Daughter Darkness by Alyssa Charpentier, the first book of the Myrk Maiden trilogy is a captivating story that consistently teeters on the edges of light and darkness. Twilight, a fifteen-year-old girl and glorified laborer for her hateful mother and uncaring father, leads a mostly normal...

Alyssa Charpentier's 19 Reaching 90 is a collection of poems that evokes meditative thoughts. It is devoted to the young and restless souls who look at the world with mature eyes. The opening poem, 19 Reaching 90, is a beautiful narration of how the smile...

Bayelle is not happy with her life. She is already eighteen, but love and men's affection elude her. Bayelle is not content with her appearance and is ashamed of her naivete. As Bayelle's older sister, the beautiful Evora, collects admirers, Bayelle dreams in the fields...