Happy December! November was a really fun month for me—I was so excited to finally take a vacation and refresh my spirit. I hadn’t realized exactly how burnt out I was becoming until I had a break from my regular life. I’ll be returning home this week, and […]
I finished October with 21 ARCs left to be read. November was a whirlwind of a month. I started it in New York, and flew down to Florida to spend Thanksgiving with my family members, and go to my youngest great-nephew’s fourth birthday party. I also got to […]
I finished September with 27 ARCs left to be read. I started doing this monthly feature a while ago, and it really helps me keep track of how I’m doing with my ARCs. Every month, I type this out, and it really hit me today that this is […]
The Masquerades of Spring Thank you to NetGalley and Subterranean Press for providing me with an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review. New York City, New York. Meet Augustus Berrycloth-Young – fop, flaneur, and Englishman abroad – as he chronicles the Jazz Age from […]
The Scarlet Throne Thank you to Orbit and Angela Man for sending me a copy of this ARC in exchange for an honest review. CONTENT WARNING: disordered eating, blood, murder, violence, gore, references to child abuse, mention of rape POWER IS EVERYTHING. SHE WILL STOP AT NOTHING TO […]
Mistress of Lies Thank you to Orbit and Angela Man for sending me an ARC of this book and to NetGalley for providing me with an eARC of this book in exchange for an honest review. CONTENT WARNING: murder, patricide, gore, blood magic and bloodletting for purposes of […]
Strange Folk Thank you to NetGalley, Atria Books, and Zakiya Jamal for providing me with an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review. CONTENT WARNING: self-harm/blood magic, blood, addiction, death, violence, neglect, statutory rape (off-page), murder, domestic violence, grief, mention of genocide, gore A woman […]
The Fall of Waterstone Thank you to Orbit and Angela Man for sending me a copy of this ARC in exchange for an honest review. The mesmerizing Norse-inspired fantasy from New York Times bestselling Lilith Saintcrow continues. Solveig and her shieldmaid have finally reached the fabled Elder sanctuary […]
Long Island Compromise Thank you to NetGalley and Random House for providing me with an ARC in exchange for an honest review. In 1980 a wealthy businessman named Carl Fletcher is kidnapped from his driveway in a cloistered town on the nicest part of Long Island, brutalized, and […]
Lula Dean’s Little Library of Banned Books Thank you to NetGalley and William Morrow for providing me with an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review. CONTENT WARNING: book bans, prejudice, antisemitism, infidelity, xenophobia, suicide, brief mention of sexual assault, homophobia, white supremacy The provocative […]
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