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Book Review: The Chaos Grid
by Lyndsey Lewellen publisher’s synopsis Cross the grid. Survive the storms. Let your destiny burn. When mankind’s attempts to control nature backfire, Texas descends into a wasteland. Storms rage and ravenous beasts roam the Outer Grid. The only safe havens rest inside the tech-obsessed domed cities. But when her parents are murdered inside the Plex…
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Book Review: Hearts Overboard
by Becky Dean publisher’s synopsis After a very public breakup where her ex, Caleb, told her she is both, a.) boring, and b.) stuck in her ways, Savannah Moore decides her mom’s company cruise to Alaska is the perfect opportunity to show people that she can be fun. One new thing a day should be…
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Book Review: A Game Most Foul
by Alison Gervais publisher’s synopsis Attending the prestigious Ashford College’s writing seminar is a dream come true for Jules Montgomery, but the summer isn’t unfolding as she hoped. Navigating London with her recent hearing loss is difficult, and hiding it from her classmates is a challenge. Even worse, she can’t seem to shake a case…
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Book Review: Water’s Break
by Sophia L. Hansen publisher’s synopsis What if fear itself is the deadliest undercurrent of all? Nica would do anything to avoid the hassles of her sister’s bonding ceremony—the wrap fittings, hairstyles, and braided fire coral—but she never imagined that the waters covering her planet would be broken. As the heavens rained fire and stone,…
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Book Review: Kill Her Twice
by Stacey Lee publisher’s synopsis Los Angeles, 1932: Lulu Wong, star of the silver screen and the pride of Chinatown, has a face known to practically anyone, especially to the Chow sisters—May, Gemma, and Peony—Lulu’s former classmates and neighbors. So the girls instantly know it’s Lulu whose body they discover one morning in an out-of-the-way…
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Book Review: Hybrid
by Candace Kade publisher’s synopsis Lee Urban’s search for truth could destroy everything. After narrowly surviving several attempts on her life, Lee Urban retreats into hiding, seeking refuge with her family for the Lunar New Year. But the relaxing holiday turns into a heist when someone crashes the party with intel on the hybrid’s identity.…
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Don’t Let Your Editorial Letter Be Your First Experience with Edits
Last October, I sent in my manuscript for my first professional content edit, and received my editorial letter back in December. Like probably almost every writer, I was scared and nervous about it all. But there’s one thing I did that prepared me for the feedback—and no, it wasn’t eating ice cream and chocolate (believe…
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Book Review: Mortal Queens
by Victoria McCombs publisher’s synopsis They vanish without a trace, disappear into the night . . . Each year on the center island, one girl is chosen to be the next Mortal Queen of the idolized fae. The mortals praise these lucky girls, but their daughters are never seen again. The fae realm is eternal…
