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Worked on 58 assignments, created 26, named on 33 bylines for The Montclarion.
By Olivia Yayla + 4 others for The Montclarion - 5 min read
“Throne of Glass” Deserved a Second Chance
I have done it. I have finally given Sarah J. Maas’s “Throne of Glass” series a second chance. It was only after 20 consecutive “Throne of Glass” TikToks and three months of my sister’s persistent badgering to get me to reread the series from the beginning. You must be wondering what I mean by “from the beginning,” but don’t worry:...
By Olivia Yayla + 4 others for The Montclarion - 6 min read
Space Cruise
Dan hates the moon. I didn’t understand why, but then again I’ve always been a night owl. I don’t think I'm allowed to judge, and on the Space Cruise, night owls are the only passengers not itching for antidepressant supplements to chase their synthetic shots of Vitamin D. I guess I can understand, they yearn for humidity and hot sands...
By Olivia Yayla + 4 others for The Montclarion - 6 min read
Mama
You can never truly escape from family. My mother, God bless her soul, always said that there is no ball and chain thicker than the umbilical cord. And while I agree with her on some level, my wife, Stella, has undoubtedly felt the opposite ever since the first time I invited her to meet the family. And as we drive...
By Olivia Yayla + 4 others for The Montclarion - 1 min read
What A Man Wants
A man wants a book, a new edition to his vast libraryAn exciting conversation starter for his nightly dinner partiesA man wants a book, one with a red hardcover and a simple plotBound tightly at the spine– unopened– unreadOne he can skim when he finds the time, glossing over the title pageSilencing the narrator when the words become difficultSo he...
By Olivia Yayla + 4 others for The Montclarion - 5 min read
"House of Salt and Sorrows" Combines Fantasy, Romance and Suspense All in One
Summer is closer than you know, and in light of the amazing weather we’ve been having, I decided to dedicate this week’s book review to a beautifully detailed, suspenseful beach read which will have everyone itching for sun-baked sands and shimmering ball gowns.“House of Salt and Sorrows” by Erin A. Craig follows the story of Annaleigh and her 11 sisters,...
By Olivia Yayla + 4 others for The Montclarion - 5 min read
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The president blinked sideways. I wasn’t the first to draw attention to it, but I definitely wasn’t the only one who caught it. There I was with the rest of the construction crew, huddled near the single static glittered flatscreen in O’Reilly’s Pub on the edge of our deserted town. We were all trashed, to say the least. Colin, my...
By Olivia Yayla + 4 others for The Montclarion - 4 min read
Muse
For as long as I have been on this Earth I have favored books over people. And in time, I learned to associate people with the characters they remind me of. While genuinely believing they are original, humans reek of the character archetype they project. Whether or not they believe they are doing so, they come off as stereotypical; readable....
By Olivia Yayla + 3 others for The Montclarion - 5 min read
"One Dark Window" Will Captivate Fantasy Readers Everywhere
We all have a monster within us. It's trapped in the dungeon of our mind and tapping its claws behind our kind eyes. It whispers dark thoughts that we do our best to ignore until we realize that they are all true. And that's not always what we want to hear, but it's what we desperately need to. In Rachel...
