Diversity Spotlight Thursday #112

Diversity Spotlight Thursday is a weekly meme hosted by Aimal @ Bookshelves and Paperbacks, and is all about highlighting diverse literature. Diversity Spotlight takes place every Thursday, and it will be featuring three books in any given week: A diverse book you have read and enjoyed A diverse book that has already been released but …

ARC Review: Shadow Service Vol. 1 by Cavan Scott, Corin Howell, Trionna Farrell

Shadow Service Vol. 1 by Cavan Scott My rating: 4 of 5 stars Worried your partner is cheating? Need a missing person found? Gina Meyers is the Private Investigator for you. Sure, she’s a witch who worries that her powers make her more of a monster than the crooks she’s trying to catch, but it’s …

Diversity Spotlight Thursday #111

Diversity Spotlight Thursday is a weekly meme hosted by Aimal @ Bookshelves and Paperbacks, and is all about highlighting diverse literature. Diversity Spotlight takes place every Thursday, and it will be featuring three books in any given week: A diverse book you have read and enjoyed A diverse book that has already been released but …

Blog Tour & Review: The Sword in the Street by C. M. Caplan

Welcome to the Blog Tour for The Sword In The Street; this time, we are both doing the tour and we buddy-read this book, so you get two reviews! Title: The Sword In The StreetAuthor: C. M. CaplanPublisher: Razor Sharp BooksPublication Date: March 3, 2021Genres: (Adult) Fantasy Synopsis: Trial by battle is a holy rite …

ARC Review: Remote Control by Nnedi Okorafor

Remote Control by Nnedi Okorafor My rating: 4 of 5 stars "She’s the adopted daughter of the Angel of Death. Beware of her. Mind her. Death guards her like one of its own." The day Fatima forgot her name, Death paid a visit. From hereon in she would be known as Sankofa­­--a name that meant …

ARC Review: The Thief on the Winged Horse by Kate Mascarenhas

The Thief on the Winged Horse by Kate Mascarenhas My rating: 4 of 5 stars The Kendrick family have run their world-famous doll-making business in near isolation since the early 1800s. Only family members are permitted to work for the firm, and only the men know the closely guarded secrets of the workshop. Because Kendricks' …

ARC Review: The Wife Upstairs by Rachel Hawkins

The Wife Upstairs by Rachel Hawkins My rating: 4.5 of 5 stars Meet Jane. Newly arrived to Birmingham, Alabama, Jane is a broke dog-walker in Thornfield Estates––a gated community full of McMansions, shiny SUVs, and bored housewives. The kind of place where no one will notice if Jane lifts the discarded tchotchkes and jewelry off …

ARC Review: Fugitive Telemetry by Martha Wells

Fugitive Telemetry by Martha Wells My rating: 5 of 5 stars No, I didn’t kill the dead human. If I had, I wouldn’t dump the body in the station mall. When Murderbot discovers a dead body on Preservation Station, it knows it is going to have to assist station security to determine who the body …

Audiobook Review: A Long Day in Lychford by Paul Cornell

A Long Day in Lychford by Paul Cornell My rating: 3 of 5 stars It's a period of turmoil in Britain, with the country's politicians electing to remove the UK from the European Union, despite ever-increasing evidence that the public no longer supports it. And the small town of Lychford is suffering. But what can …

ARC Review: The Burning God by R.F. Kuang

The Burning God by R.F. Kuang My rating: 5 of 5 stars After saving her nation of Nikan from foreign invaders and battling the evil Empress Su Daji in a brutal civil war, Fang Runin was betrayed by allies and left for dead. Despite her losses, Rin hasn’t given up on those for whom she …

Blog Tour & Review: All or None by Aurora Lee Thornton

  Welcome to my stop on the blog tour for All or None! Title: All or NoneAuthor: Aurora Lee ThorntonPublisher: Self-publishedPublication date: August 2020Genres: Adult, Fantasy Synopsis: In a world where everyone has a soulmate, uniquely powerful mage Royiora and reluctant assassin Kalo collide in the worst of ways. Royiora Daralkaen, the only mage alive …

ARC Review: Dracula, Motherf**ker! by Alex de Campi & Erica Henderson

Dracula, Motherf**ker! by Alex de Campi My rating: 2.5 of 5 stars Vienna, 1889: Dracula's brides nail him to the bottom of his coffin. Los Angeles, 1974: an ageing starlet decides to raise the stakes. Crime scene photographer Quincy Harker is the only man who knows it happened, but will anyone believe him before he gets …

ARC Review: The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab

The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab My rating: 5 of 5 stars A Life No One Will Remember. A Story You Will Never Forget. France, 1714: in a moment of desperation, a young woman makes a Faustian bargain to live forever and is cursed to be forgotten by everyone she meets. Thus …

Audiobook Review: Ashes of Honor by Seanan McGuire

Ashes of Honor by Seanan McGuire My rating: 4 of 5 stars It’s been almost a year since October “Toby” Daye averted a war, gave up a county, and suffered personal losses that have left her wishing for a good day’s sleep. She’s tried to focus on her responsibilities—training Quentin, upholding her position as Sylvester’s …

Audiobook Review: The Monster of Elendhaven by Jennifer Giesbrecht

The Monster of Elendhaven by Jennifer Giesbrecht My rating: 4.5 of 5 stars The city of Elendhaven sulks on the edge of the ocean. Wracked by plague, abandoned by the South, stripped of industry and left to die. But not everything dies so easily. A thing without a name stalks the city, a thing shaped …