My Rating: 3 stars Many thanks to St. Martin's Press and NetGalley for the ARC! This book came out on December 6 2022 and is now available for purchase. The Ingenue follows Saskia as she returns to her childhood home, the Elf House, upon the death of her mother. This former piano prodigy has mixed… Continue reading The Ingenue by Rachel Kapelke-Dale
My Rating: 4 stars Many thanks to Random House and NetGalley for the ARC. This book was released on February 21 2023 and is now available for purchase. I went into Nocturne expecting a retelling of The Phantom of the Opera. There are aspects of that story, and there are also aspects of "Beauty and… Continue reading Nocturne by Alyssa Wees
My Rating: 5 stars Many Random House and NetGalley for the ARC! This book came out on January 10 2023 and is now available for purchase. Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries is a historical fantasy novel in the vein of Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell and Babel: an Arcane History. It takes place in an… Continue reading Emily Wilde’s Encyclopaedia of Faeries by Heather Fawcett
My Rating: 5 stars Many thanks to Harper Voyager and NetGalley for the ARC. This book is being released today, August 23 2022. Robin Swift is an orphan plucked out of Canton by Richard Lovell, an British professor who raises the boy with one goal: to enter the Royal Institute of Translation at Oxford University,… Continue reading Babel: An Arcane History by R. F. Kuang
My Rating: 4.5 stars Many thanks to Harper Voyager and NetGalley for the ARC! This book comes out tomorrow, June 21st 2022. Juniper & Thorn is a loose retelling of the Brothers Grimm tale "The Juniper Tree," incorporating aspects of the original tale but ultimately telling it's own story. Our main character is Marlinchen, the… Continue reading Juniper & Thorn by Ava Reid
My Rating: 5 stars Many thanks to Gallery Books and NetGalley for the ARC! This book is being released today, June 14th 2022. When Melissa Bond suddenly develops insomnia during her second pregnancy, all she can think about is how she can get some sleep. It never occurs to her to question the doctor who… Continue reading Blood Orange Night by Melissa Bond
My Rating: 3 stars Many thanks to Random House and NetGalley for the ARC. This book was released on April 5 2022 and is now available for purchase. Glass Slippers follows Tirza, Cinderella's third stepsister who was only five-years-old when the events of the fairy tale happened. With her mother dead and her sisters in… Continue reading Glass Slippers by Leah Cypess
My Rating: 5 stars X2 I read the first volume of Heartstopper last year and adored it. But I've also read chapters on Tumblr (out of order), so I knew I would. These two volumes contain more of the excellence I've come to expect from Oseman. As the with the first volume, I've read most… Continue reading Heartstopper Vol. 2 and 3 by Alice Oseman
My Rating: 4 stars Many thanks to Tin House and NetGalley for the ARC! This book was released on April 5 2022 and is now available for purchase. Little Foxes Took Up Matches follow Mitya, a young boy growing up in Russia after the collapse of the Soviet Union. Mitya doesn't fit with his culture's… Continue reading Little Foxes Took Up Matches by Katya Kazbek
Rating: 4.5 stars You'd Be Home Now focuses on Emory, the youngest child in the Ward family and the one who is always overlooked. A car accident reveals her brother Joey's drug problem, severely injures her leg, and kills her classmate, Candy MontClaire. With Joey back from rehab and school starting back up, Emory has… Continue reading You’d Be Home Now by Kathleen Glasgow
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