Blurb: From critically acclaimed author Shveta Thakrar comes a beautifully imagined contemporary fantasy about two teens, one a believer of magic who yearns to belong, the other a skeptic searching for an escape, who find themselves embroiled in a twisty world of court intrigue when they venture into a forest ruled by yakshas, mysterious woodland […]
Blurb: In this riveting historical thriller that’s loosely inspired by true life events, The Count of Monte Cristo meets Bridgerton as revenge, romance, and twisted secrets take center stage in Victorian England’s royal court when Sally, a kidnapped African princess and goddaughter to Queen Victoria, plots her way to take down the monarchy that stole […]
Blurb: From the bestselling author of the Truly Devious books, Maureen Johnson, comes a new stand-alone YA about a teen who uncovers a mystery while working as a tour guide on an island and must solve it before history repeats itself. The fire wasn’t Marlowe Wexler’s fault. Dates should be hot, but not hot enough […]
Here are the books I read and/or finished this past month that were not part of scheduled tours or requests from authors/publishers. The Silence That Binds Us by Joanna Ho My Review: This was such a good book. It went in totally different ways from what I expected from reading the blurb. I also learned […]
Synopsis: Welcome to Renaissance France, a place of poison and plots, of beauties and beasts, of mice and . . . queens? Mary is the queen of Scotland and the jewel of the French court. Except when she’s a mouse. Yes, reader, Mary is an Eðian (shapeshifter) in a kingdom where Verities rule. It’s a […]
BOOK LINKS Amazon Barnes and Noble Book Depository (CD) iTunes Google Books My Review: When I finally got a copy of this one I was swept right into the story. There was a lot of tension and exciting science ideas in this. I loved how our characters had things to do on their long journey, […]
As I keep mentioning, I’m so far behind on reviews! So, to speed things up, you should continue to expect mini-reviews like what I’m posting today. I finished up three series finally over the past two months, so let’s do a quick reflection on them, and then the blurb from Goodreads. Ashes (Seeds of America […]
Okay, I’ve got some novellas that I need to review, and while I had planned to do them at different times, tonight I’m just going to get them done finally! Trying so hard to get caught up on reviews. So, here we go! Cruel Crown by Victoria Aveyard: Now, technically this is a book that […]
First, thanks to HarperTeen and Edelweiss for allowing me to read an e-galley of this title. I was happy to get this early since I got to read the first one, The Taking, as an e-galley as well. If you haven’t read the first one, this will definitely have some spoilers. The last one left […]
I have to thank my manager at the Barnes and Noble where I work part time for saving this ARC for me. I guess I have to thank HarperTeen and Epic Reads for sending it to the store as well. I had been hearing a lot about the book on other blogs, Waiting on Wednesday […]