Mistress of Lies Thank you to Orbit and Angela Man for sending me an ARC of this book and to NetGalley for providing me with an eARC of this book in exchange for an honest review. CONTENT WARNING: murder, patricide, gore, blood magic and bloodletting for purposes of […]
A Rose by Any Other Name Thank you to libro.fm for providing me with an ALC of this audiobook in exchange for an honest review. “A delightfully impish heroine… a tempestuous erotic connection… a captivating imagining of the life of the Dark Lady, the illusive inspiration for Shakespeare’s […]
Between Dragons and Their Wrath Thank you to NetGalley for providing me with an ARC of this audiobook in exchange for an honest review. From Aurealis Award–nominated author Devin Madson comes a new sweeping epic fantasy full of dragons, alchemical magic, and forbidden romance that unfolds as three people […]
This week’s prompt is a relationship freebie, and we’ve talked about so many different kinds of relationships. One of my favorite relationship types is also one of my favorite tropes to see in books—found family. So for this week, I want to build my own found family out […]
The Phoenix Keeper Thank you to Orbit, NetGalley, and Angela Man for providing me with a copy of this ARC in exchange for an honest review. Set in a magical zoo teeming with mythical beasts, The Phoenix Keeper is a fierce joy of a cozy fantasy novel with […]
This week’s prompt is planes, trains, and automobiles AKA books featuring travel. It was submitted by Cathy @ What Cathy Read Next, and I get to talk about ten of my favorite books featuring travel in the plot. I love reading books about travel, since it lets me […]
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 whispers follow me as I walk down […]
Happy Tuesday, and I hope your week is off to a wonderful start! This week’s prompt is favorite books from ten series, and it was submitted by A Hot Cup of Pleasure. I really like this topic, actually, because while I love to read series, there’s always one […]
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 […]
Hey everyone, happy Sunday, and happy August! I’m especially happy about this because it means we’re just that much closer to autumn, which is one of my favorite seasons. This week, I want to talk about a topic I like to think I know a few things about, […]