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Review #387
4.8/5 stars!!! This dark YA fantasy had a bit of everything. Sometimes the rotting flesh got to be a tad too much but overall it was great. Here’s my thoughts while reading: That Dark Infinity starts out with a bang. A monster slayer, the Ankou, has been trapped in a...
Red
(Review #386) The cover of Red by K.D. Miller gave me a YA dark adventure vibe so I was not expecting erotica with fantasy elements (curses, witches) being only secondary in the plot. Then I showed the cover to my husband and he has guessed horror genre lol. Anyways I...
A Forgery of Roses
(Review #385) I love how grotesquely disturbing the paintings all were in A Forgery of Roses by Jessica S Olson. I gave this young adult fantasy a 5/5 stars. If you like dark, gothic creepy mysteries with magic., then check out this standalone. In a world where...
Ink Blood Sister Scribe
(Review #384) “Ink Blood Sister Scribe” by Emma Torzs was a 4.4/5 stars for me! Overall the level of magic and world building felt like it had vibes similar to A River Enchanted by Rebecca Ross but the setting and timing were not comparable. I liked the second half...
DNF- The Shadow Cabinet
If you read my review of the first book I was going to give it a 4.1/5 stars but rounded up to 4.7/5 because of the outrageous ending. I mainly picked up the sequel because I wondered if Niamh would make any shocking revival. I only got to page 50 but that’s all I...
Heart of a Witch
(Review #384) I gave Heart of a Witch, a standalone fantasy romance a 4.6/5 stars. Victoria is a great heroine who battles with the light and darkness inside her but Elijah was even more compelling for me. I feel like the story could’ve been a little longer to give...
Of Glass and Glamour
(Review #383) I read the first retelling story from the Daughters of Eville series a few months ago and Of Glass and Glamour is the second. I give this one a 4.0/5 stars. It’s a quick, easy, simple, clean fantasy romance retelling for those who like heroines with...
Favorite Standalones
As always, these have individual reviews on my blog. The genres really range here from romcom to thriller to historical fiction to fantasy. Without further delay... Top 10 Standalones (reverse order) Last Chance Books by Kelsey Rodkey (4.3/5) The Book Eaters by Sunyi...
DNF- The Bookish Life of Nina Hill
Nina works is an animal loving introvert mahi works in a bookstore and has a full calendar that can’t be altered. Flexibility and change is not her strong suit. Enter bomb: finding out she has half siblings. This story seemed like it had different plots. One being...
The Book Eaters
(Review #382) The ultimate question: how far would a mother go for her child? I rated The Book Eaters a 4.4/5 stars. I never could watch this story as a movie, it’d be way too scary and twisted for me. Overall it was more of a dark, depressing thriller than I had...
DNF- The Library of Lost Things
I didn’t get far into this one to give it enough of a chance because the mother’s mental health issues were causing me anxiety. I didn’t even make it to the meet cute. Here’s the blurb: From the moment she first learned to read, literary genius Darcy Wells has spent...
Tress of the Emerald Sea
(Review #381) Tress of the Emerald Sea by Brandon Sanderson earned a 4.5/5 stars for this fantasy with excellent sarcastic humor. The narration style is very different than what I’m used to. Here’s my thoughts live while reading: I’m not a Sanderson junkie or know...
Hooked
(Review 380) TW: drug withdrawal, hallucinations, PTSD If you like a haunting, dark, heavy, Peter Pan retelling with James, Captain Hook, as the antihero, then check out “Hooked.” I wasn’t aware that it served as a sequel when I bought it. I gave this one a 3.8/5...
DNF- Seafire
Unfortunately I didn’t finish Seafire by Natalie C Parker or the others in this series. Here’s my live thoughts while reading in real time: Geez. The prologue was quite a brutal opening for YA. The main character is tricked and stabbed after she tried to give a...
June wrapup
Here are my June reads and ratings. I don’t have as many this month and that trilogy in there kind of counts as one book recommendation. What was your favorite book in June? What are you anticipating to read in July? 4.25/5 stars for this YA read inside a magical...