3+ hour, 4+ min ago  (194+ words) The author's debut novel, New Skin, explores plastic surgery addiction and a complicated mother-daughter relationship. New Skin begins with the narrator, Linli, seeing her mother Fanny's bandages removed after a "gruesome" plastic surgery. Where did that image originate? You seem…...

9+ mon, 2+ week ago  (509+ words) Romance novels thrive on familiarity and the promise of a happily ever after (or a happy for now), and their covers likewise play to readers" expectations. A mystical object surrounded by vining flowers, for instance, telegraphs a romantasy. An icy…...