Happy Monday! It’s the third week of our Riveted Summer and though our Summer of Love has come to an end, we hope the rest of YOUR summer is filled with love! With the Summer of Love concluded, we’re moving on to something new, something darker and more devious, and decidedly more mysterious….the Summer of […]
People say that women are all about the drama, but everyone in the real world knows that the true drama lovers are guys. You can see it clearly in those male love interests. You know, the ones who are sarcastic, dramatic, exasperating, and just over the top—all the things that we love to hate in a hero. They’re the […]
Have you ever been asked what book universe you’d like to live in? Mine’s the world of Harry Potter—post 7th book—no contest (have you seen my profile picture?). But there’s a surprising lack of books I’d actually like to live in because so many contain horrific situations that NO ONE wants to be a part of. This […]
Girl About Town by Adam Shankman and Laura L. Sullivan transports readers to the days of Old Hollywood, when beautiful starlets and handsome leading men dominated pop culture. Get swept into the past in this thrilling story about a clever young starlet who’s accused of murder and determined to clear her name before the real murderer strikes again! […]
Have you ever found yourself on the losing side of a political civil war? Does your team need a bit of a leg-up on the competition in an actual war? Are you a princess, in need of redeeming your conquered kingdom? Or perhaps you’re a poverty-stricken citizen being oppressed by a selfish and volatile ruling class? […]
This week marked the beginning of our Summer of Deception! We’re featuring six books where all is not as it seems. Our three extended excerpts and three full reads will introduce you to characters who are hiding something, whether that be a deadly secret, their true identity, or their underlying motives. When it comes to these […]
As you will see in Such A Good Girl by Amanda K. Morgan, nothing will keep you turning page after page quite like a protagonist who doesn’t tell you their whole story. Riley Stone seems perfect on the outside, but as you discover more about her and her nonnegotiable plans to keep things that way, you […]
In In a World Just Right, protagonist Jonathan Aubrey has a unique power: the ability to create alternate worlds. The world he escapes to most often is one where he’s a better version of himself—the type of guy that can actually impress his crush Kylie Simms, and get her to date him. While I was […]
I just finished reading Such a Good Girl by Amanda K. Morgan, and let me tell you all, I. AM. SHOOK. I don’t know if I can ever trust anyone again. This book makes me question literally everything about everyone, including myself. But before I go into details about why, read the book description: Pretty […]
I grew up in a small town much like Thunder Basin, Nebraska, the setting for Dangerous Lies. Like Stella, the main character, I worked as a carhop at a local diner. As a seventeen-year-old girl, I spent a summer making shakes and onion rings by hand, listening to The Beatles on my Sony Walkman, sunbathing […]
You guys know about Wattpad, right? It’s an amazing site where people—over 45 million of them!—share their stories. And what do we do every week here on Riveted? We share stories!! It seems like destiny that Riveted and Wattpad should finally meet. Kismet, even! Sure, Wattpad has a lot of suitors but Riveted’s a scrappy […]
