Book Review: A Magic Steeped in Poison

A Magic Steeped in PoisonJudy I. Lin It’s so lovely to scream about books again, especially ones that seem like they will be ho-hum predictable and completely enthrall you and surprise you and make you hungry, and all of the wonderful things books can be. A Magic Steeped in Poison is a rousing win for…

Book Review: A Cuban Girl’s Guide to Tea and Tomorrow

A Cuban Girl’s Guide to Tea and TomorrowLaura Taylor Namey Have you been looking for a gentle book that feels like your favorite mug, warm in your hands and a hug for your heart all wrapped in one? If you haven’t been looking, I hope you’ll take the time for this enchanting, grounded contemporary teen…

Book Review: A Deadly Education [no spoilers]

A Deadly EducationNaomi Novik Come scream with me about this book, practically perfect in every regard. Typically, I use the GoodReads blurb in the next section, but honestly, I think how I pitched it to a friend does a much better job at conveying the overall dire and dry wit tone of the book: During…

Review: Before She Ignites

Before She Ignites Jodi Meadows What a year 2017 has been… and how fitting to cap it off with reading Before She Ignites by Jodi Meadows. Before She Ignites eases readers into its complexity, and has a relateable narrator that captures perfectly the balance of living with anxiety and compulsions while immersing readers into all the…

Cinder Pathfinder

  Did you like reading Cinder? Use this interactive pathfinder to find links to recommended fractured fairytales, and modern/updated fairy tales and classic stories with a darker or more complex appeal for teens using the NYPL and other media found on the internet.   Book (Hardcover) Beastly by Alex Flinn (FIC F) Did you ever wonder what…