by Michelle | Jan 11, 2021 | A Author, Book Review, Books Read in 2021, Review Copy
Tales from the Hinterland by Melissa Albert connects the dots left blank when reading either The Hazel Wood or The Night Country. In fact, I really wish we had this collection of tales before the release of The Night Country since that particular story revolves even...
by Michelle | Dec 7, 2020 | A Author, Book Review, Books Read in 2020, Review Copy
There is something about Russian tsarist history that continues to fascinate me as much as it repels. So I selected Tsarina by Ellen Alpsten with the hope that it would afford me the opportunity to learn more about Catherine the First and immerse me into the brutal...
by Michelle | Nov 30, 2020 | A Author, Book Review, Books Read in 2020, Review Copy
Reading Leave the World Behind by Rumaan Alam during an ongoing pandemic may not seem like a good idea. After all, a story about what looks like a catastrophic event as experienced by two families with no access to the news is a little too on-the-nose considering...
by Michelle | Aug 26, 2020 | A Author, Book Review, Books Read in 2020, Review Copy
On the surface, Where Dreams Descend by Janella Angeles has it all – magic, mystery, a fierce heroine, one shadowy hero, one potential antihero, a decrepit town, a dangerous forest, and so many questions. Based on those qualities, it should be a novel I not only...
by Michelle | Jun 10, 2020 | A Author, Book Review, Books Read in 2020, Review Copy
I was reading through my review of Jennifer L. Armentrout’s Storm and Fury and realized that I did not fangirl nearly as much as I could have. With the sequel, Rage and Ruin, all bets are off. The only thing I can do is fangirl…HARD. First of all, in this...
by Michelle | Jan 29, 2020 | A Author, Book Review, Books Read in 2020, Review Copy
After falling in love with the spooky adultness of The Hazel Wood, I was really looking forward to immersing myself back into that world. A funny thing happened in the two years since I read that first book though. It turns out my memory of the details of...
