I received a copy of this book from the author in exchange for my honest review. I've reviewed Nicholas Conley here before (Knight in Paper Armor) and enjoyed his work, but Ending Forever is whole different fish. Not only did I lose significant sleep for this book, I'm still thinking about it and chewing on… Continue reading Review: Ending Forever by Nicholas Conley

I received an ARC of this novel from NetGalley in exchange for my honest opinion. The sequel to Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries, Emily Wilde's Map of the Otherlands is a a masterful continuation of Emily and Wendell's story beginning some months after their return to Cambridge. Emily is happily working on her next project,… Continue reading Review: Emily Wilde’s Map of the Otherlands by Heather Fawcett

I received an ARC of this book from NetGalley in exchange for my honest review. When Loren visits her grandmother in the small town of Lointaine so she can finish her thesis, she steps back into a life ruled by fairy tale Magic and discovers she comes from a long line of Sleeping Beauty princesses.… Continue reading Review: Spell Borne by Auden Llyr

I received an ARC of this novel from NetGalley in exchange for my honest review. Lexi is an eighteen year old barista who has a compulsion to help people. If someone asks her for advice or help in their personal life she has to help, or she'll suffer physically. Just before her nineteenth birthday, she… Continue reading Review: Through Smoke and Sand by Corrie Hathaway

I received an ARC of this novel from NetGalley in exchange for my honest review. I raved about Saara El-Arifi's first novel, The Final Strife. The Battle Drum is second in the series following Anoor, Sylah, Hassa, and Jond on their individual journeys toward their fates. Spoiler alert for anyone who hasn't read the first… Continue reading Review: The Battle Drum by Saara El-Arifi

I received an ARC of this graphic novel from NetGalley in exchange for my honest review. A Guest in the House is a domestic horror graphic novel set on the edge of a lake in a small town. Abby is the new second wife of the widowed town dentist, and a new stepmom to Crystal.… Continue reading Review: A Guest in the House by Emily Carroll

I received an ARC of this novel from NetGalley in exchange for my honest review. I grew up spending hours of free time in Valdemar, treating my horse as a Companion and wishing I knew gryphons and mages and Tayledras and Heralds in real life. I started with Arrows of the Queen (Talia's story) when… Continue reading Review: Gryphon in Light by Mercedes Lackey & Larry Dixon

I received an ARC of this book from NetGalley in exchange for my honest review. Did you see that movie about American Green Berets in Afghanistan in 2001 who had to ride horses to meet with a Northern warlord to fight the Taliban, 12 Strong (2018, starring Chris Hemsworth)? Me too. Did you know they… Continue reading Review: Book of Queens by Pardis Mahdavi

I received an ARC of this novel from NetGalley in exchange for my honest review. Please note, I am one of those English majors who dispute that Romeo and Juliet was a tragic love story: it wasn't. Even as a teenager I knew their choices were horrendous and their parents were awful. Teach the Torches… Continue reading Review: Teach the Torches to Burn: A Romeo & Juliet Remix by Caleb Roehrig