Twenty-seven years ago, a Duke with a grudge led a ruthless coup against the empire of Semilla, killing thousands. He failed. The Duke was executed, a terrifyingly powerful sorcerer was imprisoned, and an unwilling princess disappeared.The empire moved on.Now, when Quill, an apprentice scribe, arrives in the capital city, he believes heโs on a simple... Continue Reading →
ARC/Audiobook Review: Strike the Zither by Joan He
The year is 414 of the Xin Dynasty, and chaos abounds. A puppet empress is on the throne. The realm has fractured into three factions and three warlordesses hoping to claim the continent for themselves.But Zephyr knows itโs no contest.Orphaned at a young age, Zephyr took control of her fate by becoming the best strategist... Continue Reading →
ARC/Audio Review: Night of the Raven, Dawn of the Dove by Rati Mehrotra
To learn what she can become, she must first discover who she is.A stunning and immersive debut set in an alternate medieval India infested with monsters, where a young guardswoman struggles with her unwitting role as a major pawn in the deadly games between two kingdoms. With incredible characters, a vivid setting and heartrending emotion,ย Night... Continue Reading →
Audiobook Review: Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus
Chemist Elizabeth Zott is not your average woman. In fact, Elizabeth Zott would be the first to point out that there is no such thing as an average woman. But itโs the early 1960s and her all-male team at Hastings Research Institute takes a very unscientific view of equality. Except for one: Calvin Evans; the... Continue Reading →
Book Review: Ten Thousand Stitches by Olivia Atwater
Regency housemaid Euphemia Reeves has acquired a faerie godfather. Unfortunately, he has no idea what he's doing.Effie has most inconveniently fallen in love with the dashing Mr Benedict Ashbrooke. There's only one problem; Effie is a housemaid, and a housemaid cannot marry a gentleman. It seems that Effie is out of luck until she stumbles... Continue Reading →
Book Review: This Wicked Fate by Kalynn Bayron
How much would you risk to save the ones you love? Would you tempt even the most dangerous fate?Briseis has one chance to save her mother, but she'll need to do the impossible: find the last fragment of the deadly Absyrtus Heart. If she is to locate the missing piece, she must turn to the... Continue Reading →
Audiobook Review: Portrait of a Thief by Grace D. Li
Oceanโs Elevenย meetsย The Farewellย inย Portrait of a Thief, a lush, lyrical heist novel inspired by the true story of Chinese art vanishing from Western museums; about diaspora, the colonization of art, and the complexity of the Chinese American identity.History is told by the conquerors. Across the Western world, museums display the spoils of war, of conquest, of... Continue Reading →
Audiobook Review: The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches by Sangu Mandanna
A warm and uplifting novel about an isolated witch whose opportunity to embrace a quirky new familyโand a new loveโchanges the course of her life.As one of the few witches in Britain, Mika Moon knows she has to hide her magic, keep her head down, and stay away from other witches so their powers donโt... Continue Reading →
Audiobook Review: My Imaginary Mary by Cynthia Hand, Brodi Ashton and Jodi Meadows
Mary may have inherited the brilliant mind of her late mother, Mary Wollstonecraft, but she lives a drab life above her fatherโs bookstore, waiting for an extraordinary idea thatโll inspire a work worthy of her parentageโand impress her rakishly handsome (and super-secret) beau, Percy Shelley.Ada Lovelace knows a thing or two about superstar parents, what... Continue Reading →
ALC Review: I’m Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy
Jennette McCurdy was six years old when she had her first acting audition. Her motherโs dream was for her only daughter to become a star, and Jennette would do anything to make her mother happy. So she went along with what Mom called โcalorie restriction,โ eating little and weighing herself five times a day. She... Continue Reading →