I was so excited when I discovered, just the other day, that Cassandra Clare collaborated with authors Sarah Rees Brennan and Maureen Johnson to write a series of 10 short stories about warlock Magnus Bane. It seems that the plan is to release the short stories as ebooks each month and then after they have…
Editor’s Pick: Clockwork Princess by Cassandra Clare
THE INFERNAL DEVICES ARE WITHOUT PITY. THE INFERNAL DEVICES ARE WITHOUT REGRET. THE INFERNAL DEVICES ARE WITHOUT NUMBER. THE INFERNAL DEVICES WILL NEVER STOP COMING. Tessa Gray should be happy — aren’t all brides happy? Yet as she prepares for her wedding to Jem Carstairs, a net of shadows begins to tighten around the…
Twelve Favorite Swoon-Worthy Literary Crushes of 2012
Diana and I have had a year full of literary crushes. We fully support reading books that don’t have romantic elements, but we have to be honest and say that our favorite Young Adult novels do incorporate romance, even if it’s not the *most* important theme in the book. Last night we took a break…
Five for Friday: Top YA Authors We Discovered in 2012
There are only four weeks left in the year, so we’ve decided to spend every Friday posting a retrospective of our year in reading. We’re going to dedicated another post to debut authors, but as for established writers (which we categorized as publishing at least three books) we never read until 2012, here are the ones who…
Literary Crushes: William “Will” Herondale and James “Jem” Carstairs
Cassandra Clare’s “Infernal Devices” series introduces us to two amazing literary heroes and has been the source of my latest literary crushes. There is much debate over these two fine heroes, and although most fans favor Will, there is no choosing “Team Will” or “Team Jem” for me. Like Tessa, I was confused about both…