Review: NINTH HOUSE by Leigh Bardugo

Publisher: Flatiron BooksPage Count: 461Release Date: October 8th, 2019Series: ALEX STERN, Book 1Rating: 4/5 Stars - Really Liked It! Alex Stern has spent her whole life believing she's mad, able to see ghosts that no one else can. But after a near-fatal experience, she learns that her supposed madness is actually a rare gift -... Continue Reading →

Review: THE BLIGHTED STARS by Megan E. O’Keefe

Publisher: Orbit BooksPage Count: 483Release Date: May 23rd, 2023Series: THE DEVOURED WORLDS, Book 1Rating: 3.5/5 Stars - Liked it! The Mercator family has built their business empire on mining a mineral necessary for humans to survive in space - but they may be killing off all habitable planets in the process. That's what revolutionary Naira... Continue Reading →

Review: WITCH KING by Martha Wells

Publisher: TordotcomPage Count: 432Release Date: May 30th, 2023Series: Standalone (for now)Rating: 3.25/5 Stars - Liked it! Kai-Enna is used to a lot of unusual situations. A demon who has had multiple bodies, he's seen empires rise and fall; being entombed in a magical trap for nearly a year, however, is not an experience he'd like... Continue Reading →

Review: THE MASKED CITY by Genevieve Cogman

Publisher: Ace BooksPage Count: 372Release Date: December 3rd, 2015Series: THE INVISIBLE LIBRARY, Book 2Rating: 3.5/5 Stars - Liked it! Warning: Possible light spoilers ahead for earlier books in the series. You can read reviews for those books here: THE INVISIBLE LIBRARY It's bad enough that Irene's apprentice Kai has been kidnapped. But Kai isn't just... Continue Reading →

Review: THE BATTLE DRUM by Saara El-Arifi

Publisher: Del ReyPage Count: 560Release Date: May 23rd, 2023Series: ENDING FIRE, Book 2Rating: 4/5 Stars - Really Liked It! Warning: Possible light spoilers ahead for earlier books in the series. You can read reviews for those books here: THE FINAL STRIFE After discovering shocking secrets, Anoor, Sylah, and Hassa have put into motion a plan... Continue Reading →

Review: THE IVORY TOMB by Melissa Caruso

Publisher: Orbit BooksPage Count: 495Release Date: December 6th, 2022Series: ROOKS AND RUIN, Book 3Rating: 4/5 Stars - Really Liked It! Warning: Possible light spoilers ahead for earlier books in the series. You can read reviews for those books here: THE OBSIDIAN TOWER, THE QUICKSILVER COURT The Dark Days are here. Forces sweep across the land,... Continue Reading →

Review: SCARLET by Genevieve Cogman

Publisher: Ace BooksPage Count: 368Release Date: May 9th, 2023Series: SCARLET REVOLUTION, Book 1Rating: 2.5/5 Stars - Didn't Like It The French Revolution is in full swing, and no man or vampire is safe from Madam Guillotine. But none of that particularly matters to Eleanor, a maid on a quiet country estate in England who dreams... Continue Reading →

Review: CROWBONES by Anne Bishop

Publisher: Ace BooksPage Count: 381Release Date: March 8th, 2022Series: THE WORLD OF THE OTHERS, Book 3Rating: 3.5/5 Stars - Liked it! Note: Although this is billed as simply a novel in "The World of The Others," it continues following characters introduced in LAKE SILENCE. Highly recommend you read that before jumping here. You can read... Continue Reading →

Review: IN THE LIVES OF PUPPETS by T.J. Klune

Publisher: Tor BooksPage Count: 432Release Date: April 25th, 2023Series: StandaloneRating: 3/5 Stars - Liked it All alone, deep in a forest, lives an unusual family. There's Gio, the inventor android, Rambo, a cleaning robot, and Nurse Ratched, a medical bot. There's also Victor, a young human man raised by Gio who's never seen another of... Continue Reading →

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