The Tricky Business of Faerie Bargains Thank you to Orbit for sending me an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review. Discover a world of enchanted contracts, faerie intrigue and French toast, in this delightful debut packed full of wit, charm, adventure and heart, with […]
June has had some ups and downs, but I’m glad to be a month closer to the end of summer. I don’t like the heat or being sunburned, which is what often happens when I spend more than a little time outside in the warmer months. Also, I’m […]
I finished May with 40 ARCs left to be read. June was another busy month for me. There were a lot of medical appointments for me and my mother, and we had to follow up on a few things. We ended up getting a new car after the […]
Witchful Shrinking Thank you to NetGalley and Blackstone Publishing for providing me with an ARC of this audiobook in exchange for an honest review. It’s never too late to find your voice. Especially when magic gets involved. 48-year-old Simone Bardot’s life is a junk drawer of a mess. […]
Liar’s Dice Thank you to NetGalley and Random House for providing me with an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review. A heart-rending and hopeful debut about a teenage girl in 1970s Brazil who is unexpectedly torn away from her disabled twin sister—and who must […]
Honor & Heresy Thank you to NetGalley and Harper Voyager for providing me with a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. Instagram sensation Max Francis makes his highly anticipated debut with this atmospheric, gothic, dark academic fantasy of two scholars racing each other to […]
May was a really eventful month in my house. I started out the month getting T-boned by a car that came flying out of a parking lot. The car was totaled but I am mostly okay, just some shoulder issues but I started physical therapy today, and hope […]
An Arcane Study of Stars Thank you to Redhook for sending me a copy of this ARC in exchange for an honest review. From Sydney J. Shields, the breakout author of The Honey Witch, comes An Arcane Study of Stars, a historical dark academia fantasy filled with ancient secret societies, […]
Odessa Thank you to NetGalley and Little, Brown and Company for providing me with an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review. In a powerfully imagined Russia at the height of the pogroms, a grief-stricken family turn to ancient magic to bring their daughter back […]
First Lines Fridays is a weekly feature for book lovers hosted by Wandering Words. What if, instead of judging a book by its cover, its author or its prestige, we judged it by its opening lines? The Rules: First Lines: “Freida was underwater. Her muscles contracted, shocked from […]
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