The Science of Fangirling

I wrote a review of Holly Black's spellbinding novel, 'The Cruel Prince'. Read it here.

Throughout all my time as a reader, I have found just a few writers that seem to have almost a mystical prowess; that grab their readers attention immediately, and hold them in a trance from the beginning to the end of their novels. Among these spell-casters, Holly Black stands out as one of the best. I’ve raved over every Holly Black book I’ve ever picked up. I read ‘The Spiderwick Chronicles’…

Strand: Mr. Silver, we live in a severely heteronormative and romance-focused world in which it is assumed that any two people of different genders who spend a significant amount of time together will inevitably form romantic and/or sexual attractions to each other. You expect to observe me flirting with Ms. Reagan and so you convince yourself that that is what is happening. This is a symptom of a very common condition called 'apophenia' and--