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…
