This is the kind of book that proves why reading debut authors’ work is awesome. In If We Were a Movie by Zakiya N. Jamal, Rochelle has one goal for the upcoming senior year: to become valedictorian and get into Wharton. If that involves beating her academic rival, Amira Rodriguez, well, that’s just a perk. …
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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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Book Review | When the Tides Held the Moon (ARC)
I received an advance reader’s copy (ARC) of When the Tides Held the Moon by Venessa Vida Kelley. Since this version is just a proof and not the final version, I won’t quote directly and will keep my comments general. When the Tides Held the Moon follows Benny, a young man who has traveled from …
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Book Review | Automatic Noodle (ARC)
I received an advance reader’s copy (ARC) of Automatic Noodle by Annalee Newitz. Since this version is just a proof and not the final version, I won’t quote directly and will keep my comments general. In Automatic Noodle, it’s 2064, and a group of robots come online to find the restaurant where they’ve been working …
Book Review | The Keeper of Lonely Spirits (ARC)
I received a digital advance reader’s copy (ARC) of The Keeper of Lonely Spirits by E. M. Anderson. 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 Keeper of Lonely Spirits by E.M. Anderson, Peter Shaughnessy has traveled the earth …
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