Emily is awkward and completely focused on her work, and I relate SO MUCH to that. I wanted to be her best friend, so spending a little over 300 pages with her was a no-brainer. The book starts slowly and reads a bit like an old-fashioned fairy tale, the scary kind where there really IS something waiting in the dark, and the magical creatures aren't there to help you.
Throughout the book, Emily starts to make connections with people (and creatures) who love her for her. And she also learns that maybe she can bend a little, make some compromises without compromising herself.
I read this book because a friend recommended it, and I didn't expect to fall in love, but I did. This book has the kind of vibes that wrap you up in a warm blanket with a mug of cocoa in front of a fireplace on a rainy day. Except that something with sharp teeth might be peeking in the window. In other words, it's perfect.
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A curmudgeonly professor journeys to a small town in the far north to study faerie folklore and discovers dark fae magic, friendship, and love in the start of a heartwarming and enchanting new fantasy series.
“A darkly gorgeous fantasy that sparkles with snow and magic.”—Sangu Mandanna, author of The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches
Cambridge professor Emily Wilde is good at many things: She is the foremost expert on the study of faeries. She is a genius scholar and a meticulous researcher who is writing the world’s first encyclopaedia of faerie lore. But Emily Wilde is…
Characters who don't fit into the world around them but eventually find their family are my catnip. I seriously can't resist them.
Evie is a disaster in the best kind of way. She tries SO HARD but everything seems to go wrong. And it's exactly that which catches the villain's attention.
I loved it takes a villain to show Evie that there's nothing wrong with her and the way she makes her way through the world. Her observations about the villain and his moods kept me laughing for the whole book.
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Once Upon a Time meets The Office in Hannah Maehrer’s laugh-out-loud viral TikTok series turned novel, about the sunshine assistant to an Evil Villain…and their unexpected romance.
ASSISTANT WANTED: Notorious, high-ranking villain seeks loyal, levelheaded assistant for unspecified office duties, supporting staff for random mayhem and terror, and other Dark Things In General. Discretion a must. Excellent benefits.
With ailing family to support, Evie Sage's employment status isn't just important, it's vital. So when a mishap with Rennedawn’s most infamous Villain results in a job…
I picked up this book because I write YA, and it's all about teenaged girls and what's important to them. But I didn't expect that my inner teenager would keep raising her hand and saying, "Yes! Why did no one understand that?"
This book was both incredibly informative and healing. I loved how the author approached these teenaged girls, taking them seriously and really listening to what they had to say. In my opinion, we adults often don't take teenagers seriously because we remember how often we got things wrong. (I could write an entire book on the things I thought I knew.) But kids get a lot of things right too, before experience has changed the way they interact with the world. It was refreshing to see someone approach that through the lens of curiosity rather than teaching them lessons.
As for my inner teenager, I didn't expect to be able to relate to this book, but there were sections where I felt so seen and heard that I had to stop and think about why it hit me so hard. I'd recommend this book to anyone who wants to understand teenaged girls, but also to people who were teenaged girls and maybe want to learn more about themselves and reflect on the experiences that made them who they are.
“If you have a teenage girl in your life, you need to read this.” —Oprah Daily
In the vein of Reviving Ophelia and Untangled comes a fresh, unexpected, and empowering guide to better understand teenage girls, revealing how their insights can create heartfelt connections and impactful change.
Written with warmth and humor, Underestimated is the first book to invite us into a teenage girl’s brain and heart, as told from the point of view of a beloved and trusted mentor. Chelsey Goodan is a highly sought-after academic tutor who has worked with hundreds of girls from all different…
Girl in Pieces meets Cracked Up to Be in this raw and candid look at trauma about a girl who is being haunted and stalked by her definitely dead ex-boyfriend.
Charlotte survived the car crash that killed her boyfriend Jerry, but that night, everything changed. Charlotte wants desperately to get back to “normal,” --whatever that means now-- and start reconnecting with friends she hasn’t spoken to in months. And she’s trying to work through her PTSD with the help of her therapist, only she can’t tell the truth about Jerry or what really happened the night he died.
Just when Charlotte thinks she might be moving on, someone starts sending her threatening messages claiming to be Jerry, saying things only he would know. But it can't really be Jerry because there's no such thing as ghosts. The cold spots in her room must be a draft and the noises she hears must be the house creaking. There has to be a logical explanation for all of it. Because if ghosts are real, then Jerry came back for her—just like he always said he would.
Not Dead Enough is a gripping exploration of trauma from debut author Tyffany D. Neiheiser about a girl who realizes that running from the past will help you survive, but everything you try to escape will eventually find you in the end. Perfect for fans of Courtney Summers and Kathleen Glasgow! Authors note included.
