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 Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins SPOILER FREE REVIEW

Suzanne Collins has done it again. She has brought the world of Panem back to the page, and I loved it.  I was concerned about Coriolanus Snow as a main character, but I was pleasantly surprised by how much I ended up liking it. Coriolanus is a young man who is grasping at the remains

Goddess in the Machine by Lora Beth Johnson: A First Look Review

1000 years is a long nap.  I loved this first look. There are so many interesting and fun aspects of this book that reeled me in.  Andra is asleep in a pod, headed through space with her family to a new planet called Holymoth. But when she wakes up, she is not where she expected.