I think the only things THE BONELESS MERCIES has going for it is how immersive this Norse-inspired setting is and how absolutely gorgeous the writing is, but other than that[…]
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Tag: 3-stars
review: HEARTS, STRINGS, AND OTHER BREAKABLE THINGS by Jacqueline Firkins
In this charming debut about first love and second chances, a young girl gets caught between the boy next door and a playboy.[…]
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What the Woods Keep by Katya de Becerra : creepy trees and dark sci-fi
Anything promising exciting dark sci-fantasy with creepy woods and small-town intrigue gets my attention just like that. One of my all-time favorite tropes will forever be haunted trees, and[…]
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Brightly Burning by Alexa Donne : spaceships and survival and jane eyre
I like this book more than I care to admit. Look, I’ll be honest: you could set anything in space, and I’ll all but guarantee I’ll like it. Once[…]
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In Search of Us by Ava Dellaira : mothers and daughters and road trips
This was emotional and heavy and so, so good. IN SEARCH OF US follows Marilyn and Angie, mother and daughter, at seventeen years of age. And let me just say,[…]
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I Stop Somewhere by TE Carter (Blog Tour+GIVEAWAY!) : ghosts in ghostly towns
This is heartrending and haunting. There’s just no other way to describe it. No, it wasn’t a fun or enjoyable book to read, by any means,[…]
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The Belles by Dhonielle Clayton : flowers and desserts and court intrigue #yaasqueen
I’ve got to hand it to THE BELLES: there is nothing I like more than pretty pink flowery books with darkness and stabbing and political intrigue going on inside, amid[…]
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Wonder Woman: Warbringer by Leigh Bardugo: powers and islands and feminism
This was certainly epic, superhero-y, and feminist. And, generally speaking, it’s pleasing. I’m pleased. It was fun, and quite a quick read, and it was also funny and interesting[…]
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Frankie by Shivaun Plozza : half-bros, mysteries, and sass
In all honesty, I picked this one up because I thought it’d be DIFFERENT. I mean, on the outset, it does look different from my usual reads: a[…]
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Here Lies Daniel Tate by Cristin Terrill : mind-twistiness and big families and baseball cards
Here Lies Daniel Tate has left me quite speechless. I kindly ask you to bear with me as I attempt to formulate the difficult things[…]
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What I Lost by Alexandra Ballard : i’m quite impressed
WHAT I LOST is that kind of book. The one that manages to take a familiar idea, twist it into something new, unheard of, or unique, all while using the[…]
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The Shadows We Know by Heart by Jennifer Park: sasquatch!! and trees!!
Ooh la la, well consider me quite satisfied with this one. When I read the synopsis for the very first time, and noticed that this book shall involve Sasquatch and[…]
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