6 YA Books to Read If You’re Still Obsessed With Kaz Brekker
Leigh Bardugo’s Kaz Brekker is basically the ultimate book boyfriend—he’s smart, he’s snarky, and you can bet he’ll always surprise…
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YA’s Most Cutthroat Heroines
This post might as well be called “My Favorite YA Characters Ever,” because, honestly, there’s nothing I love better in…
Brooding YA Hero Creator Carrie DiRisio on the Top 7 YA Characters Broody Would Bond With
Let’s face it: while there’s some truly original, astounding work being done in the YA category, it is sometimes, occasionally,…
6 LGBTQIA Supporting Characters Who Totally Stole Our Hearts
Trying to find a gay character in books and shows you loved as a kid was like searching for hidden…
Valentine Pickup Lines From Your Favorite YA Hotties
I’ve spent my life dreaming about what I would say if I met Gilbert Blythe (From Anne of Green Gables, you…
What to Read Next Based On Your Favorite Harry Potter Character
In the nearly ten years since the release of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, we Potterheads have reread every book…
6 YA Reads With Villainous Leads Who Will Rock Your World
If you read (or write!) YA, I’m sure by now you’re sick of hearing about “likable characters.” Because usually the…
6 YA Novels That Subvert the Mean Girl Trope
She’s blonde, she’s a cheerleader, she’s out to get your best friend for no apparent reason, she’s the ever-popular mean…
7 of Our Favorite Liars in YA
It’s a tricky thing, picking out your favorite liars in YA. By definition, most of the time, the best liars…
7 of Our Favorite Angry YA Protagonists
One of the things we adore most about YA books is that the emotional arcs lives by the characters can be…
7 of the Most Unlikely Platonic Pairings in YA
Sure, we all love our Romeos and Juliets, our boys from the wrong side of the tracks meeting poor little…
8 Great YAs that Reimagine Iconic Figures in Their Youth
We all have images that come to mind when we think of iconic characters such as the Queen of Hearts, Black…
5 YA Picks for the Archie Comics Gang
Archie Andrews, “America’s Typical Teenager,” is back and better than ever. Andrews and his close-knit group of friends and frenemies—looking…
What to Read Next Based on Your Favorite Clone in Orphan Black
Combine clones, top-secret organizations, government coverups, more clones, weird cults, mad science, family relationships, and even more clones, and you get…
8 YA Books to Help You Cope with the End of Supernatural Season 11
What’s that wailing sound? The souls of the damned trying to escape hell? No, just millions of Supernatural fans crying…
Find Your Perfect BFF Among the Heroines of Classic YA
How many times have you been reading (or rereading. And then rereading again) a book and thought I could totally…
YA Recommendations For Every Girl on HBO’s Girls
One of the themes this season on HBO’s sharply comedic Girls has been “Grow up.” (Or at least, “pretend to be capable…
What to Read Next Based on Your Favorite Disney Princess
If it’s true that “a dream is a wish your heart makes when you’re fast asleep,” then our wish is…
Everything I Need to Know in Life I Learned from The Baby-Sitters Club
When I was a girl growing up in the 1980s and ’90s, certain things were a given: You always had a scrunchie…
5 YA Books About Intrepid Aspiring Reporters
Extra! Extra! Read all about it! Young reporters make great protagonists, see. Fiction has a long and proud tradition of…