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Eric, Kelly, and special guest Alyssa Wees talk about debut YA novels, dark fairy tales, and haunted billboards. This episode is sponsored by Book Riot Insiders, The Lovely And The Lost by Jennifer Lynn Barnes, and TBR from Book Riot. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Stitcher. To get even more YA news and recommendations, sign up for our What’s Up in YA newsletter!   Show Notes: The Waking Forest by Alyssa Wees White Rose by Kip Wilson Bright Burning Stars by AK Small Gravemaidens by Kelly Coon Serious Moonlight by Jenn Bennett I Hope You Get This Message by Farah Naz Rishi Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas  Field Guide to the North American Teenager by Ben Phillipe The Opposite of Always by Justin A. Reynolds We Set The Dark On Fire by Tehlor May Meija The Sacred Lies of Minnow Bly by Stephanie Oakes Descendant of the Crane by Joan He The Candle and the Flame by Nafiza Azad Spectacle by Jodie Lynn Zdrok House of Salt and Sorrows by Erin Craig I Wanna Be Where You Are by Kristina Forest The Tenth Girl by Sara Faring Hot Dog Girl by Jennifer Dugan Wicked Saints by Emily Duncan You’d Be Mine by Erin Hahn The Weight of Our Sky by Hanna Alkaf More Happy Than Not by Adam Silvera The Serpent King by Jeff Zentner Starfish by Akemi Bowman Dear Martin by Nic Stone The Astonishing Color of After by Emily X. R. Pan Pan’s Labyrinth by Guillermo del Toro and Cornelia Funke The Replacement by Brenna Yovanoff Ash by Malinda Lo Forest of a Thousand Lanterns by Julie C. Dao Vassa in the Night by Sarah Porter Keturah and Lord Death by Martine Leavitt Wintersong by S Jae Jones Hunted and Sherwood by Meagan Spooner   You can find Alyssa on Twitter @alyssawees and on Instagram as @alyssa_wees.