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First Few Pages: Malice

Posted on March 24, 2021| Posted in First Few Pages

True love isn't a simple fairy tale in Heather Walter's story in which the dark sorceress falls in love with the beautiful princess. Read more here on the blog.

First Few Pages: Happily Ever Afters by Elise Bryant

Posted on February 15, 2021| Posted in First Few Pages

Jane the Virgin meets To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before in this charming debut romantic comedy filled with Black Girl Magic. Perfect for fans of Mary H. K. Choi and Nicola Yoon, with crossover appeal for readers of Jasmine Guillory and Talia Hibbert romances. Read an excerpt on the blog.

First Few Pages: The Gilded Ones by Namina Forna

Posted on February 5, 2021| Posted in First Few Pages

In this world, girls are outcasts by blood and warriors by choice. Get ready for battle. Here's the start of a bold and immersive fantasy series for fans of Children of Blood and Bone and Black Panther. Read an excerpt on the blog.

First Few Pages: Influence by Sara Shepard and Lilia Buckingham

Posted on January 16, 2021| Posted in First Few Pages

If you loved We Were Liars, be the first to read this twisty new mystery that dives into the world of teen influencers from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Pretty Little Liars Sara Shepard and seventeen-year-old actress and social media personality Lilia Buckingham.

First Few Pages: Super Fake Love Song

Posted on November 19, 2020| Posted in First Few Pages

Self-proclaimed total nerd, Sunny Dae, meets Cirrus Soh and he can't believe how cool and confident she is. She comes over one day and mistakes Sunny's older brother Gray's room — filled with electric guitars and rock posters — for his own. Then Sunny sort of, kind of, accidentally winds up telling Cirrus that he's the front man of a band. He gets knee-deep in the lie until just he's about to come clean, Cirrus asks to see them play sometime.

First Few Pages: Breathless

Posted on October 8, 2020| Posted in First Few Pages

Jennifer Niven brings us a new story about a sensitive girl ready to live her bravest life.

Shine by Jessica Jung - Release Day Promo

Posted on October 2, 2020| Posted in Featured

Get ready as Jessica Jung, K-pop legend and former lead singer of Korea's most famous girl group, Girls Generation, takes us inside the luxe, hyper-color world of K-pop, where the stakes are high, but for one girl, the cost of success—and love—might be even higher. It's time for the world to see: this is what it takes to SHINE.

First Few Pages: Watch Over Me

Posted on September 22, 2020| Posted in First Few Pages

A modern ghost story about trauma and survival, Watch Over Me is the much-anticipated new novel from the Printz Award-winning author of We Are Okay.

First Few Pages: A Deadly Education

Posted on September 15, 2020| Posted in First Few Pages

In Scholomance, you either graduate or die. There are no teachers, no holidays, and no friendships (save strategic ones.) And El is beginning to unlock its many secrets. She may be without allies, but she possesses a dark power strong enough to level mountains and wipe out millions. It would be easy enough for her to wipe out the monsters with her dark magic, but it also might kill all the other students.

First Look: Dokkaebi (Vicious Spirits) by Kat Cho

Posted on August 28, 2020| Posted in First Look Club

New romance and dangers abound in this companion to the crowd-pleasing Wicked Fox. In Vicious Spirits, Kat Cho delivers another beguiling and addictive read full of otherworldly dangers and romance. Read snippets of Jody's and Reina's reviews in this First Look.