Writing and exploring stories with fairy tale inspirations.
I read an eARC of Mortal Follies by Alexis Hall. Thank you NetGalley and Random House Publishing House-Ballantine. This is one of those books that straddles the line between hilarious and deeply annoying to me. Even the voice that was used to tell the story was simultaneously a character I wanted to give the Loki … Continue reading Mortal Follies by Alexis Hall-Book Review
I read an eARC of When It All Syncs Up by Maya Ameyam. Thank you NetGalley and Annick Press Ltd. This book has a focus on mental health. With her friend falling into heavy drinking where the first we meet he’s in the hospital for alcohol poisoning. His friend, whom Aisha starts having feelings for, … Continue reading When it All Synchs Up by Maya Ameyaw-Book Review
I read an eARC of Forged by Blood by Ehigbor Okosun. Thank you NetGalley and Avon and Harper Voyager for this opportunity. This book was both traumatizing and so much action fun! The book starts when Demi is little, helping her mother with healing a little boy whose mother is both frantic to have him … Continue reading Forged by Blood by Ehigbor Okosun-Book Review
I read an eARC of All the Dead Lie Down by KyrieMcCauley. Thank you NetGalley and HarperCollins Children’s Book for this opportunity. This book is about Marin who days after a train accident that took her mother’s death that left her trapped in a metal prison for hours, finds herself with a nanny job in … Continue reading All the Dead Lie Down by Kyrie McCauley- Book Review
I read an eARC of The Adventures of Amina Al-Sirafi in exchange for an honest review. Thank you for this opportunity NetGalley and Avon and Harper Voyager. The story is fun, a great adventure that starts with an old pirate who lives with her parents, helping keep their old home from falling apart. Starting with … Continue reading The Adventures of Amina Al-Sirafi-by Shannon Chakraborty: Book Review
I read an eARC of The Faithless by C. L. Clark. Thank you, NetGalley and Orbit Books. All these characters need therapy. This book is a sequel to The Unbroken, and is a third-person book from primarily three people’s point of view. That of Touraine, the former soldier turned politician/priestess and healer. The last book … Continue reading The Faithless by C. L. Clark-Book Review
I read an eARC of Rebels by Nadya Sayre. Thank you for this opportunity. The book starts with us in the mountains with Hope and her best friend. We get some background information. Since they are driving, we learn that it is sometime in the future where hybrid cars are the norm, and the government … Continue reading The Rebels by Nadya Sayre-Book Review
I read an eARC of A Thousand Recipes for Revenge by Beth Cato. This was a book with a truly unique magical world. Here, magical is brought forward by humans in the dishes that they are able to create by "Chefs". In the kingdom that we find ourselves, Chefs are immediately conscripted into the army … Continue reading A Thousand Recipes for Revenge by Beth Cato-Book Review
I read an eARC of Spell Bound by F.T. Lukens. This is a story told in two first-person perspectives with Edison (named Rook by his teacher/employer Antonia Hex) as the main character, and Sun (the grumpy, non-binary, wears all black and hates the heat) as his love interest and random chapters told from their point … Continue reading Spell Bound by F.T. Lukens-Book Review
I received an arc of this book in exchange for an honest review. The beginning of this book was fantastic. It did a wonderful job of setting up the main character, her personality, the world she lived in, the conflict of the story, and her love interest. I was invested to see what would happen … Continue reading Escape from Magic by Emily Bybee-Book Review
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