Excellent writing. Sorting memories of a lost friend and a spouse's death with a zing of an ending. So much beach time in this book, you will feel like you've been.
Molly
Ask Again, Yes is a moving portrait of two families whose lives intersect over the course of decades. Mary Beth Keane writes with great empathy for her characters as they struggle to find acceptance and forgiveness. I really cared about these characters.
Katie
Bttm Fdrs feels a bit like the movie "Get Out" crossed with Lovecraft and with a Lisa Frank style color palette. Or at least it feels like the concept of the movie. Horror comics are great for those of us who enjoy the genre but are too wimpy to sit through an entire movie. Also, Ben Passmore's unapologetic writing is great.
Stacey
A strange, funny, and surprisingly touching novel about a family of Floridian taxidermists whose sense of duty and expression of love cuts them open as their knives do the skins of the animals they mount. I couldn’t put it down (and I have a phobia of taxidermy).
Marika
A war story unlike any you’ve read before. We follow the protagonist discover & try to preserve a personal identity away from the war. But the forces that create war in the first place aren’t bound by walls and doors and the story ends with something that is shocking in large part because of how banal and obvious it is.
Josh
Kind of like Romeo and Juliet except instead of two teens in fair Verona we have two agents from opposing futures fighting across time and space and also it's gay.
Shana
How did Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin miss these guys?
Robin
Magic, mystery, and mayhem abound as Olive and her adopted siblings, Charlotte and Darwin, investigate their grandmother's creepy old hotel and the magical doors that lead to other worlds. But when Charlotte decides she'd rather stay in one of those other worlds, it's up to Darwin and Olive to figure out their family's shattered past and convince her to come home. Perfect for fans of Deadendia and Gravity Falls.
Shana
Perfect for fans of Rick Riordan, the Shadow Magic series is a perfect fantasy read: it has a treacherous new world, zombies, elemental powers, giant bats, and a girl who can talk to ghosts. What more could you want?
Caleb
An adorably perfect summer read! LaRocca successfully leverages "A Midsummer Night's Dream" to create a modern summer-vacation story with lovable characters and plenty of mischief.
Stacey
This hilarious queer rom-com stars two sworn enemies--Sana and Rachel--assigned to work on the same film project. Featuring enemies-to-girlfriends and a whole lot of Gilmore Girls callbacks, this is a great feel-good summer read.
Rebecca
Birthday follows best-friends-from-birth Eric and Morgan over the course of their joint birthdays from ages thirteen to eighteen. It feels viscerally real as it faces issues such as homophobia and transphobia in the south, family tension, and the struggles of growing up in a poor rural area.
April
Newly orphaned Zenobia is adjusting to life with her aunt -- and for the first time, presenting herself to the world as the girl she's always been.
Sarah
In this historical graphic novel, Margaret seeks to learn who she is and why she arrived at the island convent she calls home. When the banished Queen Eleanor of Albion arrives on the island, Margaret realizes the past is more complicated than she thought. Meconis' beautiful watercolor illustrations will captive readers while her details on history and folklore enrich this immersive feat of storytelling.
Marika
Allegorical, dark, and beautiful. A post-apocalyptic story that hits close to home, but manages to keep a spark of hope alive and burning.
Stacy