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Plan a date, and we’ll tell you which Folk of the Air character you should ask out

The world in Folk of the Air is glittering and dangerous and all the characters despicable in some way or another. But dang it if I don’t want to date some of them anyway! What can I say, the fae are so charming! But who should I ask out? Well, I made a quiz to…
Read It Before You See It: TRINKETS by Kiwi Smith

On Friday, the first season of the Netflix Original Series Trinkets will air! Like most great entertainment, it’s based off a book with the same title…by the same screenwriter/author, Kirsten “Kiwi” Smith! Kiwi’s credits include Legally Blonde, Ella Enchanted, 10 Things I Hate About You, The House Bunny, She’s the Man,…you get it—she brings it…
Being blackmailed sucks, but we love reading about it

There are few moves from the villain playbook quite as well-employed as blackmail. Leveraging private information to force someone to do things they would otherwise not do definitely qualifies as despicable. Of course, blackmail IRL is an absolute no-go, morally abhorrent and potentially seriously illegal to boot. However, in the wonderful world of YA, a…
The Bold Type Characters as Book Characters

If you’re not watching The Bold Type on Freeform, then you’re missing out on some seriously A+ content. It follows Jane, Kat, and Sutton, who all work at Scarlet, a global women’s magazine, and their nuanced and intersectional lives. Of course, as someone who has books on their mind 24/7, I couldn’t help but to…
All My Thoughts on The Diviners by Libba Bray

As some of you may know, the fourth book in Libba Bray’s The Diviners series, The King of Crows, is coming in February. What most of you may not know is that I have never read The Diviners. So, I have decided to take this glorious opportunity to rectify this obvious lapse in my reading…
Would you survive on Mount Ruin?

In the kingdom of Viridia, women essentially have no rights. Any form of rebellion will get you banished to Mount Ruin, where you will be forced to fight for your own survival. Take this quiz to find out whether you'd survive being imprisoned on Mount Ruin.
5 Books for When You Go Through a Big Life Change, but Everything Will Be Okay

Sometimes, big changes are thrown at you like curveballs from life, speeding in from out of nowhere to smack you in the face. Other times, big life changes are expected and anticipated and yet no less difficult. Either way, with every big life change comes an adjustment period. So here are some books for when…
8 Pride Reads for June and Beyond

Happy June, and happy Pride month! To all of our friends and readers on the LGBTQIA spectrum and beyond, we’re so happy you’re here. I hope you take a few moments to celebrate and breathe—being yourself shouldn’t be a radical act, but it is. The world has a long way to go, but I have…
The Signs as Twilight Characters

We all love knowing what our favorite characters’ zodiac signs might be. But as we poured through our backlist of articles, we realized that a specific zodiac list was dreadfully missing. TWILIGHT! How on earth could we live without who our zodiac twin from the Twilight saga was!? Have no fear, we have righted this…
6 Books That Will Emotionally Destroy You but Also Heal You

There are few things I enjoy more than the catharsis of a truly good cry. Does that make me weird? Ask the innumerable strangers who’ve witnessed me full sob while reading in public. *puts on sunglasses* Don’t judge me!
Is this a line from Game of Thrones or the Folk of the Air series?

We all know Game of Thrones and Folk of the Air share Big High-Fantasy Political Drama energy. And both series have some incredible one-liners that are infinitely quotable. But—can you guess which quotes are from A Song of Ice and Fire and which are from Folk of the Air? Trust me, it’s harder than you…
What to Read Based on Your Netflix Queue

Tell me what’s in your Netflix queue, and I’ll give you a book rec! (And then we can all continue to put off watching all those things we just haven’t gotten around to watching yet.)