by Michelle | Sep 18, 2020 | Book Review, Books Read in 2020, Review Copy, S Author
The Bone Shard Daughter by Andrea Stewart is a fascinating story about magic and power. Sure, magic and power are common storylines, but Ms. Stewart puts it together in a refreshing way. Moreover, for all the rather dark nature of most of the magic that occurs within...
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 | Sep 15, 2020 | Book Review, Books Read in 2020, Review Copy, W Author
One by One, the latest novel by Ruth Ware, is drawing a lot of comparisons to Dame Agatha Christie’s novels and for good reason. Not only does it involve a locked-room mystery scenario, but it also has a large and eclectic cast of characters that includes the...
by Michelle | Sep 14, 2020 | Book Review, Books Read in 2020, Review Copy, Y Author
There are heroines for whom leadership is thrust upon them. These are the girls who reluctantly rise to greatness, which usually involves some major soul-searching and testing of their fortitude. Then, there are those heroines like Fable by Adrienne Young. These girls...
by Michelle | Sep 10, 2020 | Book Review, Books Read in 2020, M Author, Review Copy
I thought Gideon the Ninth was insanity in a book, but then I read Harrow the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir. Really, this series should simply fall apart with everything that occurs, but it is like watching any sort of racing event wherein you secretly want all the crashes and...
by Michelle | Sep 9, 2020 | Book Review, Books Read in 2020, P Author, Review Copy
As the Shadow Rises by Katy Rose Pool suffers a bit from the middle novel syndrome. While I enjoyed the story, it does not contain that special something that made the first book so spectacular. We know the world, the characters, and the catastrophe they want to...
