Format: ARC

ARC Review:  The Midnight Girls by Alicia Jasinska

ARC Review: The Midnight Girls by Alicia Jasinska

Synopsis: The Wicked Deep meets House of Salt and Sorrows in this new standalone YA fantasy set in a snow-cloaked kingdom where witches are burned, and two enchantresses secretly compete for the heart of a prince, only to discover that they might be falling for each other. It’s Karnawał season in the snow-cloaked Kingdom of Lechija, and from […]

Posted December 6, 2021 by Lisa Mandina in Review / 2 Comments
ARC Review:  Our Violent Ends (These Violent Delights #2) by Chloe Gong

ARC Review: Our Violent Ends (These Violent Delights #2) by Chloe Gong

Synopsis: Shanghai is under siege in this captivating and searingly romantic sequel to These Violent Delights, which New York Times bestselling author Natasha Ngan calls “deliciously dark.” The year is 1927, and Shanghai teeters on the edge of revolution. After sacrificing her relationship with Roma to protect him from the blood feud, Juliette has been a girl […]

Posted November 15, 2021 by Lisa Mandina in Review / 7 Comments
ARC Review:  Roxy by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman

ARC Review: Roxy by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman

Synopsis: From the team that brought you the New York Times bestselling Dry comes a riveting new thriller that proves when gods play games, even love is a lie. The freeway is coming. It will cut the neighborhood in two. Construction has already started, pushing toward this corridor of condemned houses and cracked concrete with the momentum of the […]

Posted November 9, 2021 by Lisa Mandina in Review / 2 Comments
Blog Tour Review with Giveaway:  Bluebird by Sharon Cameron

Blog Tour Review with Giveaway: Bluebird by Sharon Cameron

I am thrilled to be hosting a spot on the Bluebird by Sharon Cameron Blog Tour hosted by Rockstar Book Tours. Check out my post and make sure to enter the giveaway! Find it: Amazon, Kindle, Audible, B&N, iBooks, Kobo, TBD,  Bookshop.org Synopsis: Author of Reese’s Book Club YA Pick The Light in Hidden Places, Sharon Cameron, delivers an emotionally gripping and […]

Posted October 4, 2021 by Lisa Mandina in Blog Tour, giveaway, Review / 0 Comments
ARC Review: For All Time by Shanna Miles

ARC Review: For All Time by Shanna Miles

Synopsis: “An unforgettable and artfully crafted romance right down to the very last page.” —Julie Murphy, #1 New York Timesbestselling author of Dumplin’ “A romance for the ages. Fresh voices and original predicaments make this one perfect little novel.”—Stacey Lee, award-winning author of The Downstairs Girl The Sun Is Also a Star meets Outlander in this vivid, utterly romantic debut novel […]

Posted September 27, 2021 by Lisa Mandina in Review / 5 Comments
ARC Review:  The Corpse Queen by Heather Herrman

ARC Review: The Corpse Queen by Heather Herrman

Synopsis: In this dark and twisty feminist historical thriller, a teenage girl starts a new life as a grave robber but quickly becomes entangled in a murderer’s plans. Soon after her best friend Kitty mysteriously dies, orphaned seventeen-year-old Molly Green is sent away to live with her “aunt.” With no relations that she knows of, […]

Posted September 14, 2021 by Lisa Mandina in Review / 4 Comments
ARC Review:  The Bones of Ruin by Sarah Raughley

ARC Review: The Bones of Ruin by Sarah Raughley

Synopsis: An African tightrope walker who can’t die gets embroiled in a secret society’s deadly gladiatorial tournament in this thrilling historical fantasy set in an alternate 1880s London, perfect for fans of The Last Magician and The Gilded Wolves. As an African tightrope dancer in Victorian London, Iris is used to being strange. She is certainly a strange […]

Posted September 4, 2021 by Lisa Mandina in Review / 2 Comments