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The book cover and initial pages give away the crisis before you start reading. There’s been a...
Sex is a subject that induces a great many reactions in various people. Indifference, excitement,...
The opening chapters describes the awkward and gruesome death of a bon vivant, one who likely...
The opening chapter isn’t what you’d expect. It doesn’t start off with Jessica Mather but allows...
Even though the bible clearly forbids witchcraft, declaring witches to be one of the people on...
Beginning in media res, with literally buckets of blood everywhere, the author immediately...
Dean is an art kid. He’s not a nerd, however. He’s way too cute for that. He’s tall, dark,...
The initial chapters of this book leave you awash with imagery and sensation. You can almost...
Rhys is in prison for murder. The plunge into this bleak milieu is in media res. We are informed...
While these chapters commence with a man lying stilly in an icy cell, the scene bristles with...
Raw, searing and at times deeply troubled, the initial chapters of this book lay out the...
Prophecies, omens, visions, supernatural powers (called Boons), rival houses, battling warriors,...
The opening chapters are a tension-filled trip as we follow our protagonist while she commits...
Opposites attract. Ah, that cliché that never grows old when it comes to teen romance…you can’t...
I’ve come to be wary of books that feature autistic (excuse me, neurodivergent) people. Even if...
When you swim in forbidden changeling waters, you risk either drowning or transformation. Such is...
Insidious creepiness is evident from the very start of this novel. When a man hits a dog that...
This novel is graced by a cover of lurid hues. The flare of the match snags the eye and it takes...
The cover, which shows a girl who seems to be becoming the wind or dissolving into river water,...
Some characters become indelibly stamped upon your mind within the first few sentences of their...
Ms. Marquis’s first chapters brim with vigorous insight into an unusual aspect of Black history,...
Any story that starts with a funeral has got to get better, right? Well, this excerpt starts...
Clytemnestra and Helen are two famous women in Greek mythology. They are seen as pawns of the...
Filled with powerful female protagonists, this excerpt ropes you in and binds you tight. Warriors...
This graphic novel takes me back. I remember the times my mother would take me to the salon to...
The author deftly presents our protagonist in a few key words. We know that she’s twitchy, jumpy...
This first impression is…unsettling. It’s based on the fairy tale of Rapunzel but the resemblance...
This chapter sparkles with humor, youthful shenanigans and the seeds of rebellion. Giada clearly...
Hannah Cho and her best friend Jacob Kim had a bitter split a long while ago. He’s moved on to a...
This is meant to be a solemn occasion as semidioses compete for the honor to be a champion—one...
Shayna Johnson is a black lesbian witch. These all play a part in her life so the author lets us...
The author shows us a boy with a terrible curse—shadows that boil out of him like mist from a...
The first words of this novel set the tone: magic is in the air. Stars fall from the sky and land...
Practically from the very start of this novel, we are wrapped into a world of women. This may be...
This graphic novel starts off with a shock. In the darkness of upstate New York, a teenager...
From the first, we don’t like Chloe Bree. She’s a little too full of herself, as well as a touch...
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