I received an advance reader’s copy (ARC) of The Austen Affair by Madeline Bell. Since this version is just a proof and not the final version, I won’t quote directly and will keep my comments general. In The Austen Affair by Madeline Bell, Tess Bright is a struggling actress who’s also dealing with the recent …
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Series Review | Elatsoe and Sheine Lende
For once, I read a duology without waiting months and months in between the books! In Darcie Little Badger’s books Elatsoe and Sheine Lende, we follow two members of the same family: Ellie and Shane, a granddaughter and grandmother. In the first book, Ellie is a high schooler living in an America quite like our …
Book Review | Love Spells Trouble
In Love Spells Trouble by Nia Davenport, Cayden has struggled for years to feel accepted. Her witch mother had a falling out with her parents after she married a magic-less human, and so Cayden has always felt ostracized by the elitist witches in the area. But now, the family bakery is faced with skyrocketing rent …
Book Review | The Lighthouse at the Edge of the World (ARC)
I received an advance reader’s copy (ARC) of The Lighthouse at the Edge of the World by J. R. Dawson. Since this version is just a proof and not the final version, I won’t quote directly and will keep my comments general. In The Lighthouse at the Edge of the World, Nera has spent years …
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Book Review | Iris Kelly Doesn’t Date
This isn’t relevant to this review, but I’m this close to abandoning my TBR in favor of rereading Project Hail Mary after seeing the movie trailer. I am INSANELY excited for it. Anyway, in Iris Kelly Doesn’t Date by Ashley Herring Blake, Iris is struggling against her family’s and friends’ expectations of her. They don’t …
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