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 […]
The Last Vigilant Author: Mark A. Latham Genre: Fantasy Publication Date: June 24, 2025 Publisher: Orbit Series: Kingdom of Oak and Steel #1 Thank you to Orbit and Oliver Wehner for sending me a copy of this audiobook in exchange for an honest review. The Last Vigilant begins an […]
The Fall of Waterstone Author: Lilith Saintcrow Genre: Fantasy Publication Date: June 11, 2024 Publisher: Orbit Series: Black Land’s Bane #2 Thank you to Orbit and Angela Man for sending me a copy of this ARC in exchange for an honest review. The mesmerizing Norse-inspired fantasy from New […]
Age of Ash Author: Daniel Abraham Genre: Fantasy Publication Date: February 15, 2022 Publisher: Orbit Series: Kithamar #1 Thank you to Orbit and Angela Man for sending me an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review. Every story matters, and the fate of the city […]
I received an ARC of this book from Edelweiss. I am providing this review voluntarily. Crush the King by Jennifer Estep is the third book in the Crown of Shards series. For reviews of the previous two books, check out Kill the Queen and Protect the Prince. Everleigh […]
An Ember in the Ashes Author: Sabaa Tahir Genre: YA Fantasy Publication Date: April 28, 2015 Publisher: Razorbill Series: An Ember in the Ashes #1 TRIGGER WARNING: violence, slavery, gore, torture, threat of rape Laia is a slave. Elias is a soldier. Neither is free. Under the martial […]
