Kiersten Bjork

YA Reimagines Tale of Icarus into Vibrant, Queer Star-Crossed Love Story

Icarus is a new queer YA romance novel from K. Ancrum, critically acclaimed author of The Wicker King. Filled to the brim with vibrant imagery, vivid detail and vivacious characters, it pulled me in from the very first page! Icarus reimagines the classic myth of Icarus into a queer, star-crossed…

Kiersten BjorkMarch 25, 2024

Fiction

Sarah J. Maas Is Back in Exhilarating Return to the World of Crescent City

House of Flame and Shadow (Bloomsbury Publishing) is the highly anticipated third installment in bestselling author Sarah J. Maas’ Crescent City series. To say that I’ve been looking forward to this book for a long time is an understatement. If you’ve read Maas’ body of work, you know just what…

Kiersten BjorkMarch 13, 2024

Fiction

Unique Magic & Seductive Romance Mingle in Saara El-Arifi’s New Epic Fantasy, “Faebound”

Faebound (Del Rey) is a new epic fantasy novel from The Faebound Trilogy by author Saara El-Arifi. From start to finish, it’s packed with breathtaking world-building, fascinating magic systems and seductive romance. In a world where humans, elves and fae once fought for superiority, now there is only the Forever…

Kiersten BjorkJanuary 24, 2024

Fiction Young Adult

Warrior Heroine Meets Brooding Commander in YA Fantasy Horror, “To Kill a Shadow”

To Kill a Shadow by Katherine Quinn is a new YA fantasy horror novel packed with action, suspense and a delicious romance. Kiara Frey, a fierce young woman with a past that haunts her and fighting skills to compete with any warrior worth their salt, finds herself bound for the…

Kiersten BjorkDecember 4, 2023

Romance Young Adult

Gender-Bent Retelling of Jane Austen’s Emma in Queer YA Romance

Emmett by L.C. Rosen is a joyful romp from start to finish. It’s queer, it’s gender-bent, it’s Jane Austen’s Emma turned on its head and dressed in the canary yellow and robin’s egg blue of Highbury Academy, the high school that titular character Emmett attends. Inspired by Austen’s matchmaker, Emmett…

Kiersten BjorkNovember 7, 2023

Fiction

Unique Magic System & Mysterious Underworld in Cassandra Clare’s Epic Adult Fantasy

Sword Catcher (Del Rey) by Cassandra Clare has been highly anticipated due to the overwhelming popularity of Clare’s Shadowhunter Chronicles. Having read the vast majority of the Shadowhunter novels, I couldn’t wait to get my hands on a copy of her latest book, and it certainly lived up to the…

Kiersten BjorkOctober 10, 2023

Fiction

High Stakes and Fiery Passion in Lush Gothic Fantasy Sequel to “Belladonna”

Adalyn Grace’s Foxglove (Little, Brown and Company) is the lush gothic fantasy sequel that you’ve been waiting for. Belladonna was a standout from the start, and Grace’s highly anticipated second installment does not disappoint. A delicate dance of haunting romance, high stakes and fiery emotion, Foxglove draws you in from…

Kiersten BjorkAugust 22, 2023

Fiction

Epic Fantasy Balances Love and Brutality on a Razor’s Edge

Chloe Gong’s Immortal Longings (Saga Press) is a captivating blend of stunning world building, fast-paced action and fascinating characters. In her adult epic fantasy debut, inspired by Shakespeare’s Antony and Cleopatra, Gong has crafted a tale that balances love and brutality on either end of a precarious, double-edged sword. A…

Kiersten BjorkJuly 25, 2023

Fiction Young Adult

Forbidden Romance, Dark Fantasy and Siren Magic in Stunning YA Debut

Gabi Burton’s debut young adult novel, Sing Me To Sleep (Bloomsbury YA), is a page-turner from start to finish. This beautifully crafted tale follows a siren, Saoirse Sorkova, as she navigates a society that is stacked against her. The kingdom of Keirdre enforces strict creature segregation laws, placing Fae above…

Kiersten BjorkJuly 10, 2023

Fiction

Full-Blooded, Moving Historical Debut Featuring Legendary Chinese Pirate Queen

Rita Chang-Eppig's debut historical novel is a lyrical tale of a legendary pirate queen and her struggle to maintain power in the South China Seas. Brimming with poetic language and vivid depictions of life in all its facets, Deep as the Sky, Red as the Sea (Bloomsbury Publishing) is a…

Kiersten BjorkMay 30, 2023

Kiersten Bjork

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