Miami Book Review

TEENS & YOUNG ADULT

They Watch From Below

A haunting dark academia tale. When college freshman Adria “Addie” Velde arrives at the University of the Arches, her mother’s California alma mater, she anticipates new beginnings but instead uncovers eerie mysteries. Addie, haunted by strange memories and her mother’s distant behavior, soon finds her college escape turning into a dark descent. The campus is […]

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Lonely Places

A haunting and beautifully crafted tale of confronting trauma, woven through a subtle supernatural lens. Teenager Chase becomes convinced that she must protect her sister from a dark presence lurking in the woods. Seventeen-year-old Chase, her 10-year-old sister, Guthrie, and their parents have been traveling for years in their converted school bus, or “skoolie.” Since

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The Ancient’s Game

A debut filled with imaginative flair, though occasionally disjointed. In a world where it’s forbidden for a 16-year-old tinker’s assistant like Kellan DuCuivre to wield the metal-carving magic known as makecraft, Kellan risks it all to help her mentor. A Black girl and the descendant of traitors to Nanseau, Kellan holds one of the lowest

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