Book Reviews / D ReviewsAsian heroine / Fantasy / Japan / POC / St.-Martins-Press / Young-Adult49 Comments
Dear readers, Please tell me I’m not the only person who’s fallen victim to this. You hear a premise for a forthcoming book. It sounds so great that the potential awesome overwhelms everything else. You overlook some crucial details like, for example, the background of the author writing it. In ... more >
B- Reviews / Book ReviewsCarina Press / f/f / Fantasy / LGBTQIA+ / multicultural / POC / POC author / superheroes5 Comments
Dear Ms. Diaz, The blurb for this one just sounded like so much fun that I hurried to snatch it up from Netgalley. A superheroine with family issues – namely an ex who had turned evil – and who has to worry about childcare. These are certainly not our grandparents’ ... more >
B- ReviewsContemporary / dogs / Fantasy / Paranormal / Tor7 Comments
Dear Ms. Watson, Fantasy and paranormal books aren’t usually my thing but after reading another good one earlier this month, I decided that since I was on a (mini) roll, I’d try yours as well. I don’t think a reader has to be a dog lover to enjoy “Dog Days” ... more >
B- ReviewsFantasy / self-published / Young-Adult3 Comments
Dear Ms. Sharp, There is a strong stigma surrounding self-published YA novels that suggests that they are all badly written and derivative. Even with authors like Amanda Hocking becoming successes in both print and digital publishing, there is an inherent idea that self-published YA is bad and a constant stream ... more >
B ReviewsCandlewick-Press / cinderella / Fantasy / Japanese culture / revenge-plot / Young-Adult9 Comments
Dear Ms. Marriott, I’m always on the lookout for books featuring nonwhite characters so when I stumbled across your new novel on NetGalley, I had to request it. I know my previous encounter with your work was so-so but the experience certainly wasn’t enough to turn me off to the ... more >
ConventionsFantasy / good worldbuilding / Science Fiction30 Comments
Last year on I attended the Los Angeles Festival of Books and reported on the event for DA. My biggest negative takeaway that year was that the romance genre was not represented at the festival. This year (Halleluja!) they actually had a panel devoted to romance. A single, lonely ... more >