Marie Lu Answers Our Question About Returning To The ‘LEGENDS’ Series

When you think of Young Adult authors, Marie Lu should be a name that comes to mind. The talented author has a new book out this week, REBEL. REBEL is part of the Legends series. If we’re being honest, CHAMPION…

The Cast For Leigh Bardugo’s ‘Shadow and Bone’ Has Been Set

We are ready to be owned by Shadow and Bone. Netflix announced that the cast has been set for the adaptation of Leigh Bardugo’s novel. In a world cleaved in two by a massive barrier of perpetual darkness, where unnatural…

EXCLUSIVE: Sara Faring Talks ‘The Tenth Girl’ & We Review

Sara Faring’s The Tenth Girl isn’t really my kind of book. And that’s putting it lightly. Maybe I’m just getting old (don’t say it), but lately I just haven’t really been into suffering, in TV or book form. I can’t…

3 Reasons You Need To Read ‘American Royals’ By Katharine McGee

I have honestly been in a reading slump. I mean, sure, I have a TBR pile that is legit taking over my room, but I have felt like NOTHING is original. And that’s been the hard part. I’ve been picking…

5 Reasons Why You Should Read Gaby Dunn’s “Bury the Lede”

In an effort to build a space for queer people like myself, every Tuesday I’ll be posting opinion pieces, listicals, reviews, and more focused on the LGBT community (and occasionally about the Latinx/WOC community since I am Latinx.) Welcome to…

10 POC Authors to Check Out Right Now

I read a lot, and I go to a lot of book conventions. One thing that I have noticed when attending these conventions is that there aren’t too many authors of color floating around. Another fact which I am ashamed…

YA Fantasy ‘Bloodleaf’ Optioned For Television

We’re all about books becoming movies or television shows. We kinda wish that people were snapping up more contemporary books, but hey, fantasy books are just as equally amazing. The newest book to be getting a television option is the…

2019 Diverse YA Books That Give Us All The Feels

Everyone has books that they anticipate being released each year. Those titles that make you giddy and excited every time you think about finally getting your greedy grabby hands on that perfect, pristine copy, with that delicious new book smell.…

NBC Universal Orders ‘One Of Us Is Lying’ To Pilot

We’ll always take a good book turned into a television show or movie anytime. Well, only if it’s well done. If not we are not on board. The latest one that we are talking about? Well that would be Karen…

The 10 books we are looking forward to reading this Fall

Sweaters, boots, and pumpkin spice lattes will soon be replacing those shorts, flip flops, and iced coffees, as we prepare for fall. With summer ending, it’s time to start gathering up those fall reads.  If you are unsure of what…

‘Children of Blood and Bone’ Moves Under Lucasfilm Banner

If you haven’t read Tomi Adeyemi’s Children of Blood and Bone, then you need to head to the bookstore and pick it up. The book is one of the best books that we’ve read. Fox had previously optioned the book,…

Why is “Fangirl” a Dirty Word?

Have you ever been a fan? Have you ever loved a show, movie or a book so much that you just couldn’t wait to find out what happens? Yes? Okay, so why is the term “Fangirl” (or “Fanboy”, I don’t…

5 Bookstores To Visit If You Are In Los Angeles This Summer

I am a bibliophile and if there is one thing I love more than anything, it’s going to bookstores. I love going on the hunt for new bookstores because often, you find something you wouldn’t normally find anywhere else. With…

5 Reasons You Should Be Reading ‘Please Send Help’ by Gaby Dunn & Allison Raskin

In an effort to build a space for queer people like myself, every Tuesday I’ll be posting opinion pieces, listicals, reviews, and more focused on the LGBT community (and occasionally about the Latinx/WOC community since I am Latinx.) Welcome to…

The Cover for Jennifer Iacopelli’s ‘Break the Fall’ Is Stunning and Fierce

If there’s one thing I love, it’s sports. If there’s another thing I love, it’s sports books. If there’s another, another thing I love, it’s sports books with a female lead. Which is why Jennifer Lacopelli’s Break the Fall feels like…

5 Reasons Why You Need To Read ‘Stealing Home’ by Becky Wallace

When I came across the synopsis for Becky Wallace’s Stealing Home, I just knew I had to read this book. Not only did it sound like the perfect YA contemporary summer read, but it was a book where sports was the…

Why you should read ‘Black Enough: Stories of being young & black in America’

Over the years I have read a few books on what it means to be black in America. It occurred to me I hadn’t really read many about what it means to be young and black in America. That was…

17 LGBTQ+ Books You Should Be Reading This Pride 2019

In an effort to build a space for queer people like myself, every Tuesday I’ll be posting opinion pieces, listicals, reviews, and more focused on the LGBT community (and occasionally about the Latinx/WOC community since I am Latinx.) Welcome to…

You Need To Read ‘Red, White & Royal Blue’

I’m not quite sure how Casey Mcquinston’s debut novel Red, White & Royal Blue escaped my notice while I was doing research for my most anticipated books of 2019 list, or during all the time I spent browsing Book Twitter…

‘These Witches Don’t Burn’ by Isabel Sterling is the Queer Content We Need in 2019

In an effort to build a space for queer people like myself, every Tuesday I’ll be posting opinion pieces, listicals, reviews, and more focused on the LGBT community (and occasionally about the Latinx/WOC community since I am Latinx.) Welcome to…

Romance Novels Carry A Stigma, and We’re here to call BS

I have a challenge for you. Next time you’re perusing the romance section in your favorite bookstore, look around. You’re likely to find you’re the only one there, or, alternatively, that the only people joining you in the romance section…