Gateway Reviews

THE OKS ARE NOT OK This summer will set Elena Ok free. She's got sponsored brand deals and public appearances lined up for her lifestyle brand all summer long, enough that she should be able to break away from her family and live how she wants.  Unfortunately, all of that falls through when her family's fast fashion brand It's OK! gets caught in an investor's scandal. Think Ponzi scheme. Think bankruptcy. Think full IRS audit. With deals dropping, paparazzi swarming, and the family mansion part of the whole audit thing, there's really only one option: Blaire, California. The piece of land her parents bought there years ago used to be worth something, but since Blaire was declared a National Radio Quiet zone, that worth has all but vanished. It's only temporary, of course. That's what Elena has to tell herself. But being untethered from her social media, the very thing that's given her a leg up in life, isn't ea...

ERASE ME Eli is fine. That's what he keeps telling everyone. His parents. His brother. His therapist. He's fine. Sure, he's been numb inside for the past year, since the traumatic car accident that took months of his memory. But other than that, he's perfectly fine. He would like to feel something again, though. Even if that means doing something extreme. Even if that means Traumaland. Eli didn't mean to stumble upon this illicit establishment, where VR headsets allow people to pay to experience trauma by the minute. But it sure does the trick. High octane trauma has a way of making even the numbest individuals feel something. But as much as they assured him these scenes were acted out by, you know, paid actors, something feels off... And when Eli stumbles upon a scene where he himself is the star of the trauma, he knows there's something darker, something much more dangerous, happening here than he ever imagined. An...

THE DANGER OF SMALL THINGS The unthinkable has happened: the bees are gone. The pollinators have vanished, and the balance of the planet has shifted. Famine and fighting break out. Resources are scarce. What we have, we have to hoard for our survival. Jess doesn't remember a time when there were bees. She doesn't remember the world before scarcity. She hardly remembers life before she was taken from her home, conscripted by the government like every other young girl to pollinate crops by hand. It's hard work, in the beating sun, and she doesn't even get to see the (literal) fruit of her labor. Anything good is reserved for trade and bargaining, not for girls like her. But despite everything, Jess is her mother's daughter. The years her mother hid her instilled in her hope, a sense of rebellion, and even the harshest punishments of this government camp can't quell that. Plus, she has something the others don't have...

THIS WRETCHED BEAUTY: A DORIAN GRAY REMIX It's 1867, and Lord Dorian Gray is everything his grandfather taught him to be: an honorable, straightlaced, and charming member of the nobility. Estranged from his less-than-noble father and given a place in his grandfather's home after his mother passed, Dorian is a shining example of what a young lord should be. But when the eyes aren't looking, things are... different. When he can sneak away under the cover of darkness, Dorian Gray is somebody entirely different. Drawn into a world of artists and free expression and molly houses in the seedier parts of London, Dorian falls in with a young artist named Basil and his friends. Acting as Basil's model and his newest muse, Dorian agrees to have a portrait done, a portrait that shows... everything. Everything that Dorian wants to be and his grandfather could allow. Enamored with this spritely vision of himself, Dorian makes a bargain, the kin...

TO THE DEATH Tamsin Blackwood's a household name. She's only just entered the professional magic duel circuit, but she's already known. Because she's a nepo baby, the product of her master magician father Mateus Blackwood. He's the one who trained her to uphold his legacy. His is the name she's carrying. And she's tired of it. Tired of him . So when she receives a challenge from prodigy Lysander Rook with prize money greater than she could have dreamed, she jumps at the offer. That kind of money could change her life, could free her from her father. But Lysander's left other champions not just defeated but destroyed. And this challenge hasn't come to Tamsin by chance. It's been perfectly calculated by Lysander's second, a certain Samantha Chan. A Samantha Chan whose brother died in an illegal magic duel years ago. Whose brother's death was caused by a certain Mateus Blackwood. ...

A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO DATING A DEMON Naomi doesn't want anything to do with the boys at her Lyceum. She's too busy deciphering ancient manuscripts and keeping her grades up to secure her scholarship for another year or two. And they're only asking her out to get introduced to her influential aunt anyway. So she invents a betrothed. One nobody will dare question. She's betrothed to a demon , and that's enough to make these unwanted suitors back off. Little did she know, speaking his name would summon him to her side. Finding Daziel lounging in her student flat: surprising. Very surprising, since she made him up. But here he is. And he won't leave. She's his betrothed, after all. She said so herself. Annoying as Daziel turns out to be, Naomi's got bigger things to worry about than a demon betrothed following her to her classes. With the city's magic becoming unstable, everyone's on edge, including Daziel....