#malinda lo
TODAY IS THE DAY! The YA world finally gets to have more Malinda Lo to read! I had the pleasure of beta reading this book, and this deliciously dark thriller is one of my favorites by Malinda. Just look at this stunning cover!
Jess Wong is Angie Redmond’s best friend. And that’s the most important thing, even if Angie can’t see how Jess truly feels. Being the girl no one quite notices is OK with Jess anyway. While nobody notices her, she’s free to watch everyone else. But when Angie begins to fall for Margot Adams, a girl from the nearby boarding school, Jess can see it coming a mile away. Suddenly her powers of observation are more curse than gift.
As Angie drags Jess further into Margot’s circle, Jess discovers more than her friend’s growing crush. Secrets and cruelty lie just beneath the carefree surface of this world of wealth and privilege, and when they come out, Jess knows Angie won’t be able to handle the consequences.
When the inevitable darkness finally descends, Angie will need her best friend.
“Lo has delivered an intricate tapestry of narrative, woven in a labyrinthine pattern of secrets and colored with intersecting hues of Chinese-American identity, the dark intensity of relationships, and telltale stains of blood.”—Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
“With an active focus on female friendships and relationships, A Line in the Dark is a twisty, dark psychological thriller that will leave you guessing til the very end. The story follows two friends down a path of dysfunction and murder as one of them, Chinese-American Jess tries to balance the expectations of her family, her fraught relationship with Angie, and her mounting sexual attraction for her. Lo offers some impressive storytelling, a chilling plot, and mean girls aplenty.”—Teen Vogue
A Line in the Dark is available for purchase now.
Here is the gloriously creepy cover for A Line in the Dark (coming 10/17/17)! I am so grateful to @autostraddle for revealing it this morning and so thrilled by the reaction it’s been getting. I’ll leave you with a few links:
* Behind-the-scenes details on the cover process
*My Q&A at Autostraddle along with the cover reveal
* Pre-order links :) at Amazon,Barnes & Noble, or iBooks
This is one of my *favorite* Malinda Lo novels. I am SO excited for A LINE IN THE DARK release in the fall! And check out this creepily stunning cover. Congrats, Malinda!!! <3 cindy
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when you’re a baby lesbian in the 1950s and a boy asks you to prom
(scene from Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo, which is wonderful)
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I also just got back from New York where I spent a fantastic weekend with some awesome folks who may be* in the photos above brainstorming a new creative project that I am *so* excited to be part of and can’t wait to tell you more about! All I will say now is it is coming later this year. Stay tuned!
*totally are
I AGREE!
Sweet, sweet memories!
The Sekrit Project, of course, was Tremontaine Season One—the collaborative Swordspoint prequel from @serialboxpublishing2.
Thank you, Malinda, Alaya and the rest of the team, for opening up my world to me in ways I never dreamed of!
I miss you lots.
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TPIJ Book Recommendations: “Ash” by Malinda Lo*
Representation: Lesbian
In the wake of her father’s death, Ash is left at the mercy of her cruel stepmother. Consumed with grief, her only joy comes by the light of the dying hearth fire, rereading the fairy tales her mother once told her. In her dreams, someday the fairies will steal her away, as they are said to do. When she meets the dark and dangerous fairy Sidhean, she believes that her wish may be granted.
The day that Ash meets Kaisa, the King’s Huntress, her heart begins to change.
Instead of chasing fairies, Ash learns to hunt with Kaisa. Though their friendship is as delicate as a new bloom, it reawakens Ash’s capacity for love-and her desire to live. But Sidhean has already claimed Ash for his own, and she must make a choice between fairy tale dreams and true love.
Entrancing, empowering, and romantic, Ash is about the connection between life and love, and solitude and death, where transformation can come from even the deepest grief.
*Author of Color
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Kath picked up her spoon and took a bite, and her eyes widened in surprise as she tasted it. “This is good!”(Last Night At The Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo, p.98)
In my part of the world, February is too cold for ginger ice cream
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Lily tried to put the image of those two women out of her mind.
-Last Night at the Telegraph Club, by Malinda Lo, p. 248
Great book. I’m glad I finally got around to drawing something from it. ❤
I couldn’t decide between emphasizing with lighting or blur, so you get both.
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Thank you, YA authors
(Not really related to books, but) I want to seriously thank the vocal YA authors in my life like Marie Lu, Victoria Aveyard, Leigh Bardugo, Sabaa Tahir, Tahereh Mafi, and I’m certain their are others. Because of these authors, not only in the badass characters and stories they write about standing up for what’s right, but in real life on their own platforms, they constantly stand up for minorities and justice.
It’s because of authors like these that I’ve become much more politically active and will stand up tall, not on the sidelines for my friends and fellow people.
There is a lot of hate and injustice in the world, and these authors are not afraid to use their platforms to stand up for the right things and encourage their fans to.
If any of them somehow read this, I want you to know: it’s working. We’re marching with you. We’re listening to you. Thank you for helping us find our voices.
This is so true, especially in the toxic political climate the whole world seems to have been pulled down to.
We read these books, and we learn so much more than just “waiting for a man.”
We learn how to treat others; how to stand for what we believe, and how to have courage, even in the face of uncertainty and fear.
So, I salute you, YA authors, for doing what you do, and being so much more than just writers.
