It’s been a while since I did any of these, but this post has been sitting in my drafts for more than a month, so it’s About Time, don’t you think? The Dead – Cal Matthews I picked this up on Kindle Unlimited and thoroughly enjoyed it. It’s got zombies, vampires, inexplicable magic and an…
Rule #1 – Never fall for a summer boy. Fresh out of high school, Babe Vogel should be thrilled to have the whole summer at her fingertips. She loves living in her lighthouse home in the sleepy Maine beach town of Oar’s Rest and being a barista at the Busy Bean, but she’s totally freaking…
Six people and three love stories all in one bakery. This follow up to Soft on Soft is a perfectly delicious short story collection that ties up nicely. I even made an aesthetic for the first short story in it! I received an eARC of Graham’s Delicacies from the author in exchange for an honest…
So I haven’t been reading much at all lately. I have had the attention span and the focus of a fly – so very little. But, something that has been working well for me is playing through visual novels on my phone. They’re just long enough for me to play a chapter or two and…
Natalie and El used to be writing critique partners, sharing their work chapter by chapter. Falling in love off-page was like the next part of the story. But after a huge falling out, three years have passed in bitter silence. When they both appear at a science fiction convention in London, Natalie, a struggling writer,…
This week, I am back with more mini reviews! These are more of my reads over my surgery/holiday break. I had some last week as well! Prom Queen Perfect – Clarisse David YA Romance Enemies to Lovers Emma Retelling Emma is one of my favorite classics to read/watch retellings of. I love seeing Emma become a…
While I was down from my surgery, there wasn’t a whole lot I could do. However, I could hold my phone and read. Thanks to the pain and the medicines I was on, I kept falling asleep mid-page. However, that didn’t stop me from enjoying the many, many romances I read! Here are mini reviews…
Clara feels stifled by the life that’s been planned out for her, and clings to her only hope that something more might be possible: a mysterious book given to her by her Uncle Drosselmeyer, that recounts the tales of the magnificent warrior woman known as the Red Prince. Decades ago, Drosselmeyer trapped the Red Prince…
I have a confession to make. I haven’t finished reading any of my books that I have for review. But, I have read several other things that I want to share with you in this week’s episode of Monday Mini-Reviews! Taste of Marrow – Sarah Gailey Taste of Marrow is the second and final book…
It’s Monday and I don’t have a full review for you today. However, I do have several mini-reviews of books I’ve listened to in the last few weeks! You can read some previous selections of my Monday Mini-Reviews here, if you’re interested in more of these. The Lady’s Guide to Petticoats and Piracy – Mackenzi Lee I…
When failed scholar Yên is sold to Vu Côn in In The Vanisher’s Palace, one of the last dragons walking the earth, she expects to be tortured or killed for Vu Côn’s amusement. But Vu Côn, it turns out, has a use for Yên: she needs a scholar to tutor her two unruly children. She takes Yên back to…
An adult anthology of 5 stories featuring trickster themes, each loaded to the brim with conspiracies, scoundrels, tricks and plot twists galore. A jilted silent film star plans a revenge heist with the unscrupulous childhood friend he always found rather handsome. A bank tycoon’s son plans to run off with Daddy’s money—and maybe his florist.…
The Poet X – Elizabeth Acevedo I listened to the audiobook for The Poet X because I know my attention span for poetry isn’t as great as it could be. I did not regret a single second of it. Acevedo is a stunning poet, and her narration of Xiomara’s story was heartbreaking and perfect. This…
What does it mean to lose your roots—within your culture, within your family—and what happens when you find them?Nicole Chung was born severely premature, placed for adoption by her Korean parents, and raised by a white family in a sheltered Oregon town. From early childhood, she heard the story of her adoption as a comforting,…
The first time the Nightmares came in A Blade so Black, it nearly cost Alice her life. Now she’s trained to battle monstrous creatures in the dark dream realm known as Wonderland with magic weapons and hardcore fighting skills. Yet even warriors have a curfew.Life in real-world Atlanta isn’t always so simple, as Alice juggles…