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...
by Michelle | Aug 31, 2020 | Book Review, Books Read in 2020, M Author, Review Copy
After a spate of novels that were lackluster at best and boring at their worst, I finally have a novel that I thoroughly enjoyed. The second book in the Serpent & Dove series, Blood & Honey, by Shelby Mahurin not only made me feel all of the emotions, but it...
by Michelle | Aug 27, 2020 | B Author, Book Review, Books Read in 2020, Review Copy
In the Shadows of Men by Robert Jackson Bennett is VERY different from his other novels. With it, however, he confirms his status among my coveted must-read list. I don’t even like short stories, but I thoroughly enjoyed this spooky one. At 120 pages in length,...
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...
