You know what this book had that most PNR and UF novels don’t? A lead female character who is in her late 30s. Every once and a while it’s nice to read about characters who are close to my age. It grabbed me from the start. Molly discovers that her husband is cheating on her... Continue Reading →
Gorgeous cover alert! Release date: May 7, 2019. Publisher: Thomas Nelson This is a fantasy re-telling of Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia. Some of the events are historical and some have been embellished by the author. The most significant fantastical aspect is the addition of magic, or spell-casting. There is an ink that masters use... Continue Reading →
The story seems to be ever increasingly rooted in Faerie. Grave magic did play a role in this although it was a small one. I miss it that Alex no longer seems to be straddling two worlds, but it may be a temporary break from that. Rather momentous things happened. Alex’s life will no longer... Continue Reading →
They're not the heroes we deserve. They're just the ones we could find. Nobody panic. Release date: May 7, 2019. Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers. If Star Trek, Lord of the Rings, and The Breakfast Club had a baby...this would be it. The cast of characters... Tyler Jones (Alpha) Scarlett Jones (Diplomacy) Aurora O'Malley... Continue Reading →
This is book three in The Road to Nowhere series, published by 47North. Release date is April 23, 2019. I'm a huge fangirl of this series and of Meg Elison, so I feel like I have been waiting on this book for a short eternity. I loved Flora in the previous installment, The Book of... Continue Reading →
Release day: April 9, 2019. Publisher: 47North. Rating: ★★★★★ Craig Schaefer once again proves he is genius-level in the paranormal noir genre. This is my 15th? book and it may be my favorite yet. The writing, the plotting, the characterization, the pacing, the world-building … just gets better and better. Have you read Craig Schaefer... Continue Reading →
Rating: ★★★ Release Date: Feb. 5, 2019 I wanted to mention that although this book is technically book 1 of the Courting Darkness Duology it could easily be considered book 4 of the His Fair Assassins. Many of the characters in this were in the original trilogy, so I would highly recommend reading those first.... Continue Reading →
Release date: February 5, 2019. Published by St. Martin's Press. The link to the author's blog: Aristotle at Afternoon Tea. Rating: ★★★★ Disclaimer: I know very little about eating disorders. If this review is in any way triggering, it is completely unintentional. The story follows Anna Roux, a Parisian ballet dancer, who falls in love... Continue Reading →
Vasya's journey comes to an end, but I wish there were more. A satisfying ending was reached, but with some of the things revealed in this book, there is so much more that could be explored with the characters and the world. The world building is my favorite thing in this series, and it was... Continue Reading →
