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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,...

And you thought your mom was messed up

by Michelle | Apr 15, 2020 | Book Review, Books Read in 2020, Review Copy, W Author

If you were to ask my husband, my face while reading Darling Rose Gold was a lot like my face while watching “Tiger King” on Netflix – one of constant perplexity and disbelief at what I was reading. Then again, I think that was the point. Much like...