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Filmmaking and the F/F hate-to-love trope intertwine in this LGBTQIAP+ YA rom-com by debut author Auriane Desombre.

If a page-turning YA thriller exploring the world of social influencers sounds like a book you need in your life asap, you're in luck because Pretty Little Liars author, Sara Shepard, and social media influencer, Lilia Buckingham, have…

This post was written by Lizzie Fry, author of The Coven It’s no surprise the ‘youth of today’ is not popular with older people who have enjoyed the status quo so long. Gen Z have been raised on a diet of teen and young characters like…

This post is sponsored by Penguin Random House UK. To celebrate the release of her fabulously fierce new YA novel, Bad Habits, we caught up with Flynn Meaney to talk all things feminism, sex, religion and exploring taboo topics through a…

With everything from William Shakespeare and Peter Pan retellings to social media influencers and Quinceañera's to pizza parlours and roller derby, March is coving all the bases with these incredible new 2021 YA releases and we're 100% here…

"Boy meets Girl. Boy stalks Girl. Girl gets revenge." With a tagline like this, there was no doubt that The Obsession, the gripping YA debut by Jesse Sutanto, was going to be, well... our newest obsession. With some major Netflix's 'You'…

Black History Month may be coming to a close in the US but that's no excuse to stop reading, recommending, boosting and, let's be honest, freaking loving books by Black authors. There's never a wrong time to take a look at your 'to-read'…

The second installment goes hits shelves June 22, 2021.

This guest post was kindly written by Ashley Shuttleworth, author of A Dark and Hollow Star ME, FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME By Ashley Shuttleworth Books have always meant a great deal to me. They’ve been some of my best friends; a reprieve…

Following Nubia as she balances with the reality of having superpowers whilst being a young Black teen in America,  L.L. McKinney's debut graphic novel, Nubia: The Real One, is a superbly written, painfully relevant and ultimately hopeful…

This post was written by Dana L. Davis, author of Roman and Jewel “Ooooh! He likes you girl!” I said to my friend. My mouth full of braces gleaming under the bright recessed lighting as we stood in a line at McDonalds. I should probably…

When Tamsin, a young witch cursed to never love, meets Wren, a girl hiding her own dangerous magic, the two strike a dangerous bargain to save their queendom in Adrienne Tooley's page turning fantasy debut, Sweet & Bitter Magic and we…

After the incredible success of his debut novel, Opposite of Always, Justin A. Reynolds is back and both breaking and mending our hearts once more with his new YA novel, Forever Ends on Friday and we couldn't have been more excited to have…

Courtney Summers is no stranger to devastating her readers. Exploring everything from rape culture to murder to mental health, her books have pushed our emotions in every direction and had our eyes glued to the pages of her stories. And…

This guest post was kindly written by Gita Trelease, author of YA novels Enchantée and Liberté. At first glance, nothing could be more different than Netflix’s historical Bridgerton series, with its candy-colored costumes, elegant sets,…