It’s Friday, and we are over at Kirkus! Today, Thea takes on young adult science fiction novel – soon to be CW television show – The 100 by Kass Morgan. The verdict? Not so good – The 100 is…
Once We Were: Kat Zhang on Inspirations & Influences (& Giveaway)
Hello everyone and happy Friday! Today, our guest is Kat Zhang, author of the superlative young adult speculative fiction/dystopian Hybrid Chronicles series. Thea read the first book in the series, What’s Left of Me and loved it; naturally we…
Title: More Than This Author: Patrick Ness Genre: Horror (?), Science Fiction (?), Young Adult Publisher: Walker Books / Candlewick Press Publication Date: September 5 / 10 2013 Hardcover: 480 Pages A boy named Seth drowns, desperate and alone…
Old School Wednesdays: The Shining by Stephen King
Old School Wednesdays is a weekly Book Smuggler feature. We came up with the idea towards the end of 2012, when both Ana and Thea were feeling exhausted from the never-ending inundation of New and Shiny (and often over-hyped)…
Today, we are thrilled to host the cover reveal for Cracked by Eliza Crewe, coming from Strange Chemistry in November in both the US and the UK. This is really cool too, because Ana read – and absolutely loved…
Strange Horizons is a weekly speculative fiction magazine that publishes fiction, poetry, essays, interviews as well as some of the best genre reviews that constantly inspire us to do better with our own. Needless to say, Strange Horizons is…
Title: The Coldest Girl in Coldtown Author: Holly Black Genre: Horror, Fantasy, Young Adult, Vampires Publisher: Little, Brown Books Publication Date: September 3rd Hardcover: 432 Pages Tana lives in a world where walled cities called Coldtowns exist. In them,…
Hi everyone! Happy Sunday! Let’s get down to business, shall we? Giveaway Winners: We have a giveaway winner to announce! The winner of a copy of Conjured by Sarah Beth Durst is… jpetroroy Congratulations! You know the drill –…
โOn The Smugglersโ Radarโ is a feature for books that have caught our eye: books we have heard of via other bloggers, directly from publishers, and/or from our regular incursions into the Amazon jungle. Thus, the Smugglersโ Radar was…
It’s Friday, and we are over at Kirkus! Today, Ana reviews the craptastic Mist by Susan Krinard. I love Norse Mythology and anything that says “Loki” in the blurb is like catnip to me so I rushed to read…


















