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Crown of Bones is a fun new young adult fantasy

by Michelle | Jan 6, 2021 | Book Review, Books Read in 2021, Review Copy, W Author

Crown of Bones by A. K. Wilder is a fantasy novel unlike any other I have read. Which is saying something. There is no magic in the traditional sense. Nor are there mythical beasts roaming the countryside. What we have instead is something I’ve never seen...

The Bitterwine Oath is difficult to take

by Michelle | Dec 11, 2020 | Book Review, Books Read in 2020, Review Copy, W Author

The Bitterwine Oath by Hannah West purports itself to be a Gothic supernatural thriller along the lines of Buffy. Except, it really isn’t. It takes a lot for any story to live up to a Gothic moniker or compare to Buffy, and Ms. West’s attempt fails on many...

Kiersten White is fabulous as always in The Camelot Betrayal

by Michelle | Dec 9, 2020 | Book Review, Books Read in 2020, Review Copy, W Author

I adore Kiersten White. Not only is she a fellow Buffy fan(atic), but her stories are fresh, modern, dark, and fun. I always expect a good story whenever I open one of her novels. That being said, The Camelot Betrayal, the next book in Ms. White’s Camelot...

Very Agatha Christie-esque

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...

A disappointment from Robin Wasserman

by Michelle | Jul 28, 2020 | Book Review, Books Read in 2020, Review Copy, W Author

Mother Daughter Widow Wife by Robin Wasserman has a fantastic premise. Given how much I loved her previous book, I opened it with eagerness. Expecting a story that focused on the woman who could not remember her past, what I got was a story about exactly what the...

Don’t let its size intimidate you

by Michelle | Apr 16, 2020 | Book Review, Books Read in 2020, Review Copy, W Author

Coming in at 800 pages, Legacy of Ash by Matthew Ward is admittedly a chunkster by any definition. However, don’t let its size intimidate you. Between the pages lies a great fantasy novel that has a little bit of everything. And what a novel it is! Politics,...