You remember when I said I wasn’t confused by the family tree in the first book? Never mind. In The Hawthorne Legacy, Avery is still living in Hawthorne House after being named the heir to Tobias Hawthorne’s massive fortune, despite the dangers from both without and within. To try to establish her connection (or lack …
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Book Review | A Dreadful Splendor (ARC)
I received an advance reader’s copy (ARC) of A Dreadful Splendor by B. R. Myers. Since this version is just a proof and not the final version, I won’t quote directly and will keep my comments general. In A Dreadful Splendor, Genevieve Timmons is trying to make ends meet by pretending to be a spiritualist …
Book Review | The Inheritance Games
I’ve known about this book since it came out, but (as seems to be my pattern now) I waited until now, right before the last book in the trilogy is to be published, to read it. In The Inheritance Games by Jennifer Lynn Barnes, Avery is barely scraping by as she tries to make it …
Book Review | The Cartographers (ARC)
I received an advance reader’s copy (ARC) of The Cartographers by Peng Shepherd. 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 Cartographers, Nell’s career in cartography was derailed seven years ago, when she had a very public falling out …
Book Review | The Verifiers (ARC)
I received an advance reader’s copy (ARC) of The Verifiers by Jane Pek. Since this version is just a proof and not the final version, I won’t quote directly and will keep my comments general. I would have finished this book much sooner, but I was thoroughly distracted by Bastille’s new album. No regrets. In …