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Kayla King Books


The Edge of Something Real
Tina Sears' debut novel, The River's Edge, is the kind of novel that will bring readers to the edge of something real. Following the...


Let There Be Light
Sabaa Tahir’s debut novel, An Ember in the Ashes, is all at once a fantastical, adventurous, thrill ride that at its core is a story of...


More Than Just a Whisper
I was fortunate enough to read The Whisper, Aaron Starmer's sequel to The Riverman, back in January. At residency, I was given the ARC...


Dare to Dream
Brian Andreas' fourth voulme from StoryPeople, Strange Dreams: Collected Stories and Drawings, found its way into my life in an...


Out of the Shadows
Yesterday I finished All the Bright Places by Jennifer Niven. Reading this book was like stepping out of the shadows into the bright...


When I Left Atocha Station
When I left Ben Lerner's Atocha Station behind, I didn't know how much I'd miss the words embedded along those railroad tracks. Reading...


Believing is Seeing
It's been almost two weeks since I finished Aaron Starmer's The Riverman and I'm finally If I'm being honest, I probably could've...


The Silent Yearning for a Can of V8
Reading Bunnicula and Bunnicula Meets Edgar Allan Crow by James Howe was a fun and inspiring journey with a vampire bunny and his...


Good vs. Evil (Librarian)
Evil Librarian by Michelle Knudsen is more than just a good book. It is a downright delectable read. And after getting to meet the...


When We Write About Writing: Part Two
Why I Write: Thoughts on the Craft of Fiction offered so much to my own craft that I had to split up my review into two sections. If you...
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