Romantasy is an ever-growing genre that has seemingly taken over the book world since the covid era from what I can tell, especially with their consistent appearance on BookTok. Along with BookTok growing the genre, it is also contributing new authors to the genre. With this, there come critiques. Poor writing or too much romance…Continue Reading Book Review: Fourth Wing and Iron Flame by Rebecca Yarros
I said I would be back with another Ali Hazelwood book review, and here it is! And for this one. Ali Hazelwood tried something new. Bride is a paranormal romance set in a world where vampyres and werewolves are real, and in this corner of the world, they are not fans of each other. The…Continue Reading Book Review: Bride by Ali Hazelwood
I have no idea what made Ali Hazelwood wake up one day and decide that on top of having a PhD in neuroscience (which has led to her being a professor) she also wanted to write romance novels that have been climbing the best-sellers lists since her debut novel The Love Hypothesis was published in…Continue Reading Book Review: Love, Theoretically by Ali Hazelwood
A Study in Drowning by Ava Reid is a YA fantasy following an eighteen-year-old girl on her quest to prove herself in a world that seems bent on holding her down. Effy Sayre has loved fairytales her whole life, but her misfortune at being born female keeps her from being able to follow her passion…Continue Reading Book Review: A Study in Drowning by Ava Reid
Lovers of words and believers in imagination would, I hope, thoroughly enjoy the world and writing of Alix E. Harrow’s The Ten Thousand Doors of January. The story is told mainly from the point of view of seventeen-year-old January Scaller. The young, unique Miss Scaller has grown up in the beautiful mansion of the wealthy…Continue Reading Book Review: The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E. Harrow
The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, the precursor to the bestselling Hunger Games trilogy, takes place during the tenth annual Hunger Games. Coriolanus Snow, at this point only eighteen years old, is fighting to rebuild his family’s crumbling legacy by becoming one of the newest additions to the Games, a mentor to one of the…Continue Reading Book Review: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins
On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous is written in the form of a letter from the novel’s narrator, Little Dog, to his mother, Rose. Little Dog’s letter travels back through his memories and experiences growing up in Hartford, Connecticut as both queer and Vietnamese. His mother is grappling with the effects of a traumatic childhood in…Continue Reading Book Review: On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous
When it comes to Hispanic Heritage Month, you almost always see Mexican Gothic, written by Silvia Moreno-Garcia, on a to-be-read list. Personally, I loved the dark, fantastical story that Moreno-Garcia spun, so I thought for this Hispanic Heritage Month I would read her newest release The Daughter of Doctor Moreau. This reimagining of The Island…Continue Reading Hispanic Heritage Month Book Review: The Daughter of Doctor Moreau
When transgender TikToker Dylan Mulvaney began rising to fame, transgender actress Laverne Cox shared one piece of advice with her: “Keep things for yourself.” This mantra proves to be at the heart of Elliot Page’s emotionally charged and strikingly honest memoir Pageboy, where the Oscar-nominated actor chronicles his journey from Hollywood to self-discovery. Page’s stream-of-conscious…Continue Reading A Conversation With Elliot Page: A Review of “Pageboy”
Summer always passes so quickly, and with many people going away, us readers always look for a great book to read on the plane, the beach, or by the campfire. Here are just a few books we’re hoping to read this summer. Our SU community can read these titles and many more with Libby, and…Continue Reading Summer Readings Recs? Yes, please!
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