ARC Review: The Witch and the Beast, Vol. 1 by Kousuke Satake

The Witch and the Beast, Vol. 1 by Kousuke Satake My rating: 4 of 5 stars A WITCH'S CURSE Guideau: a feral girl with long fangs and the eyes of a beast. Ashaf: a soft-spoken man with delicate features and a coffin strapped to his back. This ominous pair appears one day in a town …

Review: The Near Witch by V.E. Schwab

The Near Witch by Victoria Schwab My rating: 4 of 5 stars The Near Witch is only an old story told to frighten children. If the wind calls at night, you must not listen. The wind is lonely, and always looking for company. There are no strangers in the town of Near. These are the …

ARC Review: Ruthless Gods by Emily A. Duncan

Ruthless Gods by Emily A. Duncan My rating: 5 of 5 stars Darkness never works alone... Nadya doesn’t trust her magic anymore. Serefin is fighting off a voice in his head that doesn’t belong to him. Malachiasz is at war with who--and what--he’s become. As their group is continually torn apart, the girl, the prince, …

Review: Silver in the Wood by Emily Tesh

Silver in the Wood by Emily Tesh My rating: 3 of 5 stars There is a Wild Man who lives in the deep quiet of Greenhollow, and he listens to the wood. Tobias, tethered to the forest, does not dwell on his past life, but he lives a perfectly unremarkable existence with his cottage, his …

ARC Review: The Night Country by Melissa Albert

The Night Country by Melissa Albert My rating: 4 of 5 stars In The Night Country, Alice Proserpine dives back into a menacing, mesmerizing world of dark fairy tales and hidden doors. Follow her and Ellery Finch as they learn The Hazel Wood was just the beginning, and that worlds die not with a whimper, …

Audiobook Review: Wicked Saints by Emily A. Duncan

Wicked Saints by Emily A. Duncan My rating: 4 of 5 stars A girl who can speak to gods must save her people without destroying herself. A prince in danger must decide who to trust. A boy with a monstrous secret waits in the wings. Together, they must assassinate the king and stop the war. …

ARC Review: Sparrowhawk by Delilah S. Dawson, Matias Basla & Rebecca Nalty

Sparrowhawk by Delilah S. Dawson My rating: 4 of 5 stars After a young woman is kidnapped by an evil Faerie Queen and trapped in a far off realm, she must survive teen Victorian fairy fight club in order to get back home. As the illegitimate daughter of a Naval Captain, Artemisia has never fit …