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Dec 30, 20232 min read
Book Review: Gothic galore in "The Witches of Bone Hill"
Guillermo Del Toro’s “Crimson Peake” meets “Practical Magic” in this debut novel from Ava Morgyn, The Witches of Bone Hill.
Dec 29, 20232 min read
Book Review: An unfortunate witchy romance
This novel was marketed as “Gilmore Girls” meets “Practical Magic,” but it’s anything but.
Jul 14, 20232 min read
Book Review: "The Glow" is a witty critique but loses its luster
Wildly entertaining and witty, The Glow sharply criticizes the beauty and influencer industry but loses its luster by the end.
Jun 24, 20232 min read
Book Review: YA fantasy's next big series, Threads That Bind
Ever since the Percy Jackson series, I have been a sucker for all things mythology. So when Threads That Bind was given to me, I was stoked.
May 23, 20232 min read
Book Review: Searing, provocative, and soap opera-worthy drama in "The Skin and Its Girl"
If one debut should be on everyone's list this year, it's Sarah Cypher's searing and lush novel The Skin and Its Girl.
May 21, 20232 min read
Book Review: "The Secret Diaries of Charles Ignatius Sancho" downplays history
The Secret Diaries of Charles Ignatius Sancho by Paterson Joseph is based on the life of the first black man to vote in Britian.
Apr 8, 20232 min read
Book Review: Every funny girl wishes for a "Romantic Comedy"
Did anyone else grow up watching Saturday Night Live and realize how much the crass humor impacted them as adults?
Mar 31, 20232 min read
Book Review: The Wild West, monsters, and feminist homesteaders in "Lone Women"
I’m a sucker for female-centered horror novels and movies; Victor LaValle’s newest book, “Lone Women,” takes feminist horror to a new level.
Mar 28, 20232 min read
Book Review: The not-so dramatic true story behind Beauty & The Beast
The truth behind your favorite fairy tales might not be as idyllic as Disney has made them out to be.
Feb 27, 20233 min read
Book Review: Pirates, demons, and medieval magic galore in "The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi"
With plenty of YA authors jumping into adult fiction, it was time for best-selling author Shannon Chakraborty to jump on the bandwagon.
Feb 18, 20233 min read
Book Review: Dragons and smashing colonialism in "To Shape a Dragon's Breath"
Set in a world touched by dragons, Anequs is sent to a colonizer-run dragon academy after stumbling upon a dragon egg in her village.
Feb 12, 20232 min read
Book Review: "The Writing Retreat" gets lost on the way to its ending
I have been itching for a thriller novel set in the writing space, and boy does Julia Bartz deliver that in “The Writing Retreat."
Feb 6, 20232 min read
Book Review: "The God of Endings" is the darker, rated R version of Addie LaRue
“The God of Endings” is a haunting debut with vampires, Slavic mythology, and an “am I going crazy” plot line for the ages.
Sep 29, 20222 min read
Book Review: One very magical shop in "The Vermillion Emporium"
Maybe it’s the Harry Potter-obsessed kid in me that loves the concept of a magical store, and “The Vermillion Emporium” is a treat.
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Sep 3, 20222 min read
Book Review: "The Vexations" is missing its heart
As a former orchestra nerd, seeing a composer’s life fictionalized is a dream come true.
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Aug 31, 20222 min read
Book Review: Someone let the dogs out in "Nightbitch"
There’s nothing like stumbling upon a book that makes you go, “What the fuck?” Rachel Yoder’s debut novel “Nightbitch” was my WTF moment.
Aug 25, 20222 min read
Book Review: "When We Were Sisters" charts the fractures of sisterhood
Grief rocks the worlds of sisters Kausar, Aisha, and Noreen in Fatimah Asghar's debut novel "When We Were Sisters".
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Aug 20, 20222 min read
Book Review: "Malibu Rising" burns bright
Taylor Jenkins Reid fans, rejoice!
Aug 18, 20222 min read
Book Review: Hunger Games meets Vampire Diaries in "The Luminaries"
In the town of Hemlock Falls, an ancient order called the Luminaries protects the town and world from the monsters roaming the forest.
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Aug 18, 20222 min read
Book Review: A triumph in storytelling in "Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow"
Deeply imaginative, riveting, and heartbreaking–but also heart-mending, this is a book that will sit with long after you finish.
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