{"id":2567,"date":"2017-11-06T12:00:52","date_gmt":"2017-11-06T17:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/?p=2567"},"modified":"2017-11-18T21:53:30","modified_gmt":"2017-11-19T02:53:30","slug":"readers-advisory-episode-85-alex-eliza","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/readers-advisory-episode-85-alex-eliza\/","title":{"rendered":"Readers Advisory: Episode 85 &#8211; Alex &#038; Eliza"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here\u2019s what we suggest instead of\/in addition to reading<em>\u00a0Alex &amp; Eliza<\/em> by Melissa de la Cruz.\u00a0Listen to\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/episode-85-alex-eliza\/\">the podcast<\/a>\u00a0to hear us talk about some of these titles in more depth!<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/alexander.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-2569\" src=\"http:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/alexander-150x214.jpg\" alt=\"Alexander Hamilton by Jonathan Hennessey\" width=\"150\" height=\"214\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/alexander-150x214.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/alexander-210x300.jpg 210w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/alexander.jpg 242w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/benotafraid.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-2568\" src=\"http:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/benotafraid-138x220.jpg\" alt=\"Be Not Afraid by Alyssa Cole\" width=\"138\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/benotafraid-138x220.jpg 138w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/benotafraid-188x300.jpg 188w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/benotafraid.jpg 313w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 138px) 100vw, 138px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/gentlemans.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-2570\" src=\"http:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/gentlemans-146x220.jpg\" alt=\"The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue by Mackenzi Lee\" width=\"146\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/gentlemans-146x220.jpg 146w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/gentlemans-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/gentlemans.jpg 331w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 146px) 100vw, 146px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2AkfPsL\"><em>Alexander Hamilton<\/em> by Jonathan Hennessey<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2hcsw3Y\"><em>Be Not Afraid<\/em> by Alyssa Cole<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2hGDf3L\"><em>The Gentleman&#8217;s Guide to Vice and Virtue<\/em> by Mackenzi Lee<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/grant.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-2571\" src=\"http:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/grant-145x220.jpg\" alt=\"Grant by Ron Chernow\" width=\"145\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/grant-145x220.jpg 145w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/grant-197x300.jpg 197w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/grant.jpg 329w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 145px) 100vw, 145px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/hamaffair.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-2572\" src=\"http:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/hamaffair-146x220.jpg\" alt=\"The Hamilton Affair by Elizabeth Cobbs\" width=\"146\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/hamaffair-146x220.jpg 146w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/hamaffair-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/hamaffair.jpg 230w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 146px) 100vw, 146px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/hambat.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2573 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/hambat-147x220.jpg\" alt=\"Hamilton's Battalion by Rose Lerner, Courtney Milan, &amp; Alyssa Cole\" width=\"147\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/hambat-147x220.jpg 147w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/hambat-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/hambat.jpg 333w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 147px) 100vw, 147px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2zx4Mzi\"><em>Grant<\/em> by Ron Chernow<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2zxsV8Q\"><em>The Hamilton Affair<\/em> by Elizabeth Cobbs<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2hFvBqj\"><em>Hamilton&#8217;s Battalion: A Trio of Romances<\/em> by Rose Lerner, Courtney Milan, &amp; Alyssa Cole<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/ieliza.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-2574\" src=\"http:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/ieliza-146x220.jpg\" alt=\"I, Eliza Hamilton by Susan Holloway Scott\" width=\"146\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/ieliza-146x220.jpg 146w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/ieliza-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/ieliza.jpg 230w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 146px) 100vw, 146px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/murdermagic.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-2575\" src=\"http:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/murdermagic-144x220.jpg\" alt=\"Murder, Magic, And What We Wore by Kelly Jones\" width=\"144\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/murdermagic-144x220.jpg 144w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/murdermagic-197x300.jpg 197w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/murdermagic.jpg 328w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 144px) 100vw, 144px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/queer.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-2482\" src=\"http:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/queer-146x220.jpg\" alt=\"Queer, There, and Everywhere: 23 People Who Changed the World by Sarah Prager\" width=\"146\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/queer-146x220.jpg 146w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/queer-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/queer.jpg 229w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 146px) 100vw, 146px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2zy4WGJ\"><em>I, Eliza Hamilton<\/em> by Susan Holloway Scott<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2hbk9pt\"><em>Murder, Magic, And What We Wore<\/em> by Kelly Jones<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2hc3hz9\"><em>Queer, There, and Everywhere: 23 People Who Changed the World<\/em> by Sarah Prager<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/gq.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2582\" src=\"http:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/gq-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Ghost Quartet\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/gq-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/gq-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/gq.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/ham.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-954\" src=\"http:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/ham-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Hamilton\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/ham-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/ham.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2y3ysQ7\"><em>Ghost Quartet<\/em> (Live at the McKittrick)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2y266po\"><em>Hamilton<\/em> (Original Broadway Cast Recording)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>*\u00a0<em>Worst Bestsellers<\/em>\u00a0<em>is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/b?_encoding=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;linkCode=ur2&amp;node=1000&amp;site-redirect=&amp;tag=worstbests0e-20&amp;linkId=Z2A4ORUYFZJ4UA6Q\">Amazon.com<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>(But no pressure, we\u2019re also happy if you get these items from your local library or independent bookstore.)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here\u2019s what we suggest instead of\/in addition to reading\u00a0Alex &amp; Eliza by Melissa de la Cruz.\u00a0Listen to\u00a0the podcast\u00a0to hear us talk about some of these titles in more depth!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1276,1278,1282,1280,1284,442,1277,1017,1279,1169,48,30,552,1281,1250,1283],"class_list":["post-2567","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ra","tag-alex-eliza","tag-alyssa-cole","tag-courtney-milan","tag-elizabeth-cobbs","tag-ghost-quartet","tag-hamilton","tag-jonathan-hennessey","tag-kelly-jones","tag-mackenzi-lee","tag-melissa-de-la-cruz","tag-readalikes","tag-readers-advisory","tag-ron-chernow","tag-rose-lerner","tag-sarah-prager","tag-susan-holloway-scott"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2567","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2567"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2567\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2590,"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2567\/revisions\/2590"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2567"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2567"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2567"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}