Category: book review

Book Review: How to Stop Time by Matt Haig

Book Review: How to Stop Time by Matt Haig

Rating: ★★★★☆ Genre: Literature & Fiction, Science Fiction Publisher: Viking Publication Date: February 6, 2018 Living for centuries sounds great until, like Tom Hazard, you’re over 400 years old, realize you have no reason for being alive, and the past is starting to blend with the present. Forever, Emily Dickinson said, is composed of nows. […]

Book Review: The Good Samaritan by John Marrs

Book Review: The Good Samaritan by John Marrs

Rating: ★★★☆☆ Genre: Psychological thriller Publisher: Thomas & Mercer (reprint) Publication Date: April 12, 2018 Disclaimer: I received a free eARC of this via NetGalley in exchange for my honest, unbiased review. A slow-burn thriller told from the point of view of a mentally ill woman playing a deadly game of cat and mouse. When Laura […]

Book Review: The Wolf by Leo Carew

Book Review: The Wolf by Leo Carew

Posted March 22, 2018 in book review, fantasy, four stars / 0 Comments

Rating: ★★★★☆ Genre: Fantasy Publisher: Orbit Publication Date: April 3, 2018 Disclaimer: I received a free eARC copy of this from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. A massive battle of wits, one within a kingdom and one between kingdoms, where the loser forfeits their life and no one truly wins. The Anakim to […]

Book Review: The Room on Rue Amélie by Kristin Harmel

Book Review: The Room on Rue Amélie by Kristin Harmel

Rating: ★★★★★ Genre: Literature & Fiction, Historical Publisher: Gallery Books Publication Date: March 27, 2018 Disclaimer: Thank you to Gallery Books. I won an ARC copy of this via Goodreads giveaways. Despite betrayal—from her country and her husband—Ruby just wants to survive World War II, but what she doesn’t expect is to find love, strength, […]

Book Review: The Lightning Stenography Device by M. F. Sullivan

Book Review: The Lightning Stenography Device by M. F. Sullivan

Rating: ★★★☆☆ Genre: Literary, Sci Fi & Fantasy Publisher: Painted Blind Publishing Publication Date: March 19, 2018 Disclaimer: I received a free eARC copy of this from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Filled with surrealism and philosophy, The Lightning Stenography Device forces the reader to question what they think they know about life […]

Book Review: The Witch Stone by Jasmine Hong

Book Review: The Witch Stone by Jasmine Hong

Rating: ★★★★☆ Genre: Fantasy Publisher: NineStar Press Publication Date: March 12, 2018 Disclaimer: I received a free eARC copy of this from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. With the court brutally murdered and his ex-boyfriend the only survivor, Cal has to somehow deliver the lodestone to the new Lord while managing to survive […]

Book Review: The Last Equation of Isaac Severy by Nova Jacobs

Book Review: The Last Equation of Isaac Severy by Nova Jacobs

Rating: ★★★★☆ Genre: Cozy Mystery, Literature & Fiction Publisher: Touchstone Publication Date: March 6, 2018 Disclaimer: Thank you to Touchstone for an ARC copy of this. What follows are my honest, unbiased (and sometimes random?) thoughts. Remember that class you hated in high school? Well, this is a whole book full of it, written to […]

Book Review: Grey Stone by Jean Knight Pace and Jacob Kennedy

Book Review: Grey Stone by Jean Knight Pace and Jacob Kennedy

Rating: ★★★★★ Genre: Fantasy, Young Adult Publisher: Ink Smith Publishing Publication Date: July 22, 2016 The race of wolves have ruled the kingdom mercilessly for many thousands of years, walking all over the dogs and humans that live there, but is equality really worth fighting for, with everything that would be lost? When a dog […]

Book Review: The Cruel Prince by Holly Black

Book Review: The Cruel Prince by Holly Black

Rating: ★★★★★ Genre: Fantasy, Teens & Young Adults Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers Publication Date: January 2, 2018 Imagine a Grimm’s Fairy Tale with Dark Fae and changelings and lots of stabbing, death, secrets, and manipulation. The Cruel Prince is everything you could want in a dark fantasy with enough twists to keep […]