Title: Ruins Author: Dan Wells Genre: Dystopia, Speculative Fiction, Young Adult Publisher: Balzer + Bray Publication Date: March 2014 Hardcover: 464 Pages Kira, Samm, and Marcus fight to prevent a final war between Partials and humans in the gripping…
Today’s the day! Divergent officially is out in theaters this evening, and like any obsessed dystopian YA fan, I’ve got my tickets and I’m ready to go. (Anyone else planning on watching the movie tonight?!) My experience with the…
Today we are ecstatic to host the cover reveal for World of Trouble by Ben H. Winters, the third and final novel in the Edgar Award-winning Last Policeman trilogy. Thea is a fan of the series, having read and…
Title: Every In Between Author: Erzebet YellowBoy Genre: Novella, Science Fiction, Dystopia, Post-Apocalyptic, Young Adult Publisher: Masque Books Publication Date: September 2013 Hardcover: 136 Pages They killed my mother. You are everything I ever wished for, she said before…
We are huge fans of Claire Legrand’s middle grade novels – The Cavendish Home for Boys and Girls and Year of Shadows were both so excellent – so you can imagine how excited we are for her forthcoming YA…
It’s Friday, which means we’re over at Kirkus! Today it’s Thea’s turn as she reviews the recently released and much-buzzed-about literary speculative fiction novel Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer. It’s a beautifully written book, and a compelling psychological thriller with…
Grave is the newest book by Joan Frances Turner, and the third entry in her Resurgam trilogy. Thea was a huge fan of Dust, book 1 in this zombie saga, and so we were thrilled when we were given…
Title: Hollow City Author: Ransom Riggs Genre: Fantasy, Historical, Horror, Speculative Fiction, Young Adult Publisher: Quirk Publishing Publication Date: January 2014 Hardcover: 399 Pages Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children was the surprise best seller of 2011—an unprecedented mix…
It’s SFF awards season! The Hugos and the Nebulas are now open for nominations, and after running through our longlists earlier this week, I found myself appalled at the lack of short stories, novelettes, and novellas I had read…
It’s Friday, which means we are over at Kirkus! Today, Ana tackles Mr Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore, a book that seems to be universally loved…. …except she didn’t like it. Go here to read why.…
