By: Manuela Soares Fantasy stories, especially magical fantasy, require several things to be successful: great world-building, a believable magic system, characters that are given room to grow and have their arcs, descriptive writing to show readers what’s going on rather than just telling us, and a decent amount of patience to bring all these things... Continue Reading →
By: Mariah Brown So, the first book in this series was amazing. But this book was out of this world. I read it in about 3 or 4 hours because I was soaking up all of the material. I just needed to know how it would end. The characters grow even more in this book,... Continue Reading →
By: Leah Originally posted on Leah's Books. Pieces of Me Author: Kate McLaughlin Genre: YA General Fiction Publication Date: April 18, 2023 Publisher: Wednesday Books Thank you to NetGalley and Wednesday Books for providing me with an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review. ★★★★★ CONTENT WARNING: anxiety, mention of depression, mention... Continue Reading →
By: Christopher Bartlett I’ve always been fascinated with history and how society shaped itself over time. Getting a feel for the society of the time tells me much more than names or dates. In Isle of Woman, Piers Anthony gives me what I wish I had been given in my history classes for a textbook,... Continue Reading →
By: Cait Marie Blurb Jade Farrow will die tomorrow. Her fate was decided years ago, when her useless father made a deal with the greedy fae king to save his own life. Now, she is being sent to marry one of the five ruthless fae princes. The only problem is that she is not the... Continue Reading →
By: Mariah Brown This book is the third in the series by Helen Phifer, and it was just as good as the other books. There were not as many twists in this book as the last one, but it still stumped me on who the criminal was. This mystery was of missing girls, and it... Continue Reading →
By: Leah Imogen, Obviously Author: Becky Albertalli Genre: YA Romance Publication Date: May 2, 2023 Publisher: Balzer + Bray Originally posted on Leah’s Books. Thank you to Balzer + Bray and NetGalley for providing me with a copy of this ARC in exchange for an honest review. ★★★★ CONTENT WARNING: homophobia, biphobia, pressure to come... Continue Reading →
By: Manuela Soares In her debut novel, Theresa Braun has created an incredible collection of 13 short horror and dark fantasy stories that will draw you in and refuse to let you go until the very end. This mixes stories filled with ghosts, demons, angels, aliens, and more while insuring each story is unique and... Continue Reading →
By: Cait Marie Blurb In this sequel novella to Sorcery of Thorns, Elisabeth, Nathaniel, and Silas must unravel the magical trap keeping them inside Thorn Manor in time for their Midwinter Ball! Elisabeth Scrivener is finally settling into her new life with sorcerer Nathaniel Thorn. Now that their demon companion Silas has returned, so has scrutiny... Continue Reading →
By: Stephanie Wyatt Summer Bound by Melissa Marr is a short story that opens the door to her new series set in the same universe. Summer Bound is told in the third-person point of view. This was refreshing to me because the first-person point of view between a few characters is common with most authors... Continue Reading →
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