I received an advance reader’s copy (ARC) of Spin the Dawn by Elizabeth Lim. Since this version is just a proof and not the final version, I won’t quote directly and will keep my comments general. In Elizabeth Lim’s debut novel Spin the Dawn, a young woman named Maia disguises herself as a man to …
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Book Review | Muse of Nightmares
Thank goodness for getting into a series late, because I didn’t have to wait at all between books! There won’t be spoilers for this second book here, but there might be some for its predecessor Strange the Dreamer by Laini Taylor, so if you haven’t read that, proceed with caution (unless you don’t care, then …
Book Review | Strange the Dreamer
For a book I picked up on impulse, I really enjoyed this! In Laini Taylor’s novel Strange the Dreamer, Lazlo Strange grows up an orphan, raised by monks. Then, he starts work at the great library of Zosma, reading fairy tales, histories, and of course the stories of the lost city of Weep. But then, …
Book Review | This Is How You Lose the Time War
Well, after my recent Rick Riordan kick, it’s time for something completely different! This Is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone tells the story of Red and Blue, two women fighting on opposite sides of a war that spans and transcends all of—you guessed it—time. Red is from the …
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Book Review | The Gentleman’s Guide to Vice and Virtue
Mackenzi Lee’s novel The Gentleman’s Guide to Vice and Virtue tells of Henry “Monty” Montague, a spoiled English gentleman, about to begin his Grand Tour of Europe before taking over his family’s estate. Accompanying him are his sister Felicity and his best friend Percy—whom Monty’s had a secret crush on for years. Monty is ready …
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Book Review | After the Dam
After the Dam is a novel by Amy Hassinger about a woman named Rachel, who—shortly after having her first child—leaves abruptly to visit her ailing grandmother in her childhood home. There, she finds her grandmother in a diminishing mental state, and finds that she can’t bring herself to trust her caretaker, Diane, a longtime friend …
Book Review | The Prince and the Dressmaker
The Prince and the Dressmaker by Jen Wang tells the story of Sebastian, prince of Belgium, who travels to Paris for a summer with his parents. There, he hears of a rather scandalous but fabulous dress a lady wore to a dance, and he decides to seek out the person who made it—because Sebastian secretly …
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