Book Review: Codename Charming
Title: Codename Charming [Palace Insiders 2]
Author: Lucy Parker
Genre: Contemporary, Romance
Rating: 5 Stars
Description/Synopsis:
Petunia De Vere enjoys being the personal assistant to lovable, bumbling Johnny Marchmont. But the job has its share of challenges, including the royal’s giant, intimidating bodyguard, Matthias. Pet and Matthias are polar opposites–she’s spontaneous and…
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Book Review: Dawn Breaker
Title: Dawnbreaker [Salvation Cycle 2]
Author: Jodi Meadows
Genre: Young Adult Fantasy
Rating: 4 Stars
Description/Synopsis:
The thin membrane of magic separating the human and demonic planes has been destroyed. Nightrender, the immortal warrior of the gods, must find a way to rebuild it, but Hanne—the serpent girl, always too cunning to be trusted, too hungry for power—has become High Queen,…
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Book Review: Outcasts
Title: Outcasts [Ferryman 3]
Author: Claire McFall
Genre: Young Adult, Paranormal, Fantasy, Romance
Rating: 3 Stars
Description/Synopsis:
Tristan and Dylan have escaped death and conquered destiny. Nothing is stopping them from being together.
But every action has a consequence, and their exile to the real world has caused an imbalance in the afterlife. It’s owed two souls – and it wants them…
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Book Review: Here Lies Olive
Title: Here Lies Olive
Author: Kate Anderson
Genre: Young Adult, LGBTQ+, Horror, Paranormal, Fantasy
Rating: 3 Stars
Description/Synopsis:
Growing up in the dark tourism capital of the United States, sixteen-year-old Olive should be comfortable with death. But ever since an allergic reaction almost sent her to the wrong side of the grass, she’s been terrified that there is no afterlife. And…
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Book Review: Wolf Gone Wild
Title: Wolf Gone Wild [Stay A Spell 1]
Author: Juliette Cross
Genre: Contemporary, Urban Fantasy, Paranormal, Romance
Rating: 5 Stars
Description/Synopsis:
What’s the worst thing that can happen to a werewolf? Unable to shift for three months, Mateo Cruz knows all too well. His wolf has taken up residence in his head, taunting him night and day with vividly violent and carnal thoughts.
Convinced…
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Book Review: All That Consumes Us
Title: All That Consumes Us
Author: Erica Waters
Genre: Young Adult, Horror, Fantasy, Paranormal, Gothic, LGBTQ+
Rating: 5 Stars
Description/Synopsis:
The students in Corbin College’s elite academic society, Magni Viri, have it all—free tuition, inspirational professors, and dream jobs once they graduate. When first-gen college student Tara is offered a chance to enroll, she doesn’t hesitate.? …
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Book Review: Ghost Tamer
Title: Ghost Tamer
Author: Meredith R. Lyons
Genre: Horror, Paranormal, Thriller, Mystery, Fantasy
Rating: 3 Stars
Description/Synopsis:
Death is one thing, it’s what you do afterward that matters. Aspiring comedian Raely is the sole survivor of a disastrous train wreck. While faced with the intense grief of losing her best friend, she realizes that someone is following her―and has been…
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Book Review: Under The Heavens
Title: Under The Heavens [The Ark Trilogy 1]
Author: Ruth Fox
Genre: Young Adult, Science Fiction
Rating: 5 Stars
Description/Synopsis:
Even the darkest secrets will come to light. Bubbly social media star Hannah Monksman is captaining Seiiki and carrying the last of Earth’s whales to a new paradise planet. Viewers have been following Hannah’s journey, but what they don’t know is her true…
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Book Review: The Scarlet Alchemist
Title: The Scarlet Alchemist [The Scarlet Alchemist 1]
Author: Kylie Lee Baker
Genre: Young Adult, Fantasy, Romance, Historical
Rating: 5 Stars
Description/Synopsis:
Zilan dreams of becoming a royal alchemist, of providing for her family by making alchemical gold and gems for the wealthy to eat in order to stay young forever. But for now, she’s trapped in her impoverished village in southern…
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Book Review: Night of The Witch
Title: Night of the Witch [Witch and Hunter 1]
Author: Sara Raasch & Beth Revis
Genre: Fantasy, Young Adult, Romance, Historical
Rating: 5 Stars
Description/Synopsis:
A witch and a hunter. Vengeance is their mission. Love is their destiny.
Fritzi is a witch. A survivor of a brutal attack on her coven, she’s determined to find her only surviving family member and bring the hexenjägers—zealot…
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Book Review: Lonely Castle In The Mirror
Title: Lonely Castle In The Mirror
Author: Mizuki Tsujimura, Translated By: Philip Gabriel
Genre: Fantasy, Magical Realism, Young Adult, Mental Health
Rating: 5 Stars
Description/Synopsis:
Seven students are avoiding going to school, hiding in their darkened bedrooms, unable to face their family and friends, until the moment they discover a portal into another world that offers temporary escape…
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Book Review: A Multitude of Dreams
Title: A Multitude of Dreams
Author: Mara Rutherford
Genre: Fantasy, Young Adult, Gothic, Historical, Romance
Rating: 5 Stars
Description/Synopsis:
Princess Imogen of Goslind has lived a sheltered life for three years at the boarded-up castle—she and the rest of its inhabitants safe from the bloody mori roja plague that’s ravaged the kingdom. But Princess Imogen has a secret, and as King Stuart…
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Book Review: The Pomegranate Gate
Title: The Pomegranate Gate [The Mirror Realm Cycle 1]
Author: Ariel Kaplan
Genre: Fantasy, Young Adult, Historical
Rating: 4 Stars
Description/Synopsis:
Toba Peres can speak but she can’t shout; she can walk but she can’t run; and she can write in five languages… with both hands at the same time.
Naftaly Cresques dreams every night of an orange-eyed stranger; when awake, he sees things that…
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Book Review: The Scarlet Veil
Title: The Scarlet Veil [The Scarlet Veil 1]
Author: Shelby Mahurin
Genre: Fantasy, Mystery, Romance
Rating: 3 Stars
Description/Synopsis:
Six months have passed since Célie took her sacred vows and joined the ranks of the Chasseurs as their first huntswoman. With her fiancé, Jean Luc, as captain, she is determined to find her foothold in her new role and help protect Belterra. But whispers from…
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A Disruption
As some of my readers may have noticed, my book review posts dried up in the last two weeks, and now I am off schedule. I wanted to let all of you know that my blog will return to task, but posts are going to be a little out of kilter for the next couple of weeks. I had two of my three hard drives go caput two weeks ago – luckily, my e-book library survived, but Windows on my PC did not.
Luckily,…
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Book Review: Every Wish Way
Title: Every Wish Way
Author: Shannon Bright
Genre: Contemporary, Fantasy, Romance
Rating: 5 Stars
Description/Synopsis:
Raised by a mother whose ironclad motto is “men are trash,” Iza longs to prove her wrong, ideally with a kind, steady boyfriend who will free her from the exhausting treadmill that is dating. Although she’s willing to try (almost) anything to find love, accidentally summoning…
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Book Review: If I Have To Be Haunted
Title: If I Have To Be Haunted
Author: Miranda Sun
Genre: Young Adult, Fantasy, Romance, Contemporary
Rating: 5 Stars
Description/Synopsis:
Cara Tang doesn’t want to be haunted.
Look, the dead have issues, and Cara has enough of her own. Her overbearing mother insists she be the “perfect” Chinese American daughter—which means suppressing her ghost-speaking powers—and she keeps getting into…
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