I'm Leah! The woman behind Leah's Books, a blog where I write book reviews and post other bookish content.
The Rage of Dragons Author: Evan Winter Genre: Fantasy Publication Date: July 16, 2019 Publisher: Orbit Series: The Burning #1 CONTENT WARNING: violence, blood, murder, gore, suicide, mention of rape, death of a parent, grief The Omehi people have been fighting an unwinnable fight for almost two hundred […]
This week’s prompt is a thankful freebie, but since I kind of did this on Friday, I wanted to honor Indigenous people in today’s post. November is Native American Heritage Month here in the United States, and while there’s a long way to go to achieve justice, I […]
Spice Road Author: Maiya Ibrahim Genre: YA Fantasy Publication Date: January 24, 2023 Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton Series: The Spice Road Trilogy #1 Thank you to NetGalley and Hodder & Stoughton for providing me with an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review. CONTENT WARNING: […]
Ash Princess Author: Laura Sebastian Genre: YA Fantasy Publication Date: April 24, 2018 Publisher: Delacorte Press Series: Ash Princess Trilogy #1 CONTENT WARNING: blood, murder, enslavement, torture, mention of rape, massacres, mention of domestic violence, mention of medical experimentation Theodosia was six when her country was invaded and […]
The Golden Enclaves Author: Naomi Novik Genre: YA Fantasy Publication Date: September 27, 2022 Publisher: Del Rey Books Series: The Scholomance #3 WARNING: This review will contain spoilers for previous books in the series, but not spoilers for this book. CONTENT WARNING: grief, blood, mention of death of […]
This week’s topic is books I’m grateful for, and I can already tell that this is going to be a difficult one. I’m kind of grateful for a lot of books! But when I’m really struggling, a book that can take my mind off of whatever is going […]
Highly Suspicious and Unfairly Cute Author: Talia Hibbert Genre: YA Romance Publication Date: January 3, 2023 Publisher: Joy Revolution Thank you to NetGalley and Joy Revolution for providing me with an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review. CONTENT WARNING: mention of lesbophobia, mention of […]
Saint Author: Adrienne Young Genre: YA Fantasy Publication Date: November 29, 2022 Publisher: Wednesday Books Series: The World of the Narrows #1 Thank you to Wednesday Books and Goodreads for sending me an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review. CONTENT WARNING: mention of death […]
This week’s prompt is favorite “aww” moments in books, that give me warm fuzzies, but I have to be honest. I have the absolute worst memory, and struggle to remember specific moments in books. Instead, I’m going to talk about warm and fuzzy books, the kind that offer […]
Kingdom of the Feared Author: Kerri Maniscalco Genre: YA Fantasy Publication Date: September 27, 2022 Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers Series: Kingdom of the Wicked #3 Thank you to YA Books Central and Little, Brown Books for Young Readers for sending me a copy of this […]
