Episode 07: Fantastic fantasy books for teens!

Episode 07 Seventh Episode: The one where we talk about all types of teen fantasy books Marisa and Mary return this time to talk about teen fantasy books of all types, and answer the hardest listener question: "What is your favorite book of all time?" As always, if you need to add more books to your To Be Read pile, check out the Books Mentioned below! Thank you to Audra, the teen who asked our question this episode! Marisa talked about  Marisa's first book was the genre-defying Jane Unlimited by Kristin Cashore. This is the choose your own adventure ending book for teens, it all starts with an invitation to a strange mansion on a remote island... A brand newly released debut book was Marisa's second book: Cinderella Is Dead by Kalynn Bayron. Two hundred years after Cinderella and things are not well in the kingdom: Sophia would rather run away with her girlfriend than attend the ball...when things go awry she meets someone who will help her smash the patriarchy, and a great F/F romance.   Mary talked about Witchy by Ariel Slamet Ries, a middle grade graphic about a girl with a secret in a witch kingdom where your power is defined by the length of your hair; this book has won awards and has great LBTQIA+ themes. For her second book, Mary talked about Tochi Onyebuchi's Beasts Made of Night, a Nigerian-influence fantasy where corrupt mages call forth sin beasts from those who can afford it, while young sin eaters like Taj must slay the beasts.  Books we talked about this episode: Marisa's books: Jane Unlimited by Kristin Cashore.  High School, Grades 9+.  Published September 19, 2017. Cinderella Is Dead by Kalynn Bayron. Teen, Grades 7+. Published July 7, 2020. Mary's books: Witchy by Ariel Slamet Ries. Middle Grade, 5+. Published September 17, 2019.  Beasts Made of Night by Tochi Onyebuchi. Teen, Grades 7+. Published October 21, 2017. Books mentioned: Romeo and/or Juliet by Ryan North Hazel Wood by Melissa Alpert We Were Liars by E. Lockhart Nimona by Noelle Stevenson Archival Quality by Ivy Noelle Weir Encyclopedia Brown comics by Steenz Okay Witch by Emma Steinkellner Tea Dragon Society by Kate O'Neill A Curse So Dark and Lonely by Brigid Kemmerer The Killing Joke by Alan Moore The Stepsister by Jennifer Donnelly Cinder by Marissa Meyer Akata Witch by Nnedi Okorafor Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi A Song of Wraiths and Ruin by Roseanne A. Brown All of Rick Riordan's work War Girls by Tochi Onyebuchi Uncanny X-Men Sandman by Neil Gaiman Strangers in Paradise by Terry Moore Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden Geisha, a Life by Mineko Iwasaki Throne of Glass series by Sarah J. Maas Harry Potter series by J. K. Rowling