I wish I could say this is the first audiobook I’ve acquired solely because the narrator is an actor from Our Flag Means Death, but that would be lying. Anyway, in Voyage of the Damned by Frances White, Ganymedes Piscero is resigned to a terrible few days: as the heir of Fish Province, he must …
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Book Review | I Need You to Read This
In I Need You to Read This by Jessa Maxwell, Alex Marks is just getting by in New York City in a job she doesn’t like. Then, she hears that Francis Keen, famous advice columnist of “Dear Constance,” has been murdered. Francis’ writing got Alex through some difficult times, so her death hits Alex hard. …
Book Review | The Phoenix Keeper
Ah, cozy fantasy, my beloved. The Phoenix Keeper by S. A. MacLean tells the story of Aila, who works at a zoo for magical creatures. Her specialty—and passion ever since she was young—are phoenixes, which are critically endangered. She is determined to revitalize the zoo’s breeding program, which hasn’t been successful for over a decade. …
Book Review | Lady Macbeth
I love a good retelling. And this is a good retelling! In Lady Macbeth by Ava Reid, Roscille has been raised her whole life knowing that, firstly, she is only useful as a wife and not as a person, and secondly, that she is witch-touched and so her direct gaze will drive men to madness. …
Book Review | The Spellshop
In The Spellshop by Sarah Beth Durst, Kiela is a librarian in the empire’s best and most elite library of magical texts. But when a revolution leads to the place burning, she must abandon everything she knew and escape the city. With only a few crates of rescued books and her assistant Caz—a sentient spider …
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