Rachel Reads & Reviews

Wild Rover No More Review

We have come to the end of the line as Meyer presents the last adventure of the cork-like Jacky Faber. But will her fate end at the gallows as she so direly predicted back when she was a young street urchin in London?

rachelbeerwoman

November 7, 2022

Reviews

#bloodyjack, #bloodyjackadventure, #bloodyjackadventures, #historicalfiction, #houghtonmifflin, #lameyer, #nauticalfiction, #rachelreads&reviews, #wildrovernomore, #YA
Boston Jacky Review

Jacky is back in her beloved Beantown and while she does not burn the place down as she did in her first stay, she still brings about plenty of trouble. She is “ever so hard on her friends,” as well as one Jaimy Fletcher but we’ll get to that.

rachelbeerwoman

November 6, 2022

Reviews

#bloodyjackadventure, #bloodyjackadventures, #bostonjacky, #historicalfiction, #houghtonmifflin, #lameyer, #nauticalfiction, #rachelreads&reviews, #YA
Viva Jacquelina! Review

The inodimatble Jacky Faber is back, blackmailed by the British Intelligence into a new mission where she is sent over the hills and far away to the plains in Spain to be exact. . . And Portugal but that doesn’t fit the rhyme. Anyway, being Jacky her mission to spy on the French as they…

rachelbeerwoman

November 5, 2022

Reviews

#bloodyjackadventure, #bloodyjackadventures, #historicalfiction, #houghtonmifflin, #lameyer, #nauticalfiction, #rachelreads&reviews, #vivajacquelina!, #YA
Book Highlight: Extraordinary Mothers and Daughters

This is the perfect book for Mother’s Day as if the title wasn’t clue enough. The beautiful collages by Natasha Cunningham highlighting black and white portraits overlayed with flowers adds to the theme. Split into six chapters by Emily Freidenrich shows the warmth, love and osmetimes complex bonds of twenty five famous mother-daughter figures even…

rachelbeerwoman

November 4, 2022

Book/Author Highlight

#chroniclebooks, #emilyfreidenrich, #extraordinarymothersanddaughters, #natashacunnigham, #nonfiction, #rachelreads&reviews
The Lunar Chronicles: Stars Above Review

With this lovely anthology of stories, Meyer returns to the world of the Lunar Chronicles, filling in the gaps, revealing angst, sweetness and turning point moments in their lives.

rachelbeerwoman

November 3, 2022

Reviews

#aftersunshinepassesby, #anathology, #carswell'sguidetogettinglucky, #fairytale, #feiwel&friends, #glitches, #macmillan, #marissameyer, #rachelreads&reviews, #scifi, #somethingoldsomethingnew, #starsabove, #thekeeper, #thelittleandroid, #thelittlemermaid, #thelunarchronicles, #themechanic, #theprincessandtheguard, #YA
The Lunar Chronicles: Fairest Review

Meyer does it again with this prequel to her popular Lunar Chronicles series. Fairest is technically a prequel as it sets up events years before Cinder but it was released between Cress and Winter. But since it’s such a stand-alone you can read it before, after or in between. The main point is to give…

rachelbeerwoman

November 2, 2022

Reviews

#fairest, #fairytale, #fantasy, #feiwel&friends, #macmillan, #marissameyer, #rachelreads&reviews, #scifi, #thelunarchronicles, #YA
Thoughts on The Eldest Curses

I can’t quite do a full trilogy overview as the third book has been pushed back till next year so I can’t but I thougth I’d share my thoughts so far.

rachelbeerwoman

November 1, 2022

Book Suggestions

#cassandraclare, #rachelreads&reviews, #simon&schuster, #theeldestcurses, #thelostbookofwhite, #theredscrollsofmagic, #theshadowhunterchronicles, #weasleychu, #YA
Insomnia and other stories

Insomnia by Sarah Pinborough I figured I should have just one more spooky book to close out Halloween. Well technically it’s more thriller than horror but it has several hallmarks such as crazy killers, superatural threat and the prevailing theme that seeps through ever horror and thriller, who can you trust and can you ever…

rachelbeerwoman

October 31, 2022

Book Suggestions

#abbyjimenez, #astrophilpress, #bunnydrop, #contemporaryromance, #crazyhorse'sgirlfriend, #erikatwurth, #feiwel&friends, #foreverpublishing, #harpercollins, #historicalfiction, #indigenousYA, #insomnia, #macmillan, #manga, #melissagrey, #partofyourworld, #rachelreads&reviews, #realisticfiction, #romance, #sarahpinborough, #thefriendzone, #thehappilyeverafterplaylist, #thriller, #valiantladies, #YA, #yenpress, #yumiunita
Boxers, Saints and Little Women

This historical saga by Gene Luen Yang imparts the history of the Boxer Rebellion from the people in the rebellion rather than the dusty old textbooks focusing on the Europeans views of things. Filled with tragedy, magical realism and some humor with expressive visuals that keep the story moving.

rachelbeerwoman

October 30, 2022

Book Suggestions

#boxers, #breindigo, #firstsecondbooks, #geneluengyang, #graphicnovels, #historicalfiction, #littlebrownbooksforyoungreaders, #littlewomen, #megjobethandamy, #rachelreads&reviews, #retelling, #reyterciero, #saints
Archie Horror Presents

Chilling Adventures in Sorcery This anathology features scary yet humorous stories as Madam Satan encounters the death stories of our favorite redhead and his hungry buddy. The fact that they’re there is more horrifying to Iola than their stories which was quite funny. I guess she had enough of teenagers during her time standing as…

rachelbeerwoman

October 29, 2022

Book Suggestions

#alexdecampi, #amychu, #archiecomics, #archiehorror, #chillingadventuresinsorcery, #chillingadventuresofsalem, #cullenbunn, #danshoening, #derekcharm, #devakineogi, #eliotrahal, #evanstanley, #josieandthepussycatsinspace, #patkennedy, #rachelreads&reviews, #timkennedy, #vincenzofederici