A paradox throbs at the heart of “The Darkness Rises,” a new young adult novel by Stacy Stokes. Arriving swiftly on the heels of her 2022 debut YA thriller “Remember Me Gone,” her sophomore outing ...

Ashley Hope Pérez published Out of Darkness in 2015 to critical acclaim. The novel re-contextualized contemporary issues of race providing a historical framework in a not-so-post-racial America.

Many novels end in liberation of one sort or another. It is a reliable way to offer catharsis, to give readers the feeling of escape while writing a book that is not escapist as such. Blending ...

Nature writer Leigh Ann Henion opens her sweet, wise “Night Magic” with a haunting story. A child lost in the woods overnight is found “curled like a baby rabbit among leaf litter.” Before picking him ...