When I was five or six years old, my older brother convinced me to go on the Haunted House ride with him at the local show. I was pretty scared, and knew my big brother wouldn’t protect me from anything, and didn’t particularly want to go, but I thought if I didn’t do it now […]
Publisher: HarperCollins
Ash & Bramble by Sarah Prineas
SUMMARY When Pin dares to escape her slavery of making fairytale clothing for a magical Godmother, she and her Shoemaker friend are captured and catapulted into an irresistible world where the prince is having a ball and no one recalls their past. This original Cinderella retelling has more twists than you can shake a bramble […]
Arc Review: Siren’s Fury by Mary Weber
DNF at 39% I hate to do this because I absolutely LOVED Storm Siren and even pre-ordered Siren’s Fury in hardcover because I was so sure I was going to love it, but I have to DNF. I’ve been reading this book for two and a half weeks and I’ve only reached between one-third and […]
ARC Book Review: Tiny Pretty Things by Sona Charaipotra & Dhonielle Clayton
Before I start – just UGH HOW GORGEOUS IS THAT COVER? I love the delicate pink ribbon spelling out the title, slashed through with glass, and the black ribbon behind it. Glorious. SUMMARY Tiny Pretty Things follows the story of three very different ballerinas at the American Ballet Conservatory as they compete and scheme to […]
Book Review: Storm Siren by Mary Weber
The author sent me a signed copy of this book as thanks for encouragement. It was not offered in exchange for a review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review. SUMMARY Slave girl Nym is snatched up by a court advisor when her true identity, that of […]
ARC Book Review: Illusionarium by Heather Dixon
SUMMARY In an alternate steampunk 1800s London, a young surgeon-to-be Jonathon is required to find the cure to a deadly illness affecting the world’s women by competing in an parallel world’s competition of illusion creating, but there’s more to illusions and other worlds than meets the eye. WORLDBUILDING Oh my god where do I even […]
ARC Book Review: The Huntress of Thornbeck Forest by Melanie Dickerson
An Atheist Reads Christian Medieval Romantic Fiction First of all, why would an atheist read Christian romance? Apart from the fact that it’s absolutely no one’s business but my own what I read, I do actually have a reason for trying this. I know that Christian fiction is generally clean content-wise, with heat rising from […]
ARC Book Review: Crimson Bound by Rosamund Hodge
You’d be entirely forgiven for thinking that Crimson Bound had something to do with Hodge’s first novel, Cruel Beauty. Both books reference red on the cover. Both cover make use of the initials CB Both books use the same font for the title Both books feature a spiral on the cover With a girl wearing […]
Book Review: Cruel Beauty by Rosamund Hodge
SUMMARY Nyx Triskelion has been raised her entire life to prepare to kill her husband, the Gentle Lord, king of demons and responsible for cursing her world. But when she arrives at his house, she finds not everything is what she’s been led to believe. A tale inspired by Beauty and the Beast. WORLDBUILDING I […]
ARC Review: The Orphan Queen by Jodi Meadows
Please note: this is a review of the sample offered on Edelweiss, which was about one-third of the total book (Part 1), and is not a review of the complete book. SUMMARY Wilhemenia is the orphaned queen of a conquered kingdom, a girl disguised as a refugee duchess in an enemy kingdom helping to free […]