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Winterborne Home for Vengeance and Valor by Ally Carter || Orphans and Heroes

Winterborne Home for Vengeance and Valor by Ally Carter || Orphans and Heroes

Middle Grade     Mystery     Thriller     Death     Found Family     Many thanks to NetGalley and HMH for an eARC in exchange for an honest, unbiased review. Quotes are taken from an unfinished version and may differ from the final product. This isn’t a book I would normally pick up […]

The Wonder of Wildflowers by Anna Staniszewski || A Tale of Fitting In and Sticking Out

The Wonder of Wildflowers by Anna Staniszewski || A Tale of Fitting In and Sticking Out

Fantasy     Coming of Age     Middle Grade     Immigration     Diversity     Many thanks to NetGalley and Simon & Schuster for an eARC in exchange for an honest, unbiased review. Quotes are taken from an unfinished version and may differ from the final product. When I saw that this was […]

YA Mini Reviews || Strong Leading Ladies

YA Mini Reviews || Strong Leading Ladies

Today’s theme is strong leading ladies in YA, and I come to you with three different selections to enjoy. I like all sorts of protagonists, but think I’ll always be particularly partial to strong leading ladies. There’s just something about them that I can admire and really get behind and appreciate. You know the type […]

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 [expand title=”Click For Goodreads Summary”] Down market lanes crammed with too many people, dogs, and rickshaws, past stalls that smell of cardamom and sizzling oil, below a smoggy sky that doesn’t let through a single blade of sunlight, […]

Diamond City by Francesca Flores || Heist Trope, But With Assassins

Diamond City by Francesca Flores || Heist Trope, But With Assassins

Title: Diamond CityAuthor: Francesca FloresPublication Date: January 28, 2020Publisher: Wednesday BooksFormat: NetGalley eARC [expand title=”Click For Goodreads Summary”] Good things don’t happen to girls who come from nothing…unless they risk everything. Fierce and ambitious, Aina Solís as sharp as her blade and as mysterious as the blood magic she protects. After the murder of her […]

The Will and the Wilds by Charlie N. Holmberg || Enemies-to-Lovers in a Whimsical, Dark World

The Will and the Wilds by Charlie N. Holmberg || Enemies-to-Lovers in a Whimsical, Dark World

Title: The Will and the WildsAuthor: Charlie N. HolmbergPublication Date: January 21, 2020Publisher: 47NorthFormat: NetGalley eARC [expand title=”Click For Goodreads Summary”] A spellbinding story of truce and trickery from the Wall Street Journal bestselling author of The Paper Magician series. Enna knows to fear the mystings that roam the wildwood near her home. When one […]

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 [expand title=”Click For Goodreads Summary”] The fifth installment in Seanan McGuire’s award-winning, bestselling Wayward Children series, Come Tumbling Down picks up the threads […]

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 [expand title=”Click For Goodreads Summary”] Fans of Issa Rae and Phoebe Robinson will love this collection of laugh-out-loud funny and insightful essays that explore race, feminism, pop culture, and how society reinforces the […]

Nothing Hidden Ever Stays by H.R. Mason || Dark and Eerie and Curses, Oh My!

Nothing Hidden Ever Stays by H.R. Mason || Dark and Eerie and Curses, Oh My!

Posted December 16, 2019 in book review, eARC, gothic, horror, NetGalley, two stars / 6 Comments

Title: Nothing Hidden Ever StaysAuthor: H.R. MasonPublication Date: October 29, 2019Publisher: Tangled Tree PublishingFormat: NetGalley eARC [expand title=”Click For Goodreads Summary”] A two-hundred-year-old curse. A tangled thread of mental illness. A growing list of Ross family women dying young. The house where it all began, Desolate Ridge, holds all the secrets. Abandoned at a hospital […]