It’s a busy time for SF/F fans. Between the tsunami of superhero movies and TV shows, the revival of old-school classics like Twin Peaks and The X-Files, and the infinite supply of fantastic books hitting the shelves (physical and digital) every week, we’re living through a Golden Age of speculative fiction. But there’s an unfortunate side […]
I’m a sucker for weird YA, vivid world-building, powerful girls, uncanny boys, enchanted objects, lush imagery, monsters with human faces, and the thin places between the mundane and the magic, so next year’s crop of fresh fantasy has me lying atop my pile of books like Smaug on his hoard. 2016 will herald the close of irresistible series from authors […]
February is the kind of month that makes a YA lover skip their own birthday party/doctor’s appointment/dog’s wedding in order to have more reading time, and use up all their lunch money for book buying. The month’s epic stack of upcoming releases includes a book for every reader, whether you’re a sucker for fantasy, contemporary, sci-fi, historical fiction, […]
Today is the kind of new release day that makes you want to swing around on a bookstore ladder singing. Finally (finally!) get your hands on some of the best debuts of the year; the sultry follow-up to a thrilling 2014 Southern Gothic; and a lush reimagining of a beloved eastern myth. Here are 10 books you’ll want […]
More fairytale retellings? Of course. They are, after all, a YA staple. But these six deliciously dark and decadent takes on familiar stories do much more than update your faves. They bend and twist and reshape them into something strange and stunning, tripping the tropes and making these old stories into something fun and new. Dig […]
