“Everyone grieves differently. There’s no way to do it. It shows up some days, and it passes on other days.” After burning out last year, Angelica is ready to get her life back together. Thankfully she has amazing friends to support her…including Peri the Bear, the mascot of her town’s local theater. At her lowest…
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Giovanni’s Room by James Baldwin
“Somebody,” said Jacques, “your father or mine, should have told us that not many people have ever died of love. But multitudes have perished, and are perishing every hour–and in the oddest places!–for the lack of it.” Set in the 1950s Paris of American expatriates, liaisons, and violence, a young man finds himself caught between…
Teacher of the Year by M.A. Wardell
“My trust issues mean I sometimes struggle with being vulnerable, but you’re starting to weasel your way into my heart. Truly. I’m going to do my best to let you in.” Those who can, teach. Marvin Block is one of the best kindergarten teachers out there. And despite his anxiety, Marvin’s life is sweet. He…
The One Hundred Nights of Hero by Isabel Greenberg
“Let’s form a secret society….A League. The League of Secret Storytellers.We shall tell all the stories that are never told. Stories about bad husbands and murderous wives and mad gods and mothers and heroes and darkness and friends and sisters and lovers…Yes! And above all…stories about brave women who don’t take shit from anyone.” In…
House of the Beast by Michelle Wong
“It occurred to me, suddenly, that perhaps this was his twisted attempt at trying to bond. For the first time in all these years, he was letting himself be vulnerable.It was a distinctly uncomfortable experience.” Born out of wedlock and shunned by society, Alma learned to make her peace with solitude, so long as she…
Vampires at Sea by Lindsay Merbaum
“A boring orgy is a painful affair.” Immortal beloveds Rebekah and Hugh are on vacation! Against a backdrop of ongoing war, this pair of chic emotional vampires from San Francisco sets off on a queer Black Sea Cruise, eager to relax, join an orgy, and feast upon their fellow passengers’ desires and sorrows. When Hugh…
Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil by V.E. Schwab
“Bury my bones in the midnight soil, plant them shallow and water them deep, and in my place will grow a feral rose, soft red petals hiding sharp white teeth.” Three women over three different time periods are brought together by their mutual desire for more out of life. Maria wants to escape her lot…
The Tainted Cup by Robert Jackson Bennett
“The fields of these lands are wet with the blood of many officers. And though we keep hoping the Empire grows more civilized, somehow it finds clever new ways to stay savage.” In Daretana’s most opulent mansion, a high Imperial officer lies dead—killed, to all appearances, when a tree spontaneously erupted from his body. Even…
Canto Contigo by Jonny Garza Villa
“But a change of plans on the journey doesn’t keep you from the destination.” In a twenty-four-hour span, Rafael Alvarez led North Amistad High School’s Mariachi Alma de la Frontera to their eleventh consecutive first-place win in the Mariachi Extravaganza de Nacional; and met, made out with, and almost hooked up with one of the…
When Among Crows by Veronica Roth
“Gentle souls cast as devils in humankind’s ongoing stage play of existence. It’s Oppression 101: find a bad guy, and if you can’t, make one up.” On Kupala Night, Dymitr arrives in Chicago’s monstrous, magical underworld with a perilous mission: pick the mythical fern flower and offer it to a cursed creature in exchange for…
The Great Book Wyrm 