by Michelle | Sep 16, 2020 | Book Review, Books Read in 2020, K Author, R Author, Review Copy, S Author
Magic and science. Sky and Earth. Boy and girl. Goddess and prince. Destiny and choice. Family and individuality. The Other Side of the Sky, the latest collaboration between Amie Kaufman and Meagan Spooner, is a fascinating amalgam of all of these. It truly is a...
by Michelle | Jul 13, 2020 | Book Review, Books Read in 2020, K Author, Review Copy
It is no secret I adore Jay Kristoff’s novels. I have two different tattoos containing his words, and his books remain among my all-time favorites. The final book in the LIFEL1K3 series ranked among my most anticipated books of 2020. Except, while TRUEL1F3 is a...
by Michelle | Jul 10, 2020 | Book Review, Books Read in 2020, K Author
About a year ago, I gushed about the latest Amie Kaufman/Jay Kristoff collaboration, Aurora Rising. In reading that review, I realize I did not do it justice. Unfortunately, with the way its sequel, Aurora Burning, ends, I don’t think this review is going to be...
by Michelle | Apr 30, 2020 | Book Review, Books Read in 2020, K Author, Review Copy
The Book of Longings by Sue Monk Kidd is, simply put, a gorgeous story. It takes a very real, long-held idea that Jesus had a wife and imagines who that woman could be. Except, this is not a story of Jesus’ wife. It is the story of a formidable woman in her own...
by Michelle | Apr 14, 2020 | Book Review, Books Read in 2020, K Author, Review Copy
I love anything written by Julie Kagawa. Her Iron Fey series was my introduction to the Fae and started me down the path of young adult fantasy. Her Blood of Eden series filled a vampire void I didn’t even know existed. Yet it is her Soul of the Sword series and...
by Michelle | Apr 14, 2020 | Book Review, Books Read in 2020, K Author
Holy fuck, you guys. Darkdawn by Jay Kristoff pretty much killed me. From the opening paragraph of the very first book in the Nevernight series, we know Mia’s fate. We don’t know how it is going to happen, but we know that she dies. The first two books...
