I love a powerful YA heroine. I love warriors and badasses and heroines who hate makeup and even the girls who don’t really get along with their kind. But I also love the girly girls. The ones who know that being of value and taking time on your looks aren’t mutually exclusive, who wear their red lipstick like armor and get knocked over flat by new love. When […]
Whether you’re spending today celebrating life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, or simply eating yourself into a potato salad coma and not thinking too hard about it, today is a DAY OFF for many, which means MORE TIME TO READ. In honor of independence day (not this one), here are 5 YA breakup books […]
As a primarily contemporary reader, nothing excites me on the eve of a new year like the promise of new stories of brutal realism, light romance, psychological thrill rides, and everything in between. Being that contemporary is my absolute favorite genre, my “must-read” list is far longer than this, but apparently it’s frowned upon to […]
I cannot tell a lie: I’m a sucker for a great contemporary YA romance. There’s nothing quite like the swooniness of first love, whether it’s online or in person, a slow burn or an instant spark, two strangers coming together or best friends taking a new step. If there’s one thing YA has got in spades, it’s […]
One of my favorite things about YA in 2014 was the tremendous number of fantastic new authors introduced to the world. It was an excellent year for debuts, and now that it’s over, I for one am excited to see what they (okay, we) have coming in 2015! Considering the excellence of 2014’s sophomores, my […]