I Found a Zodiac Academy Dupe That I Actually Like

Arguably, my most popular blog post ever is my absolute evisceration of Zodiac Academy. I hated it. A lot. I thought it was because I hated the tropes—but turns out I just hated how the tropes are done in those fateful first few books. Now I’ve found a series that does a lot of the…

While I read a comparatively small proportion of contemporary fiction growing up, EJ Books keeps up with the latest and most interesting releases (according to me), particularly translations coming out of East Asian countries and novels by Asian-American authors.

I have always been an avid YA reader and the genre hasn’t lost any of its magic over the years. Some of the books I’m most passionate about are YA: An Ember in the Ashes, Six of Crows, and the OG Terry Pratchett, The Wee Free Men.

The Dark Academia Post

Dark academia has never been more in, more inclusive, or more interesting. But how do modern dark academia novels take on the sinister darkness within real modern academia?

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