Despite passing on their deep love for Disney, my parents weren’t big on the idea of princesses. I didn’t have dolls, my walls weren’t pink, and I didn’t have a crown I insisted on wearing in public. By the time I reached adulthood, I typically saw princess characters as being silly and vapid, and couldn’t […]
If books were weather, today’s forecast would be “heavy precipitation, with a high chance of debuts.” This week marks the birth of first novels ranging from a post–happily ever after fairytale to a look at what happens to end-times believers when the end doesn’t come, plus a creepy thriller and a sophomore novel that makes good on […]