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Fantasy for Young Adults is definitely in right now, but if you’re looking for something wholly unique to stand out from the pack, you need to check out Mary Taranta’s Shimmer and Burn. There’s a lot of political scheming, some family drama, and a hint of forbidden romance that will set your fingers itching to […]

If you haven’t joined the Shadowhunters yet, you’re missing out! Through her Mortal Instruments, Infernal Devices, and Dark Artifices series, Cassandra Clare has created an enthralling and all-consuming world that millions of readers have jumped right into (the Riveted Team included). In her latest book from the Dark Artifices series, Lord of Shadows, we learn […]

  Happy Monday! It’s officially the last week of August, so it’s safe to say that we’re all feeling a little bit of summertime sadness. That’s why we’ve decided to extend our Summer of the Supernatural reads for an additional week AND add some fun new books for your reading pleasure! There are plenty of books […]

The rules of the SAT’s change every few years, sections of the test come and go, and vocabulary words are never the same. However, the pressures surrounding the dreaded SATs will always come with hilarious but cringe-worthy stories! The Odds of Lightning takes place over one night—the night before the SATs, during a wild thunderstorm that […]

In The Last Magician, Esta is tasked with traveling into the past to help steal a magical book and keep it from being destroyed. Esta lives in the modern day, but the book she’s stealing is in 1902. When she arrives, New York City is way different than her version of it — for one […]

Everyone has a bad dating story or two (unless you’re one of the lucky ones). Harper Anderson from Little Black Dresses, Little White Lies by Laura Stampler, is one of the lucky ones. She doesn’t have any dating drama to write about. Instead, she uses her best friend’s dating stories in her application essay for the […]

New York City is the perfect backdrop for all kinds of stories because it always seems to be just on the line between reality and something else. There’s this understanding that at any moment, anything can happen and it wouldn’t surprise you because you’re in NYC. Like sure, you could just go to NYC to stay with […]

In Jocelyn Davies’ The Odds of Lightning (which is currently one of our extended excerpts, read it while you can!), four former best friends unwittingly embark on an epic all-night adventure throughout New York City. Jocelyn recently followed in their footsteps and with the help of her sister, documented her journey! Read on to experience […]

The Bronx. This is the only borough that is preceded by “The,” an assertion that it is one of a kind. When people think about New York City, they often forget this massive section of it – popular culture has written it off as little more than a den of crime and poverty, frankly not […]

For many, summer is a time for relaxing — heading to the beach with a good book, grilling up food in the backyard, soaking up the sun, and sleeping late. But for others, summer is a time to buckle down and put your nose to the grindstone, either at a summer job or at an […]