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 …

ARC Review: Juliet Takes a Breath: The Graphic Novel by Gabby Rivera & Celia Moscote

Juliet Takes a Breath: The Graphic Novel by Gabby Rivera My rating: 4 of 5 stars Juliet Milagros Palante is leaving the Bronx and headed to Portland, Oregon. She just came out to her family and isn’t sure if her mom will ever speak to her again. But don’t worry, Juliet has something kinda resembling …

Diversity Spotlight Thursday #104

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: Last Dance by Hanna Schroy

Last Dance by Hanna Schroy My rating: 4 of 5 stars “For years I’ve watched ballerinas from this room. I want what you want. I wish to join them.” Miriam has trained her whole life to fulfill her dreams and it’s finally paid off now that she’s the prima ballerina of the Lulli Dance Company, …

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: Ash & Thorn: Volume One: Recipe for Disaster by Mariah McCourt, Soo Lee & Jill Thompson

Ash & Thorn: Volume One: Recipe for Disaster by Mariah McCourt My rating: 4 of 5 stars The apocalypse is nigh! The world needs a Champion, and the only heir to a sacred mystical lineage is...a little old lady? Meet Lottie Thorn, reluctant savior of the world, and her also-elderly trainer Lady Peruvia Ashlington-Voss. They …

ARC Review: Teen Titans: Beast Boy by Kami Garcia & Gabriel Picolo

Teen Titans: Beast Boy by Kami Garcia My rating: 4 of 5 stars Garfield Logan has spent his entire life being overlooked. Even in a small town like Eden, Georgia, the 17-year-old with green streaks in his hair can’t find a way to stand out–and the clock is ticking. Senior year is almost over. If …

ARC Review: Shades of Magic Vol. 3: The Rebel Army by V.E. Schwab & Andrea Olimpieri

Shades of Magic Vol. 3: The Rebel Army by V.E. Schwab My rating: 4 of 5 stars Once just a single ship, now the pirate fleet of the Rebel Army numbers in its thousands. Made up of traitors from each of the three empires, the fleet, who once made the open waters of the Blood …

ARC Review: Shades of Magic Vol. 2: Night of Knives by V.E. Schwab, Andrea Olimpieri

Shades of Magic Vol. 2: Night of Knives by V.E. Schwab My rating: 3.5 of 5 stars The young and arrogant prince Maxim Maresh, having faced the terror of the Pirate Queen, now aims to capture the respect of the combative port town of Verose - by taking the impossible challenges of the Night of Knives... …

ARC Review: Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr., Ryan North & Albert Monteys

Slaughterhouse-Five, or the Children's Crusade by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. My rating: 4 of 5 stars The first-ever graphic novel adaptation of Kurt Vonnegut’s Slaughterhouse-Five, an American classic, is one of the world’s great anti-war books. An American classic and one of the world’s seminal antiwar books, Kurt Vonnegut’s Slaughterhouse-Five is faithfully presented in graphic novel …

ARC Review: Shades of Magic Vol. 1: The Steel Prince by V.E. Schwab & Andrea Olimpieri

Shades of Magic Vol. 1: The Steel Prince by V.E. Schwab My rating: 4 of 5 stars Delve into the thrilling, epic tale of the young and arrogant prince Maxim Maresh, long before he became the king of Red London and adoptive father to Kell, the lead of A Darker Shade of Magic! The youthful …

ARC Review: Vampire State Building by Ange, Patrick Renault & Charlie Adlard

Vampire State Building by Ange My rating: 2 of 5 stars The newest horror series from the artist of The Walking Dead! Get ready to be bitten from the first full color page... Terry Fisher is a young soldier on the verge of being sent away for active military duty, and is going to meet …

ARC Review: Something is Killing the Children, Vol. 1 by James Tynion IV, Werther Dell’Edera & Miguel Muerto

Something is Killing the Children, Vol. 1 by James Tynion IV My rating: 4 of 5 stars When children begin to go missing in the town of Archer’s Peak, all hope seems lost until a mysterious woman arrives to reveal that terrifying creatures are behind the chaos - and that she alone will destroy them, …

ARC Review: Eat, and Love Yourself by Sweeney Boo & Lilian Klepakowsky

Eat, and Love Yourself by Sweeney Boo My rating: 4 of 5 stars A story about Mindy, a woman living with an eating disorder who has to learn how to love herself again. In pursuit of the perfect body, Mindy buys the low-fat diet products and the glossy magazines which promise the secret to losing …

ARC Review: Apsara Engine by Bishakh Som

Apsara Engine by Bishakh Som My rating: 2 of 5 stars In turns both fantastical and familiar, this graphic short story collection with South Asian roots is immersed in questions of gender, the body, and existential conformity. The eight delightfully eerie stories in Apsara Engine are a subtle intervention into everyday reality. A woman drowns …