Gwenda Bond's Fallout caught me unprepared last year. I couldn't have expected that what seemed to be a comic book novelization—not quite, but pretty close, as far as genres go—would be so fun, and yet Fallout was one of the best YAs I read in 2016, if not ever.

Double Down is Fallout's successor—its sequel—, and it's pretty great at it, too! Once again, Lois Lane brings us into a teenage thriller which shows us she is the teen who will become Metropolis' best reporter. This time, we also come to learn a little bit more about her Scoop friends, and come to love each and every one of them. Is there going to be a third book in this series? Make it happen, @dccomics.

Plus: Gwenda Bond writes and understands 'SmallvilleGuy' way better than lots of other people who write him in other media.