While the Iskat Empire has long dominated the system through treaties and political alliances, several planets, including Thea, have begun to chafe under Iskat's rule. When tragedy befalls Imperial Prince Taam, his Thean widower, Jainan, is rushed into an arranged marriage with Taam's cousin, the disreputable Kiem, in a bid to keep the rising hostilities … Continue reading ARC Review: Winter’s Orbit by Everina Maxwell
Robin Loxleigh and his sister Marianne are the hit of the Season, so attractive and delightful that nobody looks behind their pretty faces. Until Robin sets his sights on Sir John Hartlebury’s heiress niece. The notoriously graceless baronet isn’t impressed by good looks, or fooled by false charm. He’s sure Robin is a liar—a fortune … Continue reading Review: The Gentle Art of Fortune Hunting by KJ Charles
A lyrical and dreamy reimagining of Dracula’s brides, A Dowry of Blood is a story of desire, obsession, and emancipation. Saved from the brink of death by a mysterious stranger, Constanta is transformed from a medieval peasant into a bride fit for an undying king. But when Dracula draws a cunning aristocrat and a starving … Continue reading ARC Review: A Dowry of Blood by S.T. Gibson
Victor Hugo's tale of injustice, heroism and love follows the fortunes of Jean Valjean, an escaped convict determined to put his criminal past behind him. But his attempts to become a respected member of the community are constantly put under threat: by his own conscience, when, owing to a case of mistaken identity, another man … Continue reading Blogmas #19: Mini Classic Review – Les Misérables by Victor Hugo
Hi all! Sorry I haven't been posting much at all this month! I literally blacked out and before I knew it, it was November 25 😂. So I thought it would be a good idea to share a WWW meme because I haven't done one for a while, and it's a super quick and easy … Continue reading WWW Wednesday
Obsessed with creating life itself, Victor Frankenstein plunders graveyards for the material to fashion a new being, which he shocks into life with electricity. But his botched creature, rejected by Frankenstein and denied human companionship, sets out to destroy his maker and all that he holds dear. Mary Shelley's chilling Gothic tale was conceived when … Continue reading Mini Classic Review: Frankenstein
Our story begins in 1902, at The Brookhants School for Girls. Flo and Clara, two impressionable students, are obsessed with each other and with a daring young writer named Mary MacLane, the author of a scandalous bestselling memoir. To show their devotion to Mary, the girls establish their own private club and call it The … Continue reading Review: Plain Bad Heroines by Emily M. Danforth
Twins Alec and Walker Holland have a reputation around town. One is quiet and the other is the life of any party, but they are inseparable. For their last summer before college, the two leave the city to live with their rural cousins, where they find that the swamp holds far darker depths than they … Continue reading Mini Review: Swamp Thing: Twin Branches by Maggie Stiefvater and Morgan Beem
When Addie LaRue makes a deal with devil, she trades her soul for immortality. But the devil takes away her place in the world, cursing her to be forgotten by everyone. Addie flees her tiny home town in 18th-Century France, beginning a journey that takes her across the world, learning to live a life where … Continue reading ARC Review: The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab
A brand new space opera on an epic scale from the New York Times bestselling author of a beloved YA fantasy series. It was supposed to be a routine research mission on an uncolonized planet. But when xenobiologist Kira Navárez finds an alien relic beneath the surface of the world, the outcome transforms her forever and will … Continue reading Review: To Sleep in a Sea of Stars by Christopher Paolini
