by Michelle | Mar 16, 2023 | Book Review, Books Read in 2023, L Author, Review Copy
Stars and Smoke by Marie Lu is a fun romantic thriller. It exists purely for entertainment and distraction purposes, and I am okay with that. There is little character development and a simple plot, but it reads like the most engaging movie you will ever watch. The...
by Michelle | Mar 15, 2023 | Book Review, Books Read in 2023, Review Copy, Y Author
The synopsis of In Nightfall by Suzanne Young touts it as Lost Boys meets Buffy. I would add Twilight to that mix, as there are pieces of all three in Ms. Young’s latest. Did that prevent me from loving the hell out of In Nightfall? Absolutely not! In fact, In...
by Michelle | Mar 14, 2023 | Book Review, Books Read in 2023, D Author, Review Copy
Rubicon is the latest novel by J. S. Dewes, and I loved it. Yes, I am a huge nerd and love all the science that comes with novels set in space. I adore the potential for alien interactions, and a good action story will win out over a good romance any day of the week....
by Michelle | Mar 13, 2023 | Book Review, Books Read in 2023, Review Copy, S Author
Most movies are adaptations of books. Damsel by Evelyn Skye is the rare occurrence where they wrote the screenplay for the movie and then got the idea to write a book based on the movie. Because I don’t pay as close attention as I should, I didn’t know...
by Michelle | Mar 10, 2023 | Book Review, Books Read in 2023, H Author, Review Copy
Weyward by Emilia Hart is one of those novels I know I loved. I have notes that say I did, and my immediate ratings reflect that I loved it. Unfortunately, even though I finished it one month ago, I could not remember anything about the book, even though I do remember...
by Michelle | Mar 9, 2023 | Book Review, Books Read in 2023, M Author, Review Copy
Arca by G. R. Macallister is the second book of The Five Queendoms. If Scorpica introduced us to the queendoms and the powers at play within each territory and set up the Drought of Girls, the sequel is what happens to the queendoms after the drought ends. There is...