In last year’s Compulsion, which kicked off Martina Boone’s Heirs of Watson Island series, newly orphaned Barrie Watson, suddenly free of her mother’s stifling influence, travels to her ancestral plantation house on a South Carolina island. There she learns her strange ability to find missing objects is part of a larger supernatural story, one affecting all three of […]
It’s beginning to feel like every year is a great year for young adult literature, isn’t it? From fantastic new debut authors to the next book in your favorite series, the start of a new year brings zillions of wonderful YA words just waiting to be discovered. But I’m particularly excited about this coming year, […]
The world is full of versatile readers, people who can vacillate between sci-fi and fantasy and contemporary and historical without batting an eyelash, finding room in their hearts for all of them. I, however, am not one of those readers. For me, it’s realistic contemporary all the way. I love the real-world issues, the recognizable […]
Michelle Hodkin’s The Reckoning of Noah Shaw hits shelves today, the fifth in her Mara Dyer series and the second focusing on fan favorite Noah Shaw. To celebrate the release, she discusses the process of accessing Noah’s story, and the role family’s played in her own life, and in the lives of her characters.