Event Recap: FanExpo Cleveland FanExpo Cleveland is exactly what you want from a pop culture convention. Celebrities, panels, vendors, cosplay, and the kind of crowd energy that comes from being surrounded by people who are completely unashamed about the things they love. Star Wars fans next to Twilight fans next […]
Comic Crush: That Time I Marathoned a Stack of Graphic Novels on My TBR I didn’t mean to curate an identity under pressure marathon, but looking at my TBR pile, that’s exactly what happened (with a side of awards season). I just powered through four graphic novels that couldn’t be […]
Books on Our Radar: They Want Us Dead by C.L. Montblanc If Pride or Die lived in your head rent-free, C.L. Montblanc is about to do it again, only this time, things are significantly more stabby. Their new one, They Want Us Dead, follows Sam Tombs, a seventeen-year-old running a […]
Young Adult New Releases March 17th 2026 Another week of new releases are upon us! Check out most of today’s YA books hitting the shelves below! Check out our amazing indie bookseller affiliates Bookshop or Libro.fm – remember that supporting these alternatives to the billionaires not only helps local bookstores, but also the planet […]
Feature: What We’re Reading for the Trans Rights Readathon We have been doing this long enough to remember when trans stories in YA were rare, fragile things. A book here, an anthology there, authors writing characters into existence with one eye on the market and one eye on survival. We […]
Author Interview: Deadly Ever After by Brittany Johnson Fairy tales promise happy endings, but Deadly Ever After by Brittany Johnson asks a darker question: what happens when love itself becomes the risk? In this sharp, emotionally layered reimagining, Amala and Kha’dasia don’t just fight fate; they fight the expectations placed […]
Feature: Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Why We Keep Coming Back When Buffy the Vampire Slayer premiered almost thirty years ago, Kelly and I were teens and young adults navigating our own versions of high school hell. We didn’t know then that we’d still be talking about it decades later, that […]
Young Adult New Releases March 10th 2026 If last week was too big of a release week for you then today is a reprieve. BUT every release is a joy to us! Check out our amazing indie bookseller affiliates Bookshop or Libro.fm – remember that supporting these alternatives to the billionaires not only helps […]
Blog Tour & Book Look: Time-Tripping Over You by Brennon Lane Time-Tripping Over You is a queer time travel debut written by Black, queer, trans author Brennon Lane, who has said he hopes his books offer the diverse representation he always wanted. The story follows Silas, a Black and trans […]
Author Interview: Heiress of Nowhere by Stacey Lee Stacey Lee has always written heroines who stand at the fault line between who they’re expected to be and who they dare to become, and Heiress of Nowhere might be her most haunting exploration of that tension yet. Set on an Orcas […]