C ReviewsEngland / ghosts / secret society / Young-Adult10 Comments
Dear Ms. Blake, Last year I read your debut, Anna Dressed in Blood. I loved it. It was a creepy ghost story about a ghost hunter on a mission to track down a violent, bloodthirsty ghost but ends up falling in love with her instead. Sometimes I think the urban ... more >
C- ReviewsDelacorte Press / Historical Romances / secret society / sisters / Venice / Young-Adult5 Comments
Dear Ms. Gould, I love stories that feature relationships between female relatives, especially sisters and cousins close in age. I also love the idea of an all-female secret society that controls the world from the shadows. So when I saw that your novel combined the two, I snatched it up ... more >
B- ReviewsBritish / Literary Agents / secret society / steampunk23 Comments
Dear Ms. Ballantine and Mr. Morris, I have an uneasy relationship with steampunk. I want to like the genre, but I feel like the label has become so dilute as to be useless. It seems like anything featuring corsets, parasols, tea, and goggles gets labelled steampunk these days. Sure, there’s ... more >
B Reviewsreincarnation / secret society / Young-Adult6 Comments
Dear Ms. Miller, Being a part of what has become known as ‘The Penguin Five’ must build a lot of pressure on you. The Penguin Five are being shopped as some of the best releases to come from Penguin’s various imprints in the next five months, and your book is ... more >