Melissa Aquino

Feb 1, 2024 | l8r.it | Melissa Aquino |Yomi Adegoke |Wandeka Gayle |Satoshi Yagisawa

LoveReading Says About Press Reviews Author LoveReading Says Reeling with raw beauty and an unstoppable spirit of survival, Melissa Coss Aquino’s Carmen and Grace debut is a devastatingly forceful coming of age novel set around an underground drug empire in the Bronx.

Apr 6, 2023 | lithub.com | Melissa Aquino

How does it feel to FINALLY get your novel published? Depending on who’s asking, I might answer “I’m all the way up,” and if we grew up together in the Bronx, they might hear that Fat Joe and Remy Ma song playing in their head, the next part of which goes “nothing can stop me, I’m all the way up.”The dreams of a 19-year-old are not the dreams of a 53-year old (for which we are all grateful), and neither are the playlists. Yet, some dreams, and some songs, persist.

Mar 5, 2023 | sodramaticonline.com | Eleanor Ray |Dani Atkins |Ali Hazelwood |Melissa Aquino

Buy from our bookstore and 25% of the cover price will be given to a school of your choice to buy more books. *15% of eBooks. PreviousEach week our team of book lovers choose a selection of books they have loved and think deserve an extra shout out. Everyone fights to get theirs on the list. Here are this week’s faves…