Rachel Reads & Reviews

Broken Throne Review

This final anathology brings things full circle as Aveyard through the historian-academic Julian Jacos give readers an overview of the world that sprung the Red and Silver universe, important figures and timelines, maps, and declassified materials. This along with five novellas, two previously collected plus three all new ones! So let’s get to it.

rachelbeerwoman

October 21, 2023

Reviews

#anathology, #brokenthrone, #farewell, #firelight, #harpercollins, #harperteen, #ironheart, #novellas, #queensong, #rachelreads&reviews, #redqueenseries, #shortstorycollection, #steelscars, #victoriaaveyard, #worldbehind, #YA

Ruby Red Review

Gwenyth Monterose is a normal sixteen year old. Her cousin, Charlotte is the one who is destined for great things. Born a day before, she is the chosen girl that has the time traveler gene, something that is passed and skipped through each generation. Gwenyth is fine with the fact, she wouldn’t want to spend…

rachelbeerwoman

October 20, 2023

Reviews

#fantasy, #henryholtandcompany, #historicalfiction, #kerstingier, #rachelreads&reviews, #rubyred, #rubyredtrilogy, #timetravelromance, #YA

Book Highlight: The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo

Evelyn Hugo is a straight up icon. While initally readers may believe she’s an icon in the traditional Hollywood style. For having seven husbands (take that Liz Taylor. Yeah, she had 8 but two of those were the same man. Hugo was actually seven different men), having the perfect body with a contrast of blonde…

rachelbeerwoman

October 19, 2023

Book/Author Highlight

#anovel, #atriabooks, #femalefiction, #historicalfiction, #queerfiction, #rachelreads&reviews, #simon&schuster, #taylorjenkinsreid, #thesevenhusbandsofevelynhugo

The Queen’s Council: Realm of Wonders Review

It was supposed to be the month of Jasmine’s wedding, but this book starts with a funeral. The sultan is dead and Jasmine has less than a week to wrap her mind around the fact that her beloved father is gone, and she is to be Agrabah’s first sultana ruling solo. But not everyone is…

rachelbeerwoman

October 18, 2023

Reviews

#aladdin, #alexandramonir, #disneyhyperion, #fantasy, #rachelreads&reviews, #realmofwonders, #thequeen'scouncil, #YA

Prince of Thorns and Nightmares Review

Prince Phillip has had his life planned out for him from the beginning. He has responsibilities to his kingdom, he has the duty to marry Princess Aurora, he must train to be better than the best to protect her from a potential curse. Everything he does must be for her, leaving no dreams or goals…

rachelbeerwoman

October 17, 2023

Reviews

#disneyhyperion, #disneyprinces, #linseymiller, #princeofthornsandnightmares, #rachelreads&reviews, #sleepingbeauty, #YA

Ranking Half Upon a Time

As the son of the criminal giant killer and thief, Jack isn’t expected to do anything heroic. Since he’s constantly messing up princess rescue class, he knows he won’t be able to do anything heroic in his life. He’s not bred for adventure no matter what his grandfather says. But then a princess falls out…

rachelbeerwoman

October 15, 2023

Rankings

#aladdin, #fracturedfairytale, #halfuponatime, #halfuponatimetrilogy, #jamesriley, #onceupontheend, #rachelreads&reviews, #simon&schuster, #twiceuponatime

Ranking suppl. Land of Stories

I’m calling these supplemental books because they are fun extras that expand the world, but you don’t necessarily need to read them. They’re just fun, I mean you can’t tell a writer enjoys their world when they keep adding stuff to it. I get it.

rachelbeerwoman

October 12, 2023

Rankings

#chriscolfer, #fracturedfairytale, #goldilockswanteddeadoralive, #graphicnovel, #landofstories, #littlebrownbooksforyoungreaders, #prequel, #rachelreads&reviews, #redridinghood’sguidetoroyalty, #supplemental, #thebookhuggers’guidetothelandofstories, #themothergoosediaries

Ranking The Chronicles of Never After

De La Cruz puts her own spin on the fractured fairytale genre with the Never After series where a youn fangirl gets a dream (or nightmare come true). Her beloved book series is releasing it’s epic finale, only to find out that the 13th book is never ever coming out. Because it hasn’t been written…

rachelbeerwoman

October 11, 2023

Uncategorized

#chroniclesofneverafer, #fantasy, #fracturedfairytale, #macmillan, #melissadelacruz, #rachelreads&reviews, #roaringbookpress, #thebrokenmirror, #thestolenslippers, #thethirteenthfairy

Top 5 Rose Years

Just as I finally read the Little House on the Prarie series last summer, now I’ve gotten to her daughter’s life written by a close friend, Roger Lea McBride as Rose Wilder becomes a new kind of pioneer.

rachelbeerwoman

October 8, 2023

Top 5

#historicalfiction, #littlefarmintheOzarks, #littlehouseontheprarie, #littletownintheOzarks, #newdawnonrockyridge, #onthebanksofthebayou, #ontheothersideofthehill, #rachelreads&reviews, #rogerleamcbride, #scholastic, #therockyridgeyears, #theroseyears