Night Owls Author: A.R. Vishny Genre: Fantasy Publication Date: September 17, 2024 Publisher: HarperCollins Thank you to NetGalley and HarperCollins for providing an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review. In this thrilling paranormal YA romance debut steeped in folklore, two estries—owl-shifting female vampires from […]
This week’s prompt is an interesting one, books I read/avoided because of the hype. However, I try to avoid books that are super hyped, because they never seem to work for me, and I’ve kind of stepped away from social media for a while so I haven’t been […]
A Constellation of Minor Bears Author: Jen Ferguson Genre: YA Contemporary Publication Date: September 24, 2024 Publisher: Heartdrum Thank you to HarperCollins, Heartdrum, and Jenny Lu for sending me an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review. Before that awful Saturday, Molly used to be […]
The Lies of Alma Blackwell Author: Amanda Glaze Genre: YA Horror Publication Date: August 27, 2024 Publisher: Union Square & Co. Thank you to Union Square & Co. and Angela Man for sending me an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review. CONTENT WARNING: parental […]
Strange Practice Author: Vivian Shaw Genre: Urban Fantasy Publication Date: July 25, 2017 Publisher: Orbit Series: Dr. Greta Helsing #1 Thank you to Orbit and Angela Man for sending me a copy of this ARC in exchange for an honest review. MEET GRETA HELSING, DOCTOR TO THE UNDEAD. […]
July is over and we’re into August, which means we’re just a tiny bit closer to autumn starting and this oppressive heat breaking. It’s been really hot on Long Island, and there’s been air quality alerts most days. This isn’t the best kind of weather for asthmatics like […]
Strange Folk Author: Alli Dyer Genre: Fantasy Publication Date: August 6, 2024 Publisher: Atria Books 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, […]
This week’s prompt was submitted by Angela @ Reading Frenzy and it’s such a great one. I’m going to talk about ten debut novels I enjoyed, meaning the first published book by an author. It is going to make me think a little harder than I would normally, […]
Long Island Compromise Author: Taffy Brodesser-Akner Genre: Historical Fiction Publication Date: July 9, 2024 Publisher: Random House 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 […]
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: Pick a book off your shelf (it could be your […]
