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The Last Hope, the finale in The Raging Ones duology is out NOW! Find out what happens to Franny, Mykal, and Court and their adventures in space. We were blessed to be a part of the blog tour and scored a Q&A with the authors. Thank you Wednesday Books! Question: What is up next for... Continue Reading →
Release Date: August 20, 2019. Publisher: Crown. Genres: Science Fiction, Dystopia, Thriller. In the near future, a corporation (think Amazon) eventually takes over the country, becoming so powerful, even the Government can't touch them. It's a dystopian-like scenario. This company has evolved to use drones to deliver anything and everything to customers. Its employees live... Continue Reading →
Release date: August 8, 2019. Publisher: Midnight Ink. Rating: ★★★★ So... this is a wild ride, basically, about a woman making a very bad man pay for being a very bad man. It's revenge porn. But what a satisfying read. I devoured this in two evenings. The story is written simply and immediately engages. We... Continue Reading →
There has been a wealth of great books released this year already! I'm not sure if I've been more selective, but I definitely feel blessed to have lived in the worlds these authors created for us! Here are some of my favorite reads so far in 2019. FYI, they are mostly (but not all) 2019 releases.... Continue Reading →
This is a book for people who aren’t afraid of vampires being vampires. Ariane is a graduate student in animal biology who is in her mid-20s, has frizzy dark-red curls, and is a PoC. John is her older boyfriend and a professor. A freak encounter in her lab changes her life forever, and the story progresses through Ariane’s... Continue Reading →
Release Date: July 9th 2019 by Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers. Gorgeous cover alert! Maia Tamarin just wants to be a tailor, but she lives in a world where females are unequal to males, and the career is unavailable to her. Her family has run a tailor shop for years, but hard times... Continue Reading →
Release date: June 11, 2019 by Harper Voyager. Gorgeous cover alert! Largo is a bicycle messenger who delivers parcels to people all over the city, whether they are in the slums or live in a wealthy area. His girlfriend, Remy, is a performer in a theater called The Grand Dark. Largo and Remy hang out... Continue Reading →
Out now! Gorgeous cover alert! I super liked this muchly. It was just a lot of romantic fun and fast-paced reading. It's a bit of a fairy tale re-telling. Selah is "seneschal-elect" of her country and will inherit the title after her father. She is eighteen, a bookworm, naive, a loner, and knows nothing about... Continue Reading →
Release date: June 25, 2019 by Knopf Books For Young Readers. Reading the blurb at Goodreads will spoil you for book one, and we're still a bit over two weeks out from release day, so I have to be careful about revealing too much. If you haven't started this series yet, the setting is a... Continue Reading →
