We Free the Stars Author: Hafsah Faizal Genre: YA Fantasy Publication Date: January 19, 2021 Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux Series: Sands of Arawiya #2 CONTENT WARNING: blood, death of a parent, confinement, torture, gore, violence, murder Darkness surged in his veins. Power bled from her bones. The […]
The Lost Warriors Author: Cait Marie Genre: YA Fantasy Publication Date: April 21, 2021 Publisher: Amazon Digital Services Series: The Nihryst #0.1 CONTENT WARNING: death Thief. Immortal Warrior. Cursed Forever? Most people would be sentenced to death for stealing from King Henri. But not his childhood best friend […]
A Vow So Bold and Deadly Author: Brigid Kemmerer Genre: YA Fantasy Publication Date: January 26, 2021 Publisher: Bloomsbury YA Series: Cursebreakers #3 CONTENT WARNING: mention of cancer, mention of death of a parent, gore, violence, death, torture, mention of domestic violence, mention of infidelity, blood, animal death […]
The Light of the Midnight Stars Author: Rena Rossner Genre: Fantasy/Historical Fiction Publication Date: April 13, 2021 Publisher: Orbit Thank you to NetGalley for providing me with a copy of this book. I am offering my honest opinion voluntarily. CONTENT WARNING: antisemitism, murder, death, grief, rape (off-page) An […]
Yom HaShoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day, was yesterday. It’s an important day for my family, since my father was a Holocaust survivor. We all say “never again,” but the harsh reality is that antisemitism hasn’t gone anywhere. People don’t even bother to hide it, and it comes from everywhere. […]
The Empire of Gold Author: S.A. Chakraborty Genre: Fantasy Publication Date: June 30, 2020 Publisher: Harper Voyager Series: The Daevabad Trilogy #3 CONTENT WARNING: torture, genocide, blood, gore, gun violence, death, violence, slavery, mention of rape Daevabad has fallen. After a brutal conquest stripped the city of its […]
Malice Author: Heather Walter Genre: Fantasy/Fairy Tale Retelling Publication Date: April 13, 2021 Publisher: Del Rey Thank you to NetGalley for providing me with a copy of this book. I am offering my honest opinion voluntarily. CONTENT WARNING: bullying, child abuse A princess isn’t supposed to fall for […]
This week’s topic is supposed to be “funny book titles,” but in case you haven’t noticed, I don’t generally read a lot of book with funny titles. And by “a lot,” I clearly mean “any.” So I decided to go off-topic and make my own prompt. Which is […]
Here’s the rules: Tomorrow is the spring equinox, and this week we’re talking about books that we are looking forward to this spring! There are so many great books that have been released already in 2021, and it looks like there are going to be a lot more […]
The Star-Touched Queen Author: Roshani Chokshi Genre: YA Fantasy Publication Date: April 26, 2016 Publisher: St. Martin’s Griffin Series: The Star-Touched Queen #1 CONTENT WARNING: mention of death, mention of death of children, mention of domestic violence Maya is cursed. With a horoscope that promises a marriage of […]
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