Title: In the Hall with the KnifeAuthor: Diane PeterfreundPublication Date: October 8, 2019Publisher: Harry N. AbramsFormat: Physical ARC [expand title=”Click For Goodreads Summary”] A murderer could be around every corner in this thrilling YA trilogy based on the board game CLUE! When a storm strikes at Blackbrook Academy, an elite prep school nestled in the […]
Title: A Lush and Seething HellAuthor: John Hornor JacobsPublication Date: October 8, 2019Publisher: Harper VoyagerFormat: NetGalley eARC [expand title=”Click For Goodreads Summary”] Bringing together his acclaimed novella The Sea Dreams It Is the Sky and an all-new short novel My Heart Struck Sorrow, John Hornor Jacobs turns his fertile imagination to the evil that breeds […]
Title: PetAuthor: Akwaeke EmeziPublication Date: September 10, 2019Publisher: Make Me a WorldFormat: NetGalley eARC Goodreads Amazon Book Depository I’ve really been in a dystopian mood, which is what first drew me to this, because I love seeing “perfect” societies fall into ruin. Maybe I just enjoy watching perfection collapse and burn while I sip tea […]
Title: When Death Takes Something from You Give It Back: Carl’s BookAuthor: Naja Marie Aidt Publication Date: September 3, 2019Publisher: Coffee House PressFormat: Edelweiss eARC Goodreads Amazon Book Depository I try to make an effort to read more poetry, and this year’s theme for me seems to be grief, as I struggle with my own. […]
Title: The Doll FactoryAuthor: Elizabeth MacnealPublication Date: August 13, 2019Publisher: Atria/Emily BestlerFormat: NetGalley eARC Goodreads Amazon Book Depository I will always show up for dark, scheming, less-than-sane characters who I would never want to meet in real life, thank you. Because they’re fun. You know, from a distance. Like a tiger. Sure, it’s cute and […]
Title: The Bookish Life of Nina HillAuthor: Abbi WaxmanPublication Date: July 9, 2019Publisher: BerkleyFormat: NetGalley eARC Goodreads Amazon Book Depository Sooo … I have an unpopular opinion, which is pretty much the only sort of opinion I have lately. Surprise! Are you shocked? You should pretend to be shocked. I’ll even throw confetti. I requested […]
Title: David Mogo, GodhunterAuthor: Suyi Davies OkungbowaPublication Date: July 9, 2019Publisher: Abaddon BooksFormat: NetGalley eARC Goodreads Amazon Book Depository I have been dying for a book in which the pantheon of Orisha gods get to run amok in all their glory, and this didn’t disappoint. I first learned about the Orisha years ago from James […]
Title: KingsbaneSeries: Empirium #2Series Reviews: FurybornAuthor: Claire LegrandPublication Date: May 21, 2019Publisher: Sourcebooks FireFormat: Library Hardcover Goodreads Amazon Book Depository I enjoyed Furyborn when I read it and knew for sure that I would be back for more stabbiness and some flirty, sarcastic scenes between the Wolf and the Dread, please and thank you. Kingsbane […]
I stumbled across this series by chance, as you do, and noticed it has assassins and pirates and magic, and there’s just physically no way I could pass that up. I mean, I’m only human … ish. Mostly. Sometimes. Point is, I’m a major sucker for both assassins and pirates, and having them both in […]
Title: The Waking ForestAuthor: Alyssa WeesPublication Date: March 12, 2019Publisher: DelacorteFormat: Library Hardcover [expand title=”Click For Goodreads Summary”] The waking forest has secrets. To Rhea, it appears like a mirage, dark and dense, at the very edge of her backyard. But when she reaches out to touch it, the forest vanishes. She’s desperate to know […]