Genre: YA Fantasy

L-L-L-Little Reviews #68: November 2024

L-L-L-Little Reviews #68: November 2024

Here are the books I read this past month that were not part of scheduled reviews. Royal Blood (Royal Blood #1) by Aimee Carter My Review: This was another one of the possible Gateway nominees. I loved Aimee Carter’s Goddess Test series, and was so excited when I got to meet her at BEA back […]

Posted November 26, 2024 by Lisa Mandina in Review / 6 Comments
E-galley Review:  The Whispering Night (The Luminaries #3) by Susan Dennard

E-galley Review: The Whispering Night (The Luminaries #3) by Susan Dennard

Blurb: The forest is more dangerous than ever in this highly-anticipated, pulse-pounding, and swoon-worthy conclusion to the bestselling Luminaries trilogy. Winnie Wednesday’s future is looking bright. Hemlock Falls is no longer hunting the werewolf, she and Erica Thursday are tentative friends, and Winnie finally knows exactly where she stands with Jay Friday. With everything finally […]

Posted November 16, 2024 by Lisa Mandina in Review / 6 Comments
ARC Review:  Fortune’s Kiss by Amber Clement

ARC Review: Fortune’s Kiss by Amber Clement

Blurb: The legendary Fortune’s Kiss has returned to Ciudad Milagro for the first time in ten years. The magical gambling house shows up twice a year in a new city during the solstices to lure those worthy enough to wager their souls for wealth, the realization of their greatest desires, and, even, immortality.  Known by […]

Posted November 9, 2024 by Lisa Mandina in Review / 4 Comments
L-L-L-Little Reviews #63:  June 2024

L-L-L-Little Reviews #63: June 2024

Here are the books I read this past month that were not part of scheduled reviews. In the Weeds (Lovelight #2) by B.K. Borison My Review: I really enjoyed the first book in this series, Lovelight Farm, and so decided to try to listen or read each of the other books in the season they […]

Posted June 29, 2024 by Lisa Mandina in Review / 8 Comments
ARC Review:  Beastly Beauty by Jennifer Donnelly

ARC Review: Beastly Beauty by Jennifer Donnelly

Blurb: From New York Times bestselling, award-winning author Jennifer Donnelly comes a revolutionary, gender-swapped retelling of Beauty and the Beast that will forever change how you think about beauty, power, and what it really means to follow your heart.  What makes a girl “beastly?” Is it having too much ambition? Being too proud? Taking up […]

Posted April 23, 2024 by Lisa Mandina in Review / 10 Comments
ARC Review:  Otherworldly by F.T. Lukens

ARC Review: Otherworldly by F.T. Lukens

Blurb: A skeptic and a supernatural being make a crossroads deal to achieve their own ends only to get more than they bargained for in this lively young adult romantic adventure from the New York Times bestselling author of Spell Bound and So This Is Ever After . Seventeen-year-old Ellery is a non-believer in a […]

Posted April 3, 2024 by Lisa Mandina in Review / 8 Comments
L-L-L-Little Reviews #60: March 2024

L-L-L-Little Reviews #60: March 2024

Here are the books I read this past month that were not part of scheduled reviews. One is an e-galley I planned to get done earlier and post it in its own review, but I didn’t get it done in time, so it got added to this post. Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldree My […]

Posted March 30, 2024 by Lisa Mandina in Review / 14 Comments