An Enchantment of Ravens was an amazing debut novel by Margaret Rogerson. A skilled painter must stand up to the ancient power of the faerie courts— even as she falls in love with a faerie prince. Isobel is a prodigy portrait artist with a dangerous set of clients: […]
The Merciful Crow by Margaret Owen has been on my TBR for what feels like forever, and I’m glad I finally got to read it! CONTENT WARNING: murder, dismemberment, plague A future chieftain. Fie abides by one rule: look after your own. Her Crow caste of undertakers and […]
The Librarian of Auschwitz by Antonio Iturbe was the April book chosen for a book club I lead with a few other women. TRIGGER WARNING: derogatory terms for people with development disabilities and Romani, extremely graphic descriptions of people who were gassed, descriptions of medical experimentation, torture, disposing […]
Queen of Hearts by Colleen Oakes is a fantastic twist on Alice in Wonderland, and it’s the first book in a series. Only queens with hearts can bleed. This is not the story of the Wonderland we know. Alice has not fallen down a rabbit hole. There is […]
Ruthless Gods by Emily A. Duncan is a sequel to Wicked Saints, and the second book in the Something Dark and Holy trilogy. I received an ARC of this book through NetGalley. This is my honest opinion, which I am providing willingly. TRIGGER WARNING: alcohol abuse, drug use, […]
Wicked Saints by Emily A. Duncan sounded like such an interesting premise, but it took me a while to figure out what I thought about the book. TRIGGER WARNING: self-harm A girl named Nadya, who hears the whispers of the gods inside her head. A prince surrounded by […]
I received an ARC of this book through NetGalley. I am voluntarily providing an honest review. Sin Eater by Megan Campisi is a fascinating historical fiction book that explores a religious custom that I had never heard of before. CONTENT WARNING: mention of sexual assault, harm to animals […]
The Winter of the Witch by Katherine Arden is an absolute gem of a book. If you haven’t read The Bear and the Nightingale and The Girl in the Tower, you may want to skip over this review until you have. I don’t want to reveal any plot […]
The Girl in the Tower by Katherine Arden is the second book in the Winternight series, and it elevates fairy tale retellings to a whole new level. If you haven’t read The Bear and the Nightingale, you may want to hold off reading this review. I’d hate to […]
We Unleash the Merciless Storm by Tehlor Kay Mejia is the sequel I’ve been waiting for since finishing the first book in this duology (We Set the Dark on Fire). Being a part of the resistance group La Voz is an act of devotion and desperation. On the […]
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