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  • Grishaverse: Seige and Storm

    While the first book had the weighty duty of introducing the world and magic systems Bardugo wanted to tell, it ultimately fell prey to some classic YA cliches that made it somewhat generic. The sophmore book shows grand improvements as it presents its cards straight up. Set a few weeks after Alina and Mal’s frantic…

  • Grishaverse: Shadow and Bone

    I read this long long ago back when it first came out for one of those school read 5 books over the summer thing. But as it was homework, I sort of skimmed it. However, since it has expanded and grown to a hit tv show, I’d thought I’d actually read it this time around…

  • Grishaverse: The Language of Thorns Review

    These Midnight Tales by Leigh Bardugo collect stories from Ravka, Kerch, Fjerda and more showcasing her talent of taking that grim undercurrent of the original tales and delivering some universal truths about humanity and their desires for love, happiness and family.

  • Ranking The Rajes

    Dev brings a new spin to Austen’s famous works with her Rajes series, focusing on a formerly royal family settled in California as the hard-working new generation navigate social class nuances, chasing their dreams amid family pressures and expectations and of course, find love. For as Dev wrote in her author’s note for The Emma…

  • Cursed Review

    Cursed starts right where the action left on, the stakes high as Serilda submitted to the Erlking’s proposal, become his wife, pretend her unborn child is his and obey almost all his wishes until Percheta returns. Then he could gift his evil huntress Serilda’s baby and dispose of Serilda herself. It will all be worth…

  • Ranking the Women Who Dare

    1. Wild Rain: Jenkins’ admits this is her first book with a cinnamon roll hero and as someone who has a weakness for that kind of man, this one comes first as Garret’s kind ways soothes the independent (and hurt) spirit of Spring Lee when he comes to her small Wyoming town of Paradise. This…

  • Thoughts on The Last Hours

    As with The Eldest Curses, I can’t do a full trilogy overview with the third book coming out next year. But Idecided why not post this just to finish off the Shadowhunter Chronicles. it took 4 years but I finally did it! Anyway, here are my thoughts so far.

  • Book Highlight: Unsung Heroines of the Holocaust

    This is an important book. Discounting the rise of ahate crimes that you can see every day on the news, but survivors of the Holocaust are slowly dying out. It is an event that shouldn’t be forgotten and I certainly think people will remember but hearing and seeing witness account do stick more. This book…

  • Lev A.C. Rosen Interview

    Lev is the author of Jack of Hearts, Camp and other books for all ages. Varying in genre, Rosen has been in the forefront of presenting queer stories post-coming out. When he’s not writing, he teaches creative writing at Gotham Writers Workshop. He kindly took the time to answer my questions about his work, inspiration,…

  • DC Round-up

    Starfire Vol. 1-2 by Amanda Conner These two volumes starring everyone’s favorite Tamarian has the sun-kissed alien living in the tropical paradise of Florida as a way to distance herself from the drama of her relationship with Dick Grayson (who may or may not be dead?) and just general superheroing. Not that she doesn’t do…