Reviews

Taryn Moore is a stunning and intelligent college co-ed who has a complicated viewpoint of men. Her father left when she was a young girl and the college course she's taking Star Crossed Lovers stirs up her emo... Read More...

Dipped In It – Bethany Harvey’s Moving New Memoir

Tabitha Lord

Interviews, Reviews

I had the pleasure of reading an early draft of Bethany Harvey's moving memoir, Dipped In It. When she later asked me to write an endorsement for the release, here's what I said... Bethany tackles the messiness... Read More...

Victoria Aveyard’s YA Fantasy Series Realm Breaker Crosses Refreshingly New Boundaries

Amy Wilhelm

Reviews

New York Times bestselling author Victoria Aveyard has another hit on her hands! Best known for her uber-succesful Red Queen series, she's embarked on a new journey with a new cast of characters in Realm Breaker. The mother of the heroine Corayne an-Amarat is ... Read More...

We’re All A Buzz About Melissa Scholes Young’s The Hive

Amy Wilhelm

Interviews, Reviews

Melissa Scholes Young's novel The Hive is a story that will enchant you from the first page. Growing up in Missouri, the Fehler sisters and their parents run a generations-old pest control business. Even though... Read More...

The North Face of the Heart by Dolores Redondo Is A Show-Stopping Thriller

Amy Wilhelm

Reviews

If you love thrillers and are looking for a new author to follow, look no further! Dolores Redondo's pace and style pull you into the story from the first page and her protagonist Amaia Salazar is utterly super... Read More...

Writing Your First Draft? Don’t Worry About These Three Things

Amy Wilhelm

Literary Lagniappe, on Writing, Reviews

Most first drafts suck. They just do and there’s nothing you can do about it. This may seem like a scary, depressing thing to say, but actually, it's empowering. Knowing that your first draft won’t be perfect, heck that it won’t even be half good is very liber... Read More...

Welcome to the Exodus Universe – An Interview with Robert Stadnik

Tabitha Lord

Interviews, Reviews

In the near future, despite making leaps and bounds in our space travel abilities, humanity has been trapped in the inner solar system by a mysterious alien race. Earth's government, rather than take a stand ag... Read More...

Rita Williams-Garcia’s A Sitting in St. James is a Classic in the Making

Amy Wilhelm

Reviews

A Sitting in St. James is one of those books that as you read, you know you are part of something special. The epic work exposes how deep the self-deception of white plantation owners goes, exposing the roots o... Read More...

Looking to Find Your Voice? Let the Story Lead You – guest post by Robin Clifford Wood

Amy Wilhelm

Literary Lagniappe, on Writing, Reviews

After seven years of work on the biography of a renowned author and poet from the 1920s and ‘30s, my book was stalled. What was in my way? That year, my first fall as a college writing instructor, I began the semester by telling my students, “Each of you has a... Read More...

Ready to laugh AND fall in love? Try Becky Albertalli’s Kate in Waiting

Mary Sullivan

Reviews

(Warning: could contain spoilers!) Kate in Waiting is bestselling author Becky Albertalli’s (of Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda fame) latest YA rom-com. It features theatre kid Kate (cue jazz hands) an... Read More...