Short Stories (as companions to series): What do you love about them and hate about them? Added short stories are great, especially at the end of a series when you want to know what happened after The End but the story is over so there isn’t enough to have a whole new book. Also, I love short stories that provide backstory for a side character you’d otherwise […]

What are some of your biggest pet peeves with books? Aside from the glaringly obnoxious love triangle that continues to appear in a lot of young adult fiction, I think one of my biggest issues is the addition of romance as a subplot when it’s not needed or really warranted (also add poorly-written romance subplots). Don’t get me long, I love romances both as a genre and […]