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 […]
Spring is coming, and with it a whole barrel load of YA books so good I’d tramp through a late-season blizzard in flip-flops to get to them. The month’s most exciting releases include stellar debuts, tricky thrillers, stories of loss and healing, and a fairy tale–inflected beauty that’ll mess with your head. Find a comfy chair and get […]
The dog days of summer are here, requiring iced coffee by the gallon, Pop-Ices by the yard, and enough books to arm us for many days spent in front of the fan/AC/open freezer. Here are 25 we’ve got our eyes on, featuring devil’s deals, reimagined superheroes, and doors into magic lands.