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: “‘It’s worse when they come at night.’ It […]
The Last Vampire Thank you to NetGalley, Wednesday Books, and Recorded Books for providing me with an ARC of this book (and audiobook) in exchange for an honest review. Pride & Prejudice meets Crave when Austen-loving Lorena Navarro attends a new boarding school expecting to find her own Mr. Darcy, but […]
The Witch of Willow Sound Thank you to NetGalley and Dreamscape Media for providing me with an ARC of this audiobook in exchange for an honest review. For readers of Our Wives Under the Sea and The Once and Future Witches comes a feminist gothic tale with a […]
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: “The sun hummed above Zora that lurid June […]
This Vicious Hunger Thank you to Redhook, Orbit, Oliver Wehner, and Oriel Voegele for sending me an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review. From the author of Wild and Wicked Things comes a dark gothic fantasy about intoxication, obsession, and a desperate hunger for […]
I finished March with 14 ARCs left to be read. I can only speak for myself, but April was a hot mess of a month over here. For the first half of the month, my mother was dealing with medical issues which are thankfully being addressed and treated. […]
Blood on Her Tongue Thank you to NetGalley and Poisoned Pen Press for providing me an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review. “I’m in your blood, and you are in mine…” The Netherlands, 1887. Lucy’s twin sister Sarah is unwell. She refuses to eat, mumbles […]
I’ve come a long way with being open to books about romance, but I’m still not a mainly romance reader. Sometimes it pops up in other books, usually fantasy or cozy mystery, so I don’t mind seeing romance in books, and I don’t mind it spicy. However, picking […]
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: “The peculiar gargoyle, who spoke mostly in broken […]
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: “18 February 1921 I do not have long […]
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