First, a disclaimer: I am incredibly biased toward this book. The author is a good friend of mine (Alysha, if you’re reading this, hi!), and I had the honor of first reading this back when it was a manuscript and she didn’t even have a publisher yet. But I hope that doesn’t entirely take away …
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Book Review | What Comes After (ARC)
I received an advance reader’s copy (ARC) of What Comes After by Katie Bayerl. Since this version is just a proof and not the final version, I won’t quote directly and will keep my comments general. In What Comes After by Katie Bayerl, Mari is a driven sixteen-year-old, determined to make it through high school …
Book Review | Great Big Beautiful Life
In Great Big Beautiful Life by Emily Henry, Alice Scott is a writer determined to find her big break, and she thinks she’s found it when she tracks down Margaret Ives, heiress to a famous family and who famously vanished from the public eye two decades ago. But when Alice arrives in the tiny Georgia …
Book Review | A Drop of Corruption
A Drop of Corruption by Robert Jackson Bennett, the sequel to The Tainted Cup, follows Ana Dolabra and Dinios Kol on another mysterious case on the outskirts of the Empire. This time, they’re in Yarrowdale, a territory at the very edge of the Empire’s influence, and a contentious territory at that. The citizens are skeptical …
Book Review | The Gentleman and His Vowsmith
In Gentleman and His Vowsmith by Rebecca Ide, Lord Nicholas Monterris, as the only heir to his family name, must make an advantageous marriage. So his father arranges for him to wed Lady Leaf Serral, a woman Nic doesn’t know at all. But she and her family are brought to the Monterris home to arrange …
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