‘The Summer I Turned Pretty’ S3 Turns Pretty Angsty
Coming of age is messy and chaotic. The Summer I Turned Pretty has never shied away from that point. Belly’s already turned pretty. Maybe by the time the movie comes out, she’ll
Chloe Gong’s ‘Coldwire’ is an Inventive Take on Innovation
Gong is most known for her historical fantasy young adult Secret Shanghai series, but this time she takes readers into the future in her latest dystopian, cyberpunk young adult novel Coldwire, which
R.F. Kuang’s ‘Katabasis’ Spirals into the Depths of Hell and Academia
R.F. Kuang’s Katabasis, the latest from the author of Yellowface, is a fantasy novel about Hell. Beyond fantasy, it’s a satirical and literary observation about academia represented through Hell. Even as it
‘Vilest Things’ Has Violence, Politics, and All the Chloe Gong Things
Vilest Things is the name of the second installment of Chloe Gong’s Flesh & False Gods trilogy, which reimagines Shakespeare’s Antony and Cleopatra. Yet the book feels like it should be called
‘King of Sloth’ Doesn’t Play Around, But Could Have Done More
How can laziness ever be a sexy trait, one might ask? Somehow, though, Ana Huang makes laziness appealing in her new book, 'King of Sloth,' in the form of its billionaire love
‘Helga’ Experiments with Concept and Execution in True ‘Frankenstein’ Form
Catherine Yu's 'Helga' follows the story of a young woman, who is pieced together in Frankenstein fashion and later seeks to discover the world and create her own boyfriend.
Ana Huang Enriches the Groveling Billionaire Trope with ‘King of Greed’
Ana Huang’s writing often makes her fans greedy for more. With King of Greed, the third book in Huang’s steamy and romantic “Kings of Sin” series, Huang shows that her writing isn’t