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If you love your books to take you on a mysterious journey into the unknown, look no further than Makiia Lucier‘s Tower of Winds duology! It has everything: Deadly mysteries, rich fantasy worldbuilding, simmering romance, and characters that are daring and relatable. We sat down with Makiia Lucier at YALLfest to talk about Isle of […]
Last month, I got a chance to the delightful Holly Black, author of the much-beloved The Folk of the Air series, and we discussed her Maleficent-centered novel, The Heart of the Moors, as well as her love for faeries and the possibility of doing another collaboration with Magisterium co-author Cassandra Clare. How did this book, […]
There have been many spooky and downright disturbing trends throughout history, some of which are better known than others. In her debut novel Gravemaidens, Kelly Coon is taking on a doozy: Sacrificial burial. Gravemaidens follows Kammani, a young healer-in-training whose sister is chosen to be a living sacrifice interred with the ailing king when he […]
Halloween is almost upon us, so it’s the perfect time for a YA novel to explore a popular horror trope: The babysitter. Whether hero or victim, babysitters are a big part of contemporary horror– and in Kate Williams‘ The Babysitters Coven, they finally have some powers to fight back with! We were lucky enough to […]
Have you ever read a novel and thought that a secondary character might make for a better main character than the actual main character? Kristina Perez had those same thoughts about Branwen from the ancient legend of Tristan and Eseult. In the Sweet Black Waves series, she set out to explore the tale from the […]
Renee Ahdieh‘s next book doesn’t come out until October, but we got a chance to ask her a few questions about Celine Rousseau, the main character of her new vampire series, The Beautiful. Can you tell us the significance of Celine’s surname and why you chose it? I studied political science in college, and one […]
At BookCon, I got a chance to sit down with To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before author Jenny Han. We discussed the upcoming “PS I Still Love You” Netflix film, returning to Lara Jean for Always and Forever, Lara Jean, returning once again to her previous stories, cowriting, and more! Check out the interview […]
There’s plenty of fantasy and sci-fi featuring massive space adventures and ploys to take over Earth, but Clark Thomas Carlton has a fresh take on the genre that comes from the micro perspective. Carlton’s Antasy series, currently featuring Prophets of the Ghost Ants and The Prophet of a Termite God, features complex societies, religious turmoil, […]