Book Reviews & Recommendations
Dustin Thao returns with You’ve Found Oliver, a beautifully emotional companion novel to his breakout bestseller You’ve Reached Sam. Tender, contemplative, and full of quiet magic, this story revisits themes of love, grief, and the impossibility of holding on to what has […]
Elle Gonzalez Rose steps boldly into the world of dark academia with The Girl You Know, a haunting and emotionally charged YA thriller that explores grief, identity, and the corruption hidden behind privilege. It’s a sharp departure from her romantic comedies, but […]
Ryan La Sala’s The Dead of Summer is a chilling, atmospheric, and surprisingly heartfelt young adult horror novel that blends supernatural suspense with coming-of-age themes. Imagine We Were Liars meeting The Fog, with a touch of Holly Jackson’s narrative sharpness and a […]
Ocean Vuong’s Time Is a Mother is a tender, haunting, and deeply personal exploration of grief and survival. Written in the aftermath of his mother’s death, this second poetry collection is both a continuation and transformation of the themes that shaped On […]
Madeleine Gray’s Green Dot is a small, sharp novel about the dizzying confusion of being twenty four, the hunger that masquerades as desire, and the thin moral lines we cross when longing feels like survival. At the center is Hera, a restless, […]
In To Clutch a Razor, Veronica Roth returns to the haunting world of When Among Crows with a sequel that dives deeper into guilt, loyalty, and the monstrous sides of family love. Drawing inspiration from Slavic folklore, Roth delivers a powerful blend […]
In Clear, Carys Davies crafts a hauntingly beautiful story set against the stark, wind-lashed backdrop of 1843 Scotland. With her signature precision and poetic restraint, she captures the loneliness of the human soul and the fragile threads of connection that can bridge […]
Shelley Parker-Chan’s She Who Became the Sun is a fierce, lyrical reimagining of the rise of the Ming dynasty’s founding emperor, told through the eyes of a nameless peasant girl who claims her dead brother’s fate. Marketed to fans of Mulan and […]
Kelly Quindlen’s She Drives Me Crazy is the kind of book that makes you laugh, swoon, and occasionally wince at the sting of truth hidden inside its humor. It’s a quintessential young adult rom-com, a sapphic enemies-to-lovers story packed with all the […]
Cassandra Khaw’s The Library at Hellebore is not your typical dark academia novel. Where others flirt with danger and decadence, Khaw dives headfirst into a world soaked in blood, dread, and devoured flesh. This book is horror academia at its most unhinged, […]