019 Genre(s): YA Fantasy SYNOPSIS  A captivating world of monsters …