Nastasya may be more than 400 years old, but she’s only now learning to truly live a worthy life. After centuries of a hard-partying lifestyle, Nastasya has finally found something that might resemble peace and contentment at River’s Edge, a kind of rehab for wayward immortals. Though her life isn’t perfect, she’s slowly learning to [...]
Category Archive — contemporary
The Name of the Star
Rory Deveaux is looking forward to spending the year in London. While her parents teach at a British university, Rory will get to spend her senior year at a British boarding school, a new experience for her. Rory has high hopes for her time in London, but her arrival coincides with a brutal murder that [...]
The Lover’s Dictionary
love, n. I’m not going to even try. David Levithan’s The Lover’s Dictionary is unlike any other book I’ve ever read. The unnamed narrator tells the story of his relationship through dictionary entries. Yes, that’s right – the entire book is composed of dictionary entries. It’s a completely non-traditional approach to telling a story and [...]
