As Penguin Random House’s secret ARC at this year’s Book Expo I expected big things from Rosaria Munda’s Fireborne. The basic story is Atreus, aka the First Protector, starts a revolution to overthrow the Dragonlords and build a better world. Barring the dragons, it’s a very realistic story of serfs rising up against an unjust…
You know, you just don’t see enough stories about Valkyrie’s today. Between the Blade and the Heart presents a world where Valkyries keep the supernatural peace and angels and demons walk among us. But despite the magic of this world, it’s a lot like our own. You might ignore an act of violence on crowded…
Every year or two there’s a “type” of story that seem to suddenly get really popular – vampires, werewolves, dystopia. I don’t think I’ve ever seen time travel get quite that level of buzz, but it’s definitely a popular theme… sadly, the biggest issues with time travel books is that they’re rarely done really well.…
Words matter and words have a cost. The right words can bring about innovation, revolution. The wrong words can destroy a person’s world. In Gregory Scott Katsoulis‘ All Rights Reserved, words – and any form of expression – are spoken at very high stakes. Two seconds of screaming costs $1.98 A request to Desist costs…
I try to prioritize my reading in order of the release date, so I recently finished a few ARCs for some upcoming September releases. The books are in very different YA genres with wildly different characters, but they are all the same in that a core element of the story is the main character’s journey…
There have been so many retelling and not-so-new takes on fairy tales in the past few years that I wasn’t sure I could stand another. And there’s no more tried and true story than the stepmother who turns to evil and the beautiful stepdaughter struggling for love/survival… but an enthralling Buzz Books excerpt convinced me…
Did you ever think to yourself, wow, I love stories about Vikings. Or wow, I love stories about cowboys. I wish there were more stories about Vikings AND cowboys!!! No? Well, clearly you’re not as brilliant as Emmy Laybourne. Side note: As I mentioned this I was googling for images of Cowboy Vikings and did…
Before I get into the actual review, I have to mention that I got an ARC of this book at The BookCon (or was it the Book Expo? eh, probably BookCon) and it was madness. By far, this was the craziest drop I saw all week. People were basically diving for books ala Black Friday…
Three sisters are divided by one crown, but take one (or two) out of the equation and you’re left with two dark somethings? Or half a kingdom? Or a really challenging title for the next book? Moving past these oh-so-thrilling math problems, I can’t review this book without touching on Three Dark Crowns, which I…
I’ve unfortunately been on a string of lackluster YA books. Well, maybe not a string, maybe a rope? It’s been so long. I mean, I was at the let’s take a break from this genre point. So Blood Rose Rebellion was a nice change. It was the first book in a while that made me…
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