Malinda Lo ’96 worked on her latest novel for basically a decade. In the acknowledgments of “A Scatter of Light,” Lo writes that the novel was conceptualized in 2012 and that she began writing it...

Welcome (or welcome back) to Books Before Boys, a misnomer of a book review column (“Books Before Literally Anyone Because I’m Aromantic and Asexual” just doesn’t quite have the same ring to it)...

Let me set a scene for you.  It’s 2018. I am 16 years old, at the start of my junior year of high school. I still use Tumblr as my main social media platform. A black-and-white webcomic keeps on...

Content warning: mention of pedophilia in review of “This May End Badly,” discussions of sexual content in review of “Mistakes Were Made.” I’ve had a lot of advanced review copies sitting on...

The title kind of says it all, but let me explain what this book is about. The concept of “A Show for Two” is based on author Tashie Bhuiyan’s absolutely wild high school experience, where Tom Holland...

There’s something particular about Casey McQuiston’s writing that I can’t quite describe. It’s the way that settings and characters are described, the way their dialogue flows so naturally, the...

It’s so funny that I once made a TikTok about how I don’t care for fake-dating because I just checked my Goodreads reading challenge for this year, and I think “The Feeling of Falling in Love”...

After reading “The Love Hypothesis” and “A Brush with Love,” I admit I might have begun to romanticize grad school a little bit. I feel like I kind of have to, seeing as I plan on going in the...

This review contains mild spoilers for “Dial A for Aunties,” the first novel in the Meddelin Chan series. You know, when I saw the premise for “Dial A for Aunties,” I thought to myself, “This...

Are you a lesbian? Are you in college? Are you upsettingly single? Do you have mommy issues? If you answered yes to any of these questions, you should consider reading “She Gets the Girl.” When I...