ARC Review: Laughing Under the Clouds, Volume 1 by Karakara Kemuri

Laughing Under the Clouds, Volume 1 by Karakara Kemuri My rating: 4 of 5 stars Under the curse of Orochi, the great demon serpent reborn every 300 years, Japan has been shrouded in clouds for as long as anyone can remember... The era of the samurai is at an end, and carrying swords has been outlawed. To …

ARC Review: The Forest of Stolen Girls by June Hur

The Forest of Stolen Girls by June Hur My rating: 5 of 5 stars Hwani's family has never been the same since she and her younger sister went missing and were later found unconscious in the forest, near a gruesome crime scene. The only thing they remember: Their captor wore a painted-white mask. To escape …

ARC Review: Spellmaker by Charlie N. Holmberg

Spellmaker (Spellbreaker Duology #2) by Charlie N. HolmbergMy Ratings: 4/5 Dead wizards, stolen enchantments, and broken promises force a young spellbreaker out of the shadows in the next thrilling installment of the Spellbreaker series by the Wall Street Journal bestselling author of The Paper Magician. England, 1895. An unsolved series of magician murders and opus …

ARC Review: Moriarty the Patriot, Vol. 2 by Ryōsuke Takeuchi & Hikaru Miyoshi

Moriarty the Patriot, Vol. 2 by Ryōsuke Takeuchi My rating: 4 of 5 stars The untold story of Sherlock Holmes’ greatest rival, Moriarty! Before he was Sherlock’s rival, Moriarty fought against the unfair class caste system in London by making sure corrupt nobility got their comeuppance. But even the best-intentioned plans can spin out of …

ARC Review: Moriarty the Patriot, Vol. 1 by Ryōsuke Takeuchi & Hikaru Miyoshi

Moriarty the Patriot, Vol. 1 by Ryōsuke Takeuchi My rating: 4 of 5 stars The untold story of Sherlock Holmes’ greatest rival, Moriarty! Before he was Sherlock’s rival, Moriarty fought against the unfair class caste system in London by making sure corrupt nobility got their comeuppance. But even the best-intentioned plans can spin out of …

ARC Review: Spellbreaker by Charlie N. Holmberg

Spellbreaker (Spellbreaker Duology 1#) by Charlie N. HolmbergMy Ratings: 3/5 A world of enchanted injustice needs a disenchanting woman in the newest fantasy series by the Wall Street Journal bestselling author of The Paper Magician. The orphaned Elsie Camden learned as a girl that there were two kinds of wizards in the world: those who pay for the …

ARC Review: Witch by Finbar Hawkins

Witch by Finbar Hawkins My rating: 2 of 5 stars After witnessing the brutal murder of her mother by witch-hunters, Evey vows to avenge her and track down the killers. Fury burns in her bright and strong. But she has promised her mother that she will keep Dill, her little sister, safe. As the lust …

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 …

Audiobook Review: Agent 355 by Marie Benedict

Agent 355 by Marie Benedict My Rating: 4/5 From Marie Benedict, best-selling author of The Only Woman in the Room and Lady Clementine, comes a captivating work of historical fiction about a young female spy who may have changed the course of American History. The tide is turning against the colonists in the Revolutionary War, …

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: Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, Vol. 15 by Koyoharu Gotouge

Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, Vol. 15 by Koyoharu Gotouge My rating: 4 of 5 stars Tanjiro sets out on the path of the Demon Slayer to save his sister and avenge his family! In Taisho-era Japan, Tanjiro Kamado is a kindhearted boy who makes a living selling charcoal. But his peaceful life is shattered …

ARC Review: Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, Vol. 14 by Koyoharu Gotouge

Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, Vol. 14 by Koyoharu Gotouge My rating: 4 of 5 stars Tanjiro sets out on the path of the Demon Slayer to save his sister and avenge his family! In Taisho-era Japan, Tanjiro Kamado is a kindhearted boy who makes a living selling charcoal. But his peaceful life is shattered …

Diversity Spotlight Thursday #87

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: Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, Vol. 13 by Koyoharu Gotouge

Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, Vol. 13 by Koyoharu Gotouge My rating: 4 of 5 stars Tanjiro sets out on the path of the Demon Slayer to save his sister and avenge his family! In Taisho-era Japan, Tanjiro Kamado is a kindhearted boy who makes a living selling charcoal. But his peaceful life is shattered …

Diversity Spotlight Thursday #86

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 …