Category: diversity

Dread Nation by Justina Ireland || Black Girl (Zombie) Slaying

Dread Nation by Justina Ireland || Black Girl (Zombie) Slaying

Title: Dread NationAuthor: Justina IrelandSeries: Dread Nation #1Publication Date: April 3, 2018Publisher: Balzer + BrayFormat: Kindle Goodreads Amazon Book Depository I bought this shortly after it came out, and for some reason, it took me until now to read it … and I have no excuses? There sort of seems to be a theme in […]

Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line by Deepa Anappara || An Atmospheric Mystery Set in India

Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line by Deepa Anappara || An Atmospheric Mystery Set in India

Title: Djinn Patrol on the Purple LineAuthor: Deepa AnapparaPublication Date: February 4, 2020Publisher: Random HouseFormat: NetGalley eARC Goodreads Amazon Book Depository I’m a really simple person. I see Djinn, I pick up a book. That’s it. Unfortunately, the Djinn weren’t really a thing in this, which was … disappointing? I have so many mixed feelings […]

Black Girl Unlimited by Echo Brown || Black Girl Magic … Literally

Black Girl Unlimited by Echo Brown || Black Girl Magic … Literally

Title: Black Girl UnlimitedAuthor: Echo BrownPublication Date: January 14, 2020Publisher: Holt/Ottaviano Format: Paperback ARC(Many thanks to Shannon @ It Starts at Midnight for sending me this) Goodreads Amazon Book Depository My first thought when I read this book was: black wizards? About dang time! Because like many other people, I grew up reading Harry Potter, […]

Burn the Dark by S.A. Hunt || Supernatural Meets Buffy

Burn the Dark by S.A. Hunt || Supernatural Meets Buffy

Title: Burn the DarkAuthor: S.A. HuntPublication Date: January 14, 2020Publisher: TorFormat: Edelweiss eARC Goodreads Amazon Book Depository They got me with the Supernatural and Buffy comps, like the predictable bookwyvern I am. I mean, who can even resist that? I’m only human … ish. The addition of a YouTube star seemed like a new twist, […]

Infinity Son by Adam Silvera || Superheroes and Brotherly Bonds

Infinity Son by Adam Silvera || Superheroes and Brotherly Bonds

Title: Infinity SonAuthor: Adam SilveraPublication Date: January 14, 2020Publisher: Simon & SchusterFormat: Edelweiss eARC Goodreads Amazon Book Depository Last year, I asked for both more superhero books and more books about sibling bonds, and Adam Silvera so kindly delivered. Ask and ye shall receive, apparently. I read They Both Die at the End last year, […]

Come Tumbling Down by Seanan McGuire || Breaking the “No Quest” Rule

Come Tumbling Down by Seanan McGuire || Breaking the “No Quest” Rule

Title: Come Tumbling DownAuthor: Seanan McGuirePublication Date: January 7, 2020Series: Wayward Children #5Previous Reviews: Every Heart a DoorwayDown Among the Sticks and BonesBeneath the Sugar SkyIn An Absent DreamPublisher: TorFormat: NetGalley eARC Goodreads Amazon Book Depository I confess that I have a love/hate relationship with this series. On the one hand, Seanan McGuire’s writing and […]

A Curse So Dark and Lonely by Brigid Kemmerer || Strong Damsels and Darker Beasts

A Curse So Dark and Lonely by Brigid Kemmerer || Strong Damsels and Darker Beasts

Title: A Curse So Dark and LonelyAuthor: Brigid KemmererPublication Date: January 29, 2019Series: Cursebreaker #1Publisher: BloomsburyFormat: Kindle Goodreads Amazon Book Depository I had this book recommended to me so many times, yet I kept putting off reading it because … I’m silly? Also because: Romance tends to be completely hit or miss for me. I’ve […]

F*ck Your Diet by Chloé Hilliard || Society and Sass

F*ck Your Diet by Chloé Hilliard || Society and Sass

Title: F*ck Your Diet: And Other Things My Thighs Tell Me Author: Chloé HilliardPublication Date: January 7, 2020Publisher: Gallery BooksFormat: NetGalley eARC Goodreads Amazon Book Depository From the moment I saw the title, I knew I needed to read this book. It clearly spoke to me. I’m going to confess that I had absolutely no […]

The Toll by Neal Shusterman || The Fall of a Utopia

The Toll by Neal Shusterman || The Fall of a Utopia

Title: The TollAuthor: Neal ShustermanSeries: Arc of a Scythe #3Previous Reviews: Scythe || ThunderheadPublication Date: November 5, 2019Publisher: Simon & SchusterFormat: Hardcover Goodreads Amazon Book Depository I waited a very long, agonizingly slow year for this to release, so obviously the burning question is: was it worth it? Well, yes and no. This was definitely […]

Steel Crow Saga by Paul Krueger || Pokemon meets Avatar: The Last Airbender

Steel Crow Saga by Paul Krueger || Pokemon meets Avatar: The Last Airbender

Title: Steel Crow SagaAuthor: Paul KruegerPublication Date: September 24, 2019Publisher: Del Rey BooksFormat: NetGalley eARC Goodreads Amazon Book Depository I WANNA BE THE VERY BEST … If you immediately finished that sentence with, “Like no one ever was …” CONGRATS! This book is officially for you. Steel Crow Saga is a high fantasy with a […]