Defend the Dawn Author: Brigid Kemmerer Genre: YA Fantasy Publication Date: September 13, 2022 Publisher: Bloomsbury Children’s Series: Defy the Night #2 Thank you to NetGalley and Bloomsbury Children’s for providing me with an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest opinion. CONTENT WARNING: violence, murder, […]
This week’s original prompt was “hilarious book titles,” but I don’t usually read a lot of books with hilarious titles. Instead, I’m pulling out a topic I saw recently that I’ve been saving for a rainy day. Kristin @ Kristin Kraves Books came up with NetGalley rejections that […]
The Ballad of Never After Author: Stephanie Garber Genre: YA Fantasy Publication Date: September 13, 2022 Publisher: Macmillan Audio Series: Once Upon a Broken Heart #2 Thank you to NetGalley and Macmillan Audio for providing me with an ARC of this audiobook in exchange for an honest review. […]
Bitterblue Author: Kristin Cashore Genre: YA Fantasy Publication Date: May 1, 2012 Publisher: Dial Series: Graceling Realm #3 CONTENT WARNING: violence, murder, sexual assault, blood, mention of harm to animals, mention of torture, alcoholism, trauma, suicide, grief Welcome to a glorious realm of mystery, magic, heroism and danger. […]
The Speaker Author: Traci Chee Genre: YA Fantasy Publication Date: November 7, 2017 Publisher: G.P. Putnam’s Sons Books for Young Readers Series: The Reader Trilogy #2 CONTENT WARNING: violence, blood, murder, gore, gun violence, outing of a trans character, trauma, death of a child, cancer, suicide, grief Five […]
Listen, I know you’re not supposed to judge a book by the cover, but it’s hard sometimes, especially when a book cover is especially eye catching or gorgeous. And a lot of the time, a title will grab me and catch my attention. Here’s some books that I […]
I finished June with 20 ARCs left to be read. Devoting time to ARCs is now becoming a habit each month, and while I’m still getting approved for a bunch, I’m finding myself requesting less (but not fully on a requesting ban). It’s very heartening to see progress […]
Once Upon a Broken Heart Author: Stephanie Garber Genre: YA Fantasy Publication Date: September 28, 2021 Publisher: Flatiron Books Series: Once Upon a Broken Heart #1 CONTENT WARNING: mention of death of a parent, grief, blood, murder How far would you go for happily ever after? For as […]
Belladonna Author: Adalyn Grace Genre: YA Fantasy Publication Date: August 30, 2022 Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers Series: Belladonna #1 Thank you to NetGalley and Little, Brown Books for Young Readers for providing me with an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review. […]
Three Kisses, One Midnight Author: Roshani Chokshi, Sandhya Menon, and Evelyn Skye Genre: YA Romance Publication Date: August 30, 2022 Publisher: Wednesday Books Thank you to NetGalley and Wednesday Books for providing me with an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review. New York Times bestselling […]
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