YA, We Read It!

The 100 - Day 21

Well, well, well it's been 3 weeks since our convicted-felon-teens made their way to Earth and Clarke is fearful of radiation poisoning finally settling in but more importantly she's going to explore her budding relationship with Bellamy, Wells captures and befriends an earth born girl, Glass is not doing so hot up in space, and Meggie and Laura are your hosts ready to talk about it all! 

The 100

Laura and Meggie plunge into YA, We Read It!'s 16th season with Kass Morgan's book series turned CW series: The 100. 
In the future, Earth has become uninhabitable and forced humans to seek reprieve in space. Now, the beloved space station in which they live is running out of resources. The government plots to see if Earth can once again be an option for humanity by sending 100 prisoners (all teens; we will explain why) to test the surface. 

First Love Language (Interview w/ Stefany Valentine)

Catie's life is turned upside down when her and her family leave their life in sunny California behind to go live with family in Utah. Still grappling with the death of her father, Catie yearns to reconnect with her biological mother and culture. Everything changes for her when her coworker Toby offers Mandarin lessons in exchange for her teaching him how to date. Tune in for a very special YA, We Read It! Where Meggie and Laura are sitting down the author of First Love Language, Stefany Valentine to talk everything about Catie's roller coaster summer. 
Follow Stefany everywhere @booksbystefany 

Final Thoughts: The Inheritance Games Series

A microphone, a laptop, a YA novel, a notepad... these aren't clues to your next Tobias Hawthorne puzzle, instead it's time once again for Laura and Meggie to bid adieu to their 15th season: The Inheritance Games. The first book graced bookshelves in 2020 and just a few short years later, your hosts dived in and couldn't get enough of the twists, the turns, and talking about the ever present love triangle between Avery, Jameson, and Grayson. Are we satisfied? Is everything really solved? Let's discuss. 

The Final Gambit

CHECK MATE as they say! It's time for one final mystery to take place at Hawthorne House and your resident hosts and puzzle-makers Meggie and Laure are here to dissect all the clues and plot to their hearts content. 
It's been almost a year since Avery came to Hawthorne House and inherited billions of dollars, its also been almost a year of her dating Jameson Hawthorne while still thinking about his brother Grayson (yeesh!). Mystery girl/Toby's real daughter Eve shows up after Toby goes missing and it's up to the gang to put their heads together to bring Toby back. 

The Hawthorne Legacy

Gather round ye' listener! For another tale of puzzles, riddles, deception, and love triangle! Laura and Meggie are back at the mic to discuss the second Inheritance Games novel, The Hawthorne Legacy. 
Xander's puzzle left from Tobias has finally revealed itself and now it's time to find the Hawthorne uncle that everyone thought was dead. Can the Hawthorne gang work together to find the answers their looking for? 

The Inheritance Games

You know what they say: New Year, New Season of YA, We Read It! 
Laura and Meggie are back for their 15th season and strapping in for the Inheritance Games trilogy. Avery Kylie Grambs is an exceedingly normal girl who gets catapulted into notoriety and fortune after inheriting billions of dollars from the now deceased puzzle-master Tobias Hawthorne. The catch? She's never met the guy! And now has to live with his family (including his 4 very attractive grandsons) in a giant house in Texas. In his tracks, Tobias left one last hurrah of a puzzle for his grandsons and now Avery to solve. Join us for mystery, romance, riddles and more on this season of YA, We Read It! 

The Davenports: More Than This (Interview w/ Krystal Marquis)

Let's end 2024 traveling back in time to 1910 Chicago where four young women are going through the ups and downs of social life, society, and romance in the sequel to New York Times bestseller The Davenports.  
The Davenports: More Than This continues Olivia's, Ruby's, Helen's, and Amy Rose's journey in young adulthood. AND even more than THAT your hosts Meggie and Laura are sitting down with the author Krystal Marquis to talk all things Davenports, her writing and research process, and MORE! 
You can find Krystal below: 
Krystal's website: https://krystalmarquis.com/Instagram: @krystalbelle_reads

Final Thoughts: The Lady Janies Series

Once again Meggie and Laura have gathered to bid farewell to another book series. After losing their vir-JANE-ity this season (nice) reading the anthological Lady Janies series it's time for a final review as your hosts talk about the ups and downs of being a Jane from history. You'll laugh, you'll question the hosts' projections for if these characters had social media presences, and you'll hear what's happening in the YA, We Read It! sphere next. 

My Calamity Jane

Rounding out the My Lady Janies series is My Calamity Jane a wild west historical/fictional take on Calamity Jane, Annie Oakley and others from the time. Join Laura and Meggie for a rootin' tootin' good time where in this new wild west world we've got werewolves running about and it's up to our cast of characters to hunt down the Alpha that's infecting people all over the country.