In Bookshops & Bonedust by Travis Baldree, Viv is an orc who is starting out her career as a mercenary, but it isn’t going as planned—on one of her first missions, she finds herself stabbed in the leg. In order to not be a liability to her crew, she has to convalesce in the small …
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Book Review | Charming
What a quirky book! In Charming by Jade Linwood, Prince Charming is dazzling, charismatic, and talented at slaying dragons. He’s also, however, a criminal, making a habit of traveling the world and snatching fortunes out from under people’s noses. So when a chance meeting occurs between three of his victims—Doctor Emilia Rapunzel, Marie Blanche de …
Book Review | Pride and Prejudice and Pittsburgh (ARC)
I received a digital advance reader’s copy (ARC) of Pride and Prejudice and Pittsburgh by Rachael Lippincott. Since this version is just a proof and not the final version, I won’t quote directly and will keep my comments general. In Pride and Prejudice and Pittsburgh, Audrey is in a rut after her boyfriend unexpectedly breaks …
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Book Review | My Roommate Is a Vampire (ARC)
I received a digital advance reader’s copy (ARC) of My Roommate Is a Vampire by Jenna Levine. Since this version is just a proof and not the final version, I won’t quote directly and will keep my comments general. In My Roommate Is a Vampire, Cassie Greenberg is a struggling artist in Chicago who has …
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Book Review | The Other Merlin
In The Other Merlin by Robin Schneider, Emry Merlin is used to being overshadowed—by her father, the court wizard to King Uther Pendragon, and by her twin brother, trained in magic despite his mediocre talent. She had to beg her father to teach her anything, because in their society, girls don’t learn magic. So after …
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