The Princess Knight by G.A. Aiken REVIEW

Thank you Bookish First and Kensington Books for this ARC! This sister drama wrapped up in a paranormal romance novel is a violent delight.  The political conflict is rich and complicated. However, this book has a ton of characters that bog it down when it could use some breath.  Gemma does not want to be

Resistor: An Eerden Novel (Ellinor #1) by C.E. Clayton REVIEW

Thank you Book Sirens and C.E. Clayton for an eARC of this book! Ellinor Olyesha Rask is pronounced exactly how you would expect.  Okay, now that is out of the way. Ellinor Olyesha Rask is a great main character, and I want more and that’s that.  The scifi world building is so fun and cool. 

Dance of Thieves by Mary E. Pearson REVIEW

In the pages of this novel, I got two of my favorite things: unsurprising romance tropes and surprising fantasy world building. Pearson wrote a young adult fantasy that did not once make me groan over cliches or make me growl over characters’ inability to communicate. Kazi is a young thief turned Rahtan (a soldier for

The Sin in the Steel by Ryan Van Loan REVIEW

Buc and Eld are too much fun as protagonists.  Buc is an old 17: smart, skilled, and brave.  Eld is an even older 19: polite, strong, and mysterious. Together, they are a dynamic duo of pirate fighting geniuses.  The back of the book describes Buc as a young, female Sherlock, and she certainly has some

Chaos Reigning by Jessie Mihalik REVIEW

Chaos Reigning is the third and final book in the Consortium Rebellion Trilogy, a series of romance books that take place in space. I wish there were more! I love that the characters in each book do more than have a romance plot, but have real stakes and issues that have nothing to do with

May Wrap Up 2020

This month I have had a wide variety of reads! I can’t believe how much my reading has expanded since joining bookstagram 11 months ago! This month I read eight books that were in five different genres! Below are all my May reads! Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister by Gregory McGuire: This book was not

The Sin in the Steel by Ryan Van Loan FIRST LOOK REVIEW

The first page of the first chapter drops you right in the middle of the action, grabs you by the ankles and does not let you go.   I saw a woman with a knife on the cover and it made me click the more info button.  I saw fantasy and I clicked download on the