I received an advance reader’s copy (ARC) of The Improbable Tales of Baskerville Hall by Ali Standish. 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 Improbable Tales of Baskerville Hall, Arthur Doyle is part of a poor family in …
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In Bookshops & Bonedust by Travis Baldree, Viv is an orc who is starting out her career as a mercenary, but it isn’t going as planned—on one of her first missions, she finds herself stabbed in the leg. In order to not be a liability to her crew, she has to convalesce in the small …
In The Other Merlin by Robin Schneider, Emry Merlin is used to being overshadowed—by her father, the court wizard to King Uther Pendragon, and by her twin brother, trained in magic despite his mediocre talent. She had to beg her father to teach her anything, because in their society, girls don’t learn magic. So after …
Okay, the internet is wrong. If you read just one dragon book this year, don’t read Fourth Wing. Read this instead! (Like, Fourth Wing was okay, but it pales in comparison to this.) In To Shape a Dragon’s Breath by Moniquill Blackgoose, fifteen-year-old Anequs has grown up on the island of Masquapaug. This place hasn’t …
I received an advance reader’s copy (ARC) of Charlotte Illes Is Not a Detective by Katie Siegel. Since this version is just a proof and not the final version, I won’t quote directly and will keep my comments general. In Charlotte Illes Is Not a Detective, famous child detective Charlotte is grown-up now. She no …
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