Hello February! January has become a month full of joy mixed with a drop of sadness for my family since my father passed six years ago. We have always had a lot of January birthdays in the family, and my dad had one in January as well. But […]
Those Fatal Flowers Thank you to NetGalley and Dell for providing me with an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review. Greco-Roman mythology and the mystery of the vanished Roanoke colony collide in this epic adventure filled with sapphic longing and female rage—a debut novel […]
The Voyage Home Thank you to NetGalley and Penguin Books for providing me with an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review. The follow-up to Pat Barker’s Number One bestseller THE WOMEN OF TROY. Continuing the story of the captured Trojan women as they set […]
I finished May with 24 ARCs left to be read. We’ve only just gotten through June, and it is already hot. It feels like I’ve been doing stuff every weekend, which has been really fun. But I seriously struggle with the heat, so I’ve been having a pretty […]
Phaedra Thank you to NetGalley and Alcove Press for providing me with an ARC or this book in exchange for an honest review. CONTENT WARNING: blood, gore, murder, suicide, rape Debut novelist Laura Shepperson offers a powerful feminist retelling of Phaedra and her unyielding quest for justice, perfect […]
Ithaca Author: Claire North Genre: Fantasy (Greek Mythology) Publication Date: September 6, 2022 Publisher: Orbit Series: Penelope #1 Thank you to NetGalley and Orbit for providing me with an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review. CONTENT WARNING: rape, gore, violence, murder, violence ‘The greatest […]
This Wicked Fate Author: Kalynn Bayron Genre: YA Fantasy Publication Date: June 21, 2022 Publisher: Bloomsbury YA Series: This Poison Heart #2 Thank you to NetGalley and Bloomsbury YA for providing me with an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review. CONTENT WARNING: grief, death […]
Elektra: A Novel of the House of Atreus Author: Jennifer Saint Genre: Greek Mythology Publication Date: May 3, 2022 Publisher: Flatiron Books Thank you to NetGalley and Flatiron Books for providing a copy of this ARC in exchange for an honest review. CONTENT WARNING: murder, cannibalism, blood, rape […]
Lore Author: Alexandra Bracken Genre: YA Fantasy Publication Date: January 5, 2021 Publisher: Disney-Hyperion CONTENT WARNING: violence, blood, gore, murder, grief, mention of cancer, mention of death of a parent, mention of death of children, sexual assault Every seven years, the Agon begins. As punishment for a past […]
The Women of Troy Author: Pat Barker Genre: Historical Fiction Publication Date: August 24, 2021 Publisher: Doubleday Series: Women of Troy #2 CONTENT WARNING: slavery, death, blood, rape, murder, murder of children, gore, suicide Troy has fallen, and the victorious Greeks are eager to return home with the […]
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