A stunning novel about motherhood, community, herd mentality, and finding what we have lost.
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Review: The Crew (The God Dust Saga #1) by Sadir S. Samir
Kings of the Wyld meets Deadpool in this action-packed fantasy adventure set in an Arab-inspired landscape. Varcade fled to the deserts of Harrah to escape his past as an Educator, a member of an order of zealot warrior-monks that aims to shape the world according to their sacred Teachings by force. Varcade makes his living […]
Review: The Book That Wouldn’t Burn (The Library Trilogy, #1)
A boy has lived his whole life trapped within a vast library, older than empires and larger than cities. A girl has spent hers in a tiny settlement out on the Dust where nightmares stalk and no one goes. The world has never even noticed them. That’s about to change. Their stories spiral around each […]
Review: Body Language (Cassie Raven #1) by A. K. Turner
For fans of British thrillers/crime procedurals, this intriguing first novel in the Cassie Raven series shows the reader a bit more of the other side of criminal investigation teams by focusing on the mortuary techs. Specifically, bi badass Cassie Raven who shows everyone you should never stop at appearances, and she does it with style and a sharp wit
Team Review: The Given Day by Dennis Lehane ft. Krystle Matar & C.M. Caplan
Synopsis: Set in Boston at the end of the First World War, New York Times best-selling author Dennis Lehane’s long-awaited eighth novel unflinchingly captures the political and social unrest of a nation caught at the crossroads between past and future. The Given Day tells the story of two families—one black, one white—swept up in a […]
Review: The Magician’s Daughter by H.G. Parry
Cozy, atmospheric fantasy set in a historical setting. The kind of book that makes you feel as if magic is real.
Review: Daughter of Redwinter (The Redwinter Chronicles #1) by Ed McDonald
Daughter of Redwinter is beauty and brutality personified, a perfect melding together of coming of age fiction and the pursuit of finding ones own identity in a world that doesn’t accept you, the exploration of mental health and a character study of one of the most interesting and well realised protagonists I’ve ever had the pleasure of being in the head of.
Review: Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin
This book bottles the feeling of fandom; that feeling that the media that you’re consuming is so RIGHT that it fits you like a missing puzzle piece.
Review: Adelaide by Genevieve Wheeler
This is a stunning exploration into the journey to finding oneself through love, sex, friendship, and mental health.
Review: Bellatrix (Legion XXII #2) by Simon Turney
Synopsis: Warrior and combat medic of the Twenty Second Legion, Titus Cervianus, must fight the armies of the fabled Warrior Queen in this blistering new Roman adventure from Simon Turney. Egypt, 25 BC. Titus Cervianus is no ordinary soldier. And the Twenty Second is no ordinary legion. Formed from the personal guard of a conquered […]
Blog Tour Review: Essex Dogs (Essex Dogs #1) by Dan Jones
Essex Dogs is a triumphant novel, full of moments, people and ideas that will stick with me for a very long time.