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  • Author Interview,  Book Review,  Book Tour,  Giveaway

    A Broken Blade by Melissa Blair

    I'm so happy to be participating in the tour for Melissa Blair's debut novel A Broken Blade! I came across this book back in December when all the #BookTok hype was going on so I was ecstatic to be selected. I was lucky enough to be able to interview Melissa Blair as well, so scroll down after my review to check out the interview and enter the giveaway for a finished copy!

  • Book Review,  Fantasy,  Romance

    A Strange and Stubborn Endurance by Foz Meadows

    “Stolen me? As soon to say a caged bird can be stolen by the sky.” Velasin vin Aaro never planned to marry at all, let alone a girl from neighboring Tithena. When an ugly confrontation reveals his preference for men, Vel fears he’s ruined the diplomatic union before it can even begin. But while his family is ready to disown him, the Tithenai envoy has a different solution: for Vel to marry his former intended’s brother instead. Caethari Aeduria always knew he might end up in a political marriage, but his sudden betrothal to a man from Ralia, where such relationships are forbidden, comes as a shock. With an unknown faction willing…

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    Book Review,  Fantasy,  Horror

    The Book Eaters by Sunyi Dean

    Out on the Yorkshire Moors lives a secret line of people for whom books are food, and who retain all of a book’s content after eating it. To them, spy novels are a peppery snack; romance novels are sweet and delicious. Eating a map can help them remember destinations, and children, when they misbehave, are forced to eat dry, musty pages from dictionaries. Devon is part of The Family, an old and reclusive clan of book eaters. Her brothers grow up feasting on stories of valor and adventure, and Devon—like all other book eater women—is raised on a carefully curated diet of fairytales and cautionary stories. But real life doesn’t…

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    TBR

    July Hopefuls

    Happy July everyone! This is going to be a month of ARCs for me. I'm participating in quite a number of book tours on Bookstagram and I received a few more books from publishers as well.

  • ARC,  Book Review,  Young Adult

    Blood and Midnight by Erin Beaty

    Rising above the city of Collis is the holy Sanctum. And watching over its spires is Catrin, an orphan girl with unique skills—for she alone can spot the building’s flaws in construction before they turn deadly. But when Catrin witnesses a murderer escaping the scene of his crime, she’s pulled into the web of a dangerous man who will definitely strike again. Assigned to capture the culprit is the mysterious, brilliant, and enigmatic Simon, whose insights into the mind of a killer are frighteningly accurate. As the grisly crimes continue, Catrin finds herself caught between murderer and detective while hiding her own secret—a supernatural sight granted by the moon, destined…