Reviews written by Katelyn McCall, Staff Reviewer

The sewing pains of love in the spotlight. How sweet and unique. Your Dream for Me by Alison Schaffir is YA contemporary novel that follows Scarlett, attempting to follow her dreams of becoming fashion designer. But the fact that her life is nothing short of...

She's an assassin. He's a spy. How can I make it anymore obvious(ly adorable with a great need for the next book)? Foul Lady Fortune by Chloe Gong is YA historical fantasy that follows the dangerous life and lies of Rosalind Lang, as she navigates...

A monstrous girl living with amongst the circus world. Sign me up. The Family Fortuna by Lindsay Eagar is YA fantasy novel that follows the tumultuous life of Avita, a monstrous bird woman living within the cage that is the circus scene of The Family...

VERY BIG NOTE TO SELF: DO NOT VISIT GERMANY. DO NOT STAY IN A CASTLE. even though it'd be really really really really cool to do so, and would eliminate a thing off your bucket list. Black Forest Bound by Lorelei Gray is YA...

What is your first memory? Perhaps it's something mundane like an early birthday or your first bicycle. For Elle, her first memory is falling out of the sky. Where the Lightning Goes by Jackary Salem is a YA fantasy novel that follows the life of...

Gen is back! Not for a long time, but for a good time, regardless. Moira's Pen: A Queen's Thief Collection by Megan Whalen Turner is a YA anthology of short stories and mythologies that inspired and fueled the Queen Thief's series, by the same Megan...

To put it honestly, this book is complicated. In a very weird and enigmatic way. As it is a quartet of novellas, that were originally written on an iPhone. Straw House, Wood House, Brick House, Blow by Daniel Nayeri is a collection of four...

Ghosts? Love triangles? And horse drawn buggies? Sign me up! Grave Things Like Love by Sara Bennett Wealer is a YA contemporary/paranormal, that follows the story of Elaine who doesn't quite want to follow in her mother's and father's footsteps of becoming a mortician. Instead,...

I don't quite read that many contemporary books, as I prefer my novels to be for nothing less than escapism with dragons and space stations. But Wibberley's is an exception. With and Without You by Emily Wibberley is an YA contemporary novel about the love...

Magic? A diverse set of characters? Queer? And a comparison to Howl's Moving Castle? Sign me up! Night Shine by Tessa Gratton is a YA sapphic fantasy novel that follows the secret life of an orphan girl named Nothing. Only her life no longer becomes...

Have you ever wanted more out of Robert Kirkman's The Walking Dead? Well, now you can with this wonderful continuation in graphic novel form. Follow the life of Celementine, a character most famous for her involvement in the Tell-Tale Game, The Walking Dead. I...

A big thanks to YA Book Central for providing an advance copy in exchange for an honest review. I thought I was done with the dystopian side of YA, but this book proves that I might need to read a little more of that genre....