by Michelle | Feb 24, 2023 | Book Review, Books Read in 2023, E Author, Review Copy
Jennifer Estep writes such satisfying trilogies. The finale of The Gargoyle Queen series, Conquer the Kingdom, is just one more example of that. It is that magical combination of action, suspense, and romance that she blends so well for all her stories, especially for...
by Michelle | Feb 22, 2023 | Book Review, Books Read in 2022, O Author, Review Copy
This Cursed Crown is the sequel to Alexandra Overy’s These Feathered Flames, a retelling of the Firebird myth. I’m not sure why I requested a review copy of it because I wasn’t the biggest fan of the first book. Perhaps I believed that the sequel...
by Michelle | Feb 8, 2023 | Book Review, Books Read in 2023, R Author, Review Copy
In Arch-Conspirator, Veronica Roth turns the story of Antigone on its head. In doing so, she makes it accessible to a new generation of readers. By changing the setting from ancient Greece to post-apocalyptic Greece, alongside a few other vital tweaks, it also becomes...
by Michelle | Feb 7, 2023 | Book Review, Books Read in 2023, L Author, Review Copy
Seven Faceless Saints is a dark but exciting debut novel from M. K. Lobb. It takes a bit to get into the story, but this is because we spend the first portion of the book weaving into and out of two very traumatized main characters’ minds. Once we understand...
by Michelle | Jan 16, 2023 | Book Review, Books Read in 2023, Review Copy, S Author
A Day of Fallen Night by Samantha Shannon is the perfect example of a high fantasy epic. With its dragons, magic, and fully developed world, few stories contain all the critical elements of high fantasy while being immensely readable and enjoyable. For fantasy lovers,...
