When Gia Montgomery's boyfriend, Bradley, dumps her in the parking lot of her high school prom, she has to think fast. After all, she'd been telling her friends about him for months now. This was supposed to be the night she proved he existed. So when she sees a cute guy waiting to pick up his sister, sh…

Fan art is amazing - and don't let anybody tell you otherwise ( and boy, will they ever try )! We can rhapsodize about our favorite things all day long (a nd boy, do we ever try! ), but eventually we run out of ways of expressing the depth of our emotion when it comes to a series. Along came fan art. Presumab…

Whichever side of the writing process you're on, this much you're sure of:  naming characters is a delight akin to naming children naming characters is a pain akin to delivering children. And as with most things trope-ish, it is (almost) inevitable that another famed author has already claimed your su…

In light of author Tommy Wallach's rather unfortunate approach to the topic of suicide in YA literature (and broader), in the past couple of weeks the community has turned to discussing the resilience of the YA readership base, and the (in)correct way to approach a controversial subject in a book aimed at teens a…

There is darkness sweeping across the stars.  Most know Androma Racella as the Bloody Baroness: a powerful mercenary whose reign of terror stretches across the Mirabel Galaxy. To those aboard her fearsome glass starship the Maurader, she’s just Andi, their captain and protector.  When a routine mission goes awry, …

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaand we're back from our hiatus! Last year I went to a book signing in London to meet Sarah J Maas on her A Court of Thorns and Roses book tour here in the UK. My post about it is here . I was lucky enough to go again this year for her Empire of Storms tour and I have returned to tell you all…