Open Thread: Deviled Egg Edition
Whether you're celebrating solemn religious holidays this weekend or not, I hope that you are blessed with many leftover hardboiled eggs with which to make deviled eggs (truly the universe's finest...
View ArticleRIVERDALE Chapter Ten: The Lost Weekend
Previously, on Riverdale: They really, reeeeeally leaned into that maple syrup thing. Cheryl and Archie had a fling, Archie and Valerie are dunzo, Hermione and Fred are dunzo, Veronica and Ethel are...
View ArticleTHE ORIGINALS 4x5: I Hear You Knocking
Previously on The Originals: Werewolf Keelin was drafted to Team Mikaelson to develop a weapon to use against Marcel. Something creepy is hunting the witch children. They were warned, but Klaus and...
View ArticleCLASS 1x01: For Tonight We Might Die
Welcome to the first recap for Class, the new* Doctor Who spinoff. Why are we recapping Class? Well: 1. The show is set at Coal Hill Academy, meaning it “stars” actual YAs, and 2. Patrick Ness, an FYA...
View ArticleTeen BFF Madness: The Champion
64 worthy contenders started this year’s March Madness with high hopes of being voted through as the top teen BFF pair/group, and the competition over the past few weeks was fierce. Today, only one...
View ArticleMatchmaker, Matchmaker
BOOK REPORT for Meg & Linus by Hannah Nowinski Cover Story: Blah Drinking Buddy: Near Beer Testosterone/Estrogen Level: Just Kiss, Already! Talky Talk: Cute, Yet Irritating Bonus Factors: Theater...
View ArticleSaints and Sinners and Sisters
BOOK REPORT for A Psalm for Lost Girls by Katie Bayerl Cover Story: Enshrined BFF Charm: Yay Swoonworthy Scale: Um? 6? And? Also 6? Equals 12? Or equals 0? Talky Talk: Sing Me a Psalm Bonus Factors:...
View ArticleGiveaway: DEFY THE STARS
Defy the Stars, the first in a new series from Claudia Gray, is an epic space adventure involving a war between Earth and a colony planet, a dedicated young soldier, and an android who’s more human...
View ArticleYA Onscreen: I’ll Be There For You…Off-Broadway
Welcome to this week's YA Onscreen! Was the Easter bunny good to you? Who else believes Starburst jelly beans are the best jelly beans? (Because they are.) Okay, enough chitchat - let's hop through...
View ArticleCan Anybody Find Me Somebody To Love?
BOOK REPORT for The Upside of Unrequited by Becky Albertalli Cover Story: Heart Eyes BFF Charm: Yay! Swoonworthy Scale: 7 Talky Talk: Here's the Thing (TM Molly) Bonus Factors: Family, Body Image,...
View ArticleIZOMBIE 3x3: Eat, Pray, Liv
Previously, on iZombie: Ravi’s old CDC boss returned. Don E. defrosted Papa DeBeers. Ravi was eaten up with jealousy over Peyton’s Blaine history. Major joined up with Fillmore-Graves. Ravi is working...
View ArticleFAMOUS IN LOVE 1x1: Pilot
Before I even reached the last page of Rebecca Serle's Famous In Love, I was already dreaming about the possibility of seeing its dynamic characters and juicy twists and smokin' hot romance brought to...
View ArticlePretty Little Liars 7x11: Playtime
Welcome back, ya creeps! We made it to the endgAme—the final ten episodes of this hellscape we call our once-favorite television show. Hopefully we'll survive this together and finally learn the truth...
View ArticleFinding Perfection In Imperfection
BOOK REPORT for Perfect (Flawed #2) by Cecelia Ahern Cover Story: Big Face BFF Charm: Yay Swoonworthy Scale: 5 Talky Talk: Stilted Bonus Factor: The End Relationship Status: Acquaintances Trigger...
View Article13 REASONS WHY Review: You Know, For Kids
Originally published here. Netflix's newest series feels like a bit of a departure for the streaming service. Based on Jay Asher's novel, 13 Reasons Why squarely targets the young adult crowd, a...
View Article13 REASONS WHY: A Timely And Necessary Millennial After-School Special
originally published here, by BJ Colangelo I’ve often stated that I’ll never fully be taken seriously as a film writer because of my inability to separate my personal feelings from my critical eye....
View ArticleA Tale As Old As Time
BOOK REPORT for Beauty and the Beast: Lost in a Book by Jennifer Donnelly Cover Story: Library Under The Stars BFF Charm: Single White Female Swoonworthy Scale: 3 Talky Talk: Straight From The Mouse...
View ArticleHello, My Fantasticos!
BOOK REPORT for Fish in a Tree by Lynda Mullaly Hunt Cover Story: Like the Name Says Drinking Buddy: The Geek Table Testosterone Estrogen Level: Strength Talky Talk: Dying Inside Bonus Factor: Awesome...
View ArticleNow In The FYA Store
Every so often, a burst of inspiration hits FYA HQ, and we find that we ABSOLUTELY MUST make a new design for the FYA Store. Our latest batch of inspiration is two-fold: The first came from a comment...
View ArticleProcrastination Pro-Tips: SLOPPY FIRSTS On Stage, Harry Potter Christmas,...
It's Friday! Which means we're sitting at our computers pretending to work like: Feign productivity with our weekly round-up of the best of YA internet thingamabobs. Book Related Things Publisher...
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