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Tag: Young Adult/YA

SCYTHE (Dark Side of the Word Podcast)

Posted on by CJ | A Well-Read Tart
Hello, Tartlets and Darksiders! A new podcast episode is up on Dark Side of the Word. Join me and Kait as we discuss the YA fantasy novel Scythe by Neal Shusterman. In a world where basic human misery is no longer a concern, the revered but fearsome Scythes exist solely to glean the population when Earth becomes a little too, well, populated. Now, two apprentices must vie for a coveted position in the Scythedom, and it soon becomes...

HOUSE OF SALT AND SORROWS Book Review

Posted on by CJ | A Well-Read Tart
House of Salt and Sorrows is aptly named: there's a heck of a lot of Salt, and there's way more sorrow than necessary plaguing the Thaumas family. The more you read, the more you're like, Sheesh, hasn't this family been through enough???     What's House of Salt and Sorrows about? House of Salt and Sorrows is author Erin A. Craig's reimagining of the Twelve Dancing Princesses fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm. We...