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Point Park University's Student-Run Newspaper

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Point Park University's Student-Run Newspaper

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"The Bridge Kingdom" and "The Traitor Queen" by Danielle L. Jensen are two high-quality books that create an easy-to-imagine world.

‘The Bridge Kingdom’ creates a compelling world and characters that draws readers in

Written By Peyton Martin, Co-News Editor • April 16, 2025
“The Bridge Kingdom” by Danielle L. Jensen is the first book from “The Bridge Kingdom” series, which currently consists of five books.
Alex Aster's recent release, "Summer in the City" sits on a table waiting to be read by you this summer.

Alex Aster’s recent release makes for the perfect summer read

Written By Peyton Martin, Co-News Editor • April 9, 2025
In Alex Aster’s newest adult romance book, “Summer in the City,” screenwriter Elle and billionaire Parker agree to pretend to be a couple.
"Warring Tides" by M.K. Ahead is a far cry from her best works, but the novel is still a decent read regardless.

‘Warring Tides’ doesn’t live up to the standards set by last book

Written By Peyton Martin, Co-News Editor • April 2, 2025
After fleeing the kingdom of Abelon, Koraine and Bellamy must seek allies from other kingdoms in the book “Warring Tides,” the sequel to “Broken Flames.”

New Ali Hazelwood book makes a big splash

Written By Peyton Martin, Co-News Editor • March 12, 2025
“Deep End” by Ali Hazelwood is an adult sports romance. It follows competitive diver Scarlett Vandermeer, who specializes in platform diving.

‘Shatter Me’ does some things well, but not everything

Written By Peyton Martin, Co-News Editor • March 5, 2025
The “Shatter Me” series is a young adult book series written by Tahereh Mafi that contains six books and five novellas.  
Books in the Percy Jackson series sit stacked on a table.

‘Percy Jackson’ series is worth every bit of your time

Written By Peyton Martin, Co-News Editor • February 5, 2025
The “Percy Jackson and the Olympians” series by Rick Riordan is something many of my friends have been begging me to read, so I finally did.  
"King of Wrath" is prominently displayed on top of the rest of the series.

Book Review: Ana Huang’s ‘King of Sin’

Written By Peyton Martin, Co-News Editor • January 22, 2025
Ana Huang is an author that has released many new books in the past five years. Since 2020, Huang has released 15 books. Many of those books are interconnected standalones -- books that can be read by themselves or with the rest of the series. These include books from series such as her “Twisted” and “King of Sin” series. 

Peyton’s 2024 year-in-review book recap

Written By Peyton Martin, Co-News Editor • January 8, 2025
Co-News Editor Peyton Martin reflects on their favorite reads of 2024.
The three books from the Empyrean Book series by Rebecca Yarrow, which she is best known for, sit on a table.

Empyrean Book Series Review

Written By Peyton Martin, SGA Beat Writer • December 4, 2024
In my past two reviews, I’ve covered series written by Sara J. Maas, so for this week we’ll be looking at another popular fantasy writer’s work.  

‘Throne of Glass’ by Sara J. Maas is worth the read.

Written By Peyton Martin, SGA Beat Writer • November 7, 2024
Last week, I wrote a review on the “A Court of Thorns and Roses” book series by Sara J. Maas, so this week I decided to tackle another one of Maas’ popular series. 

Book Review: A Court of Wings and Ruin by Sara J. Maas

Written By Peyton Martin, SGA Beat Writer • October 30, 2024
On TikTok, a small community of book lovers continues to grow. Many of them refer to this part of TikTok as BookTok. BookTok is where readers recommend, review, and talk about their favorite books with other readers. 
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