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 7/9/21 The Devil Makes Three by Tori Bovalino

July 9, 2021.Reading time 1 minute.

Tess Matheson only wants three things: time to practice her cello, for her sister to be happy, and for everyone else to leave her alone. Instead, Tess finds herself working all summer at her boarding school library, shelving books and dealing with the intolerable patrons. The worst of them is Eliot Birch: snide, privileged, and […]

First Line Friday 7/2/21 Once Upon a Broken Heart by Stephanie Garber

July 2, 2021.Reading time 2 minutes.

From Stephanie Garber, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Caraval, Once Upon a Broken Heart is the first book in a new series about love, curses, and the lengths that people will go to for happily ever after. Evangeline Fox was raised in her beloved father’s curiosity shop, where she grew up on legends about immortals, like the […]

First Line Friday 6/25/21 Into the Midnight Void- Mara Fitzgerald

June 25, 2021.Reading time 1 minute.

Emanuela has finally gotten what she wanted. Since escaping her catacomb prison, she’s started running things her way. Under her rule, citizens no longer give up their lives at the first, tiny appearance of their omens. As long as they aren’t caught bad-mouthing their queen, they can live out their days like everyone else. But […]

First Line Friday 6/18/21 All Our Hidden Gifts- Caroline O’Donoghue

June 18, 2021.Reading time 2 minutes.

Maeve’s strangely astute tarot readings make her the talk of the school, until a classmate draws a chilling and unfamiliar card—and then disappears. After Maeve finds a pack of tarot cards while cleaning out a closet during her in-school suspension, she quickly becomes the most sought-after diviner at St. Bernadette’s Catholic school. But when Maeve’s […]

First Line Friday 6/04/21 Briar Girls- Rebecca Kim Wells

June 4, 2021.Reading time 2 minutes.

The Cruel Prince meets A Curse So Dark and Lonely in this epic reimagining of “The Sleeping Beauty” that follows a teen girl on a quest to wake a sleeping princess in an enchanted forest, while searching for the truth behind her own deadly curse. Lena has a secret: the touch of her skin can kill. Cursed by […]

First Line Friday 5/14/21 Little Thieves- Margaret Owen

May 14, 2021.Reading time 1 minute.

Once upon a time, there was a beautiful, kind princess who was betrothed to the prince of a faraway kingdom. When she set off for her new home, her mother gave her a maid for a companion on the journey. But instead of serving the princess, the wicked maid stole her place. For a year […]

First Line Friday 5/07/21 Mark of the Wicked- Georgia Bowers

May 7, 2021.Reading time 2 minutes.

A young witch tries to unravel the mystery of who is framing her for dark magic in Georgia Bowers’ creepy YA debut fantasy, Mark of the Wicked. Magic always leaves its mark. All her life, Matilda has been told one thing about her magic: You use only when necessary. But Matilda isn’t interested in being a […]

First Line Friday 4/30/21 Wicked and Beautiful Garden- Katie McGarry

April 30, 2021.Reading time 1 minute.

Twenty-eight year-old Cassie Strega can’t escape fate. All she wants is to live a normal, quiet life delivering the babies in her small town. But when she discovers she comes from a lineage of witches, her life becomes extraordinary—in the gravely dangerous type of way. Then, she’s reunited with her first love. Orion, the sultry […]

First Line Friday 4/23/21 We Can’t Keep Meeting Like This- Rachel Lynn Solomon

April 23, 2021.Reading time 2 minutes.

A wedding harpist disillusioned with love and a hopeless romantic cater-waiter flirt and fight their way through a summer of weddings in this effervescent romantic comedy from the acclaimed author of Today Tonight Tomorrow. Quinn Berkowitz and Tarek Mansour’s families have been in business together for years: Quinn’s parents are wedding planners, and Tarek’s own […]