I received an advance reader’s copy (ARC) of The Amalfi Curse by Sarah Penner. Since this version is just a proof and not the final version, I won’t quote directly and will keep my comments general. The Amalfi Curse follows two timelines: the present day and the 1820s. In the former, a nautical archaeologist Haven …
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Book Review | The Buffalo Hunter Hunter (ARC)
I received a digital advance reader’s copy (ARC) of The Buffalo Hunter Hunter by Stephen Graham Jones. Since this version is just a proof and not the final version, I won’t quote directly and will keep my comments general. The Buffalo Hunter Hunter takes place in Montana in 1912, following the experiences of Pastor Arthur …
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Book Review | The Sirens
In The Sirens by Emilia Hart, we follow three timelines, 2019, 1999, and 1800. In the first, college student Lucy is plagued by strange nightmares and sleepwalking episodes—the most recent of which ends with her hands around her ex’s throat. She flees campus in panic, terrified at what’s happening to her, and heads to her …
Book Review | Our Infinite Fates (ARC)
I received an advance reader’s copy (ARC) of Our Infinite Fates by Laura Steven. Since this version is just a proof and not the final version, I won’t quote directly and will keep my comments general. Generally, I’m a little sick of those book descriptions that are “it’s [media] meets [other media]” because every single …
Book Review | A Language of Dragons
In A Language of Dragons by S. F. Williamson, it’s the 1920s, and there has been a precarious truce struck between the dragons and humans of Great Britain for some time now. But there are rumblings of a rebellion, determined to get better rights for the dragons and to dismantle the human class system. Vivian, …
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