I received an advance reader’s copy (ARC) of Swordcrossed by Freya Marske. Since this version is just a proof and not the final version, I won’t quote directly and will keep my comments general. Swordcrossed tells the story of Mattinesh Jay, the heir to his family’s struggling textile business. Desperate to salvage the situation, Matti …
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Book Review | Jasmine Is Haunted (ARC)
I received an advance reader’s copy (ARC) of Jasmine Is Haunted by Mark Oshiro. Since this version is just a proof and not the final version, I won’t quote directly and will keep my comments general. Jasmine Is Haunted follows the titular middle schooler as she starts at yet another school. It’s not her fault …
Book Review | Voyage of the Damned
I wish I could say this is the first audiobook I’ve acquired solely because the narrator is an actor from Our Flag Means Death, but that would be lying. Anyway, in Voyage of the Damned by Frances White, Ganymedes Piscero is resigned to a terrible few days: as the heir of Fish Province, he must …
Book Review | Splinter & Ash (ARC)
I received an advance reader’s copy (ARC) of Splinter & Ash by Marieke Nijkamp. Since this version is just a proof and not the final version, I won’t quote directly and will keep my comments general. In Splinter & Ash, Princess Ash is used to being overlooked and underestimated, not only as the younger sister …
Book Review | This Will Be Fun (ARC)
I received an advance reader’s copy (ARC) of This Will Be Fun by E. B. Asher. Since this version is just a proof and not the final version, I won’t quote directly and will keep my comments general. In This Will Be Fun by E. B. Asher, heroes Beatrice, Clare, Elowen, and Galwell saved the …
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