Camellia Beauregard is a Belle. In the opulent world of Orléans, Belles are revered, for they control Beauty, and Beauty is a commodity coveted above all else. In Orléans, the…
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Review:: Chainbreaker by Tara Sim
Clock mechanic Danny Hart knows he's being watched. But by whom, or what, remains a mystery. To make matters worse, clock towers have begun falling in India, though time hasn't…
Monday Mini-Reviews: 12/18/17
"All emotions are universal. Regardless where we come from or where we are going, we live, we dream, we strive, we die." Lukas K. Law, Foreword of Where the Stars…
Review:: The Epic Crush of Genie Lo by F.C. Yee
The struggle to get into a top-tier college consumes sixteen-year-old Genie Lo's every waking thought in The Epic Crush of Genie Lo. But when her sleepy Bay Area town comes…
Character Interview:: Regan & Evelyn from Chameleon Moon
Today I'd like to introduce you to Regan and Evelyn, two of the characters from RoAnna Sylver's queer, hopeful dystopia, Chameleon Moon. I have had this book on my TBR…
Author Interview:: Shanna Miles
Hello, friends, and welcome back to my author interview series! Today, I'm thrilled to bring someone else that I love on Twitter to my blog - Shanna Miles, author of…
Review:: Noteworthy by Riley Redgate
It’s the start of Jordan Sun’s junior year at the Kensington-Blaine Boarding School for the Performing Arts in Noteworthy. Unfortunately, she’s an Alto 2, which—in the musical theatre world—is sort…
Review:: Gone by Min Kym
Gone is the spellbinding memoir of a violin virtuoso who loses the instrument that had defined her both on stage and off -- and who discovers, beyond the violin, the…
Review:: Everything Belongs to Us by Yoojin Grace Wuertz
In Everything Belongs to Us, two young women of vastly different means each struggle to find her own way during the darkest hours of South Korea’s “economic miracle” in a striking…
Review:: Binti: Home by Nnedi Okorafor
In Binti: Home, it’s been a year since Binti and Okwu enrolled at Oomza University. A year since Binti was declared a hero for uniting two warring planets. A year…
Review:: The Education of Margot Sanchez by Lilliam Rivera
Pretty in Pink comes to the South Bronx in The Education of Margot Sanchez, a bold and romantic coming-of-age novel about dysfunctional families, good and bad choices, and finding the…
Review:: Fearless by Shira Glassman
A newly out-of-the-closet band mom falls for an orchestra teacher while snowed in at All-State in Fearless. Lana Novak hasn’t played violin in over twenty years, her musical life these…
My Diverse-a-thon TBR!
I'm ready to participate in my first ever Diverse-a-thon, folks! This year's event coincides with a relatively light work week and a desire to not go anywhere ever, so I'll…