Francesca Zappia
It’s impossible not to get sucked in, and the cast of characters is so diverse and fully realized, you root even for the nastiest of them.
My Dearest Darkest meets Tiny Pretty Things in this dark fantasy debut set in the intense world of the Parisian ballet. A villain origin story full of monsters and manèges, I Feed Her to the Beast and the Beast Is Me is a cutthroat story of creativity, perfectionism and the exclusionary tendencies of institutions. In this Q&A with Jamison Shea, they answer our questions about art, institutions, and perfectionism.
With fantasy worlds, mysteries and whirlwind romances, August brings more than just the heat. Along with the month comes new releases from favorite authors, a horrifying debut and a BookTok favorite, making our most anticipated Young Adult books a group of must-have titles.
Happy Asian-Pacific American Heritage Month! Racial diversity is still a growing need in YA lit, but this year is seeing a nice amount of growth, finally, in YAs featuring main characters of Asian descent, from all over the continent and in a wide variety of genres. We had some great ones last year (highlights include Tell […]
This week’s most exciting releases include a back-from-the-dead revenge story, a dishy thriller set at a top-flight ballet school, and a graphic novel–powered hunt for a long lost friend. Here are the books we’re setting box traps for right now:
Imagine your favorite teen drama TV show, if it centered around a cutthroat ballet company. Now imagine it in book form. Voila, you’ve got Tiny Pretty Things, the first collaboration between authors Sona Charaipotra and Dhonielle Clayton, who are also the cofounders of CAKE Literary, a packaging company focused on diverse projects. Tiny Pretty Things is […]