Release Day Book Review Woman, Eating- Claire Kohda

April 12, 2022.Reading time 6 minutes.

A young, mixed-race vampire must find a way to balance her deep-seated desire to live amongst humans with her incessant hunger in this stunning debut novel from a writer-to-watch. Lydia is hungry. She’s always wanted to try Japanese food. Sashimi, ramen, onigiri with sour plum stuffed inside – the food her Japanese father liked to […]

First Line Friday 4/8/22 Blood and Moonlight- Erin Beaty

April 8, 2022.Reading time 1 minute.

In this medieval YA fantasy thriller, an orphan with a secret, magical sight gets caught between a mysterious genius and the serial killer he’s hunting. Rising above the city of Collis is the holy Sanctum. And watching over its spires is Catrin, an orphan girl with unique skills—for she alone can spot the building’s flaws […]

First Line Friday 01/21/22 How to Survive Your Murder- Danielle Valentine

January 21, 2022.Reading time 2 minutes.

Alice Lawrence is the sole witness in her sister’s murder trial. And in the year since Claire’s death, Alice’s life has completely fallen apart. Her parents have gotten divorced, she’s moved into an apartment that smells like bologna, and she is being forced to face her sister’s killer and a courtroom full of people who […]

First Line Friday 11/05/21 Horror Hotel- Victoria Fulton & Faith McClaren

November 5, 2021.Reading time 1 minute.

This addictive YA horror about a group of teen ghost hunters who spend the night in a haunted LA hotel is The Blair Witch Project for the TikTok generation. When the YouTube-famous Ghost Gang—Chrissy, Chase, Emma, and Kiki—visit a haunted LA hotel notorious for tragedy to secretly film after dark, they expect it to be just like […]

First Line Friday 10/29/21 Golden Boys Beware- Hannah Capin

October 29, 2021.Reading time 1 minute.

Jade and her friends Jenny, Mads, and Summer rule their glittering LA circle. Untouchable, they have the kind of power other girls only dream of. Every party is theirs and the world is at their feet. Until the night of Jade’s sweet sixteen, when they crash a St. Andrew’s Prep party. The night the golden […]

First Line Friday 10/08/21 The Death of Jane Lawrence- Caitlin Starling

October 8, 2021.Reading time 2 minutes.

Practical, unassuming Jane Shoringfield has done the calculations, and decided that the most secure path forward is this: a husband, in a marriage of convenience, who will allow her to remain independent and occupied with meaningful work. Her first choice, the dashing but reclusive doctor Augustine Lawrence, agrees to her proposal with only one condition: […]

First Line Friday 2/19/21 Down Comes the Night- Allison Saft

February 19, 2021.Reading time 2 minutes.

He saw the darkness in her magic. She saw the magic in his darkness. Wren Southerland’s reckless use of magic has cost her everything: she’s been dismissed from the Queen’s Guard and separated from her best friend—the girl she loves. So when a letter arrives from a reclusive lord, asking Wren to come to his […]

First Line Friday 1/15/21 Into the Heartless Wood- Joanna Ruth Meyer

January 15, 2021.Reading time 1 minute.

The forest is a dangerous place, where siren song lures men and women to their deaths. For centuries, a witch has harvested souls to feed the heartless tree, using its power to grow her domain. When Owen Merrick is lured into the witch’s wood, one of her tree-siren daughters, Seren, saves his life instead of […]

First Line Friday 11/13/20 Little Threats- Emily Schultz

November 13, 2020.Reading time 2 minutes.

Both a taut whodunit and a haunting snapshot of the effects of a violent crime, Little Threats tells the story of a woman who served fifteen years in prison for murder…and now it’s time to find out if she’s guilty. In the summer of 1993, twin sisters Kennedy and Carter Wynn are embracing the grunge […]

First Line Friday 10/16/20 My Darling- Amanda Robson

October 16, 2020.Reading time 1 minute.

A new couple moves in next door. And nothing will ever be the same again… I watched you move in and thought we might be friends. I saw you watching from the window – and knew I’d have to keep you away from my husband. I started to trust you. Confide in you. I started […]