(Book)Worm Your Way Into My Heart
BOOK REPORT for The Start of Me and You by Emery Lord Cover Story: Stock Photo Syndrome BFF Charm: Yay! Swoonworthy Scale: 7 Talky Talk: The School of Sarah Dessen Bonus Factors: Nerd, Quiz Bowl...
View ArticleOutlander 1x9: The Reckoning
Welcome back! It's been a long time since we left Jamie hanging on that ledge, but Kandis and I are excited to be recapping once more. In the interim, we actually met in person! Kandis and Jennie,...
View ArticleTeen Heartthrob Madness: Final Four Results
Guys. My bracket is so busted now, it’s not even funny. But you know what is funny*? The fact that the Final Four came down to two close races, in which the winners both won by 53% to 47%. *Funny...
View ArticleSuperhero Sundays: March 30-April 3
Speedy Synopses: Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. 2x15: One Door Closes The fallout from the revelation that the S.H.I.E.L.D. that Agent Coulson & co. have been working for since Hydra emerged isn't the...
View ArticleTeen Heartthrob Madness: The Championship
Well, ladies and Brian, after weeks of intense hotness research and a frenzy of voting, we're down to two final candidates... and they are not the candidates I predicted. (Thus, my low standing on the...
View ArticleYou’re Cordially Invited…
BOOK REPORT for The Royal We by Heather Cocks and Jessica Morgan Cover Story: Wedding of the Century BFF Charm: The Sparkliest of Royal Jewels Swoonworthy Scale: 8 Talky Talk: The Inside Scoop Bonus...
View Article#FYADoesVegas: Spring Break For the Bookish and Boozy Among Us
It all started in September 2014, when Amy of FYAVBC came to visit San Francisco with her husband. We all met up at our local SFFYA stomping grounds, and Gussy, now of Charleston, SC (but also, SFFYA...
View ArticleThe SUPERNATURAL Rewatch Project: Slow-Dancing with an Alien
The Road So Far Welcome to week nineteen of the rewatch! It’s the moment you’ve all been waiting for, superfans. Everyone’s favorite recurring baddie, the Trickster, makes his debut appearance,...
View ArticleBlog Tour: Written in the Stars
Welcome to the blog tour for Aisha Saeed's Written in the Stars! As you may remember, we here at FYA are all about this compelling, un-put-downable read - check out the review here. Lucky for us,...
View ArticleThe Originals 2x17: Exquisite Corpse
Previously on The Originals: Vincent is Eva’s husband! Is Freya a good witch or a bad witch? And the werewolves are fighting amongst themselves… Road trip with your ex? Sure, why not? The Original...
View ArticleYA Movie News Roundup: Nina Dobrev Is Out Of THE VAMPIRE DIARIES
Welcome back to the YA Movie News Roundup! Let's hop to. Pretty major news: Nina Dobrev, star of The Vampire Diaries, announced yesterday that this will be her last season. Dearest TVD Family, I've...
View ArticleHere A Trope, There A Trope
BOOK REPORT for The Queen of Bright and Shiny Things by Ann Aguirre Cover Story: Truth in Advertising BFF Charm: Maybe Swoonworthy Scale: 6 Talky Talk: The Queen of Dark and Stormy Secrets Bonus...
View ArticleJane the Virgin 1x17: Chapter Seventeen
Welcome back, friends! It has been SO LONG, and I don't want to waste time jib-jabbing up here when there is so much to recap, but I DO want to gloat about a CERTAIN final scene revelation that some...
View ArticleTHE O.C. Rewatch Project: Welcome, Trey Atwood!
Last week, on The O.C. Follow the whole rewatch here! Hey hey, welcome back to The O.C. Rewatch Project! Last week, Meredith asked how I feel about Lindsay leaving and Marissa and Ryan being all cute...
View ArticleiZombie 1x4: Liv and Let Clive
Previously on iZombie: Major is a counselor at a teen runaway shelter and brought in Jerome, who was looking for his missing friend. While out looking late at night, Jerome promptly ran into...
View ArticleFloat Like A Butterfly
BOOK REPORT for Zeroboxer by Fonda Lee Cover Story: Rock Space BFF Charm: Big Sister Swoonworthy Scale: 4 Talky Talk: FutureSports/BoxingSounds Bonus Factor: Beautiful Martians Relationship Status:...
View ArticleInkcouragement: Introducing the FYA Virtual Writing Group!
Leah Stecher is stopping by from NYCFYA to jumpstart our series on writing! Take it away, Leah: If you’re reading this, you probably read a lot of YA. You probably read a lot in general, because you...
View ArticleChristie & Cocktails: Hercule Poirot’s Christmas
BOOK REPORT for Hercule Poirot's Christmas by Agatha Christie Cover Story: Pretty Silly BFF Charm: Yay! Swoonworthy Scale: 1 Talky Talk: Sit Up And Pay Attention Bonus Factors: Cocktails! Relationship...
View ArticleProcrastination Pro-Tips: Drink Like a Unicorn
Happy Friday! We made it through another week. Hoping everyone in the midwest is safe from the tornadoes. Book Related Things Are you going to YALLWEST this weekend? Maggie Stiefvater's tarot deck...
View ArticleExcerpt: Scarlett Undercover
Y’all know how much we agree with the need for more diverse books. (In fact, we have a whole series on the subject!) Author Jennifer Latham does too, and was inspired to write her new novel, Scarlett...
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