I recently came across this term “cozy fantasy”. It took me a while to find out what it referred to but it turns out it is right up my alley. I’ve noticed lately that I get a little weary when I’m reading big epic fantasy series. Don’t get me wrong. I LOVE epic giant fantasy,… Continue reading Cozy Fantasy I’ve Read and TBR
Book Title: Dead Water Series: Author: C.A. Fletcher Goodreads Link: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/59413625-dead-water Release Date: 7/19/22 Star Rating: Creepy, haunting and atmospheric. A water-borne blight hits a remote community on a small island on the edge of the Northern Atlantic. The islanders are a strange mix, some island-born, some seeking a slower life away from the modern world. All have their… Continue reading Dead Water – C.A. Fletcher
Book Title: The Inheritance of Orquidea Divina Series: Author: Zoraida Cordova Goodreads Link: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/56898076-the-inheritance-of-orqu-dea-divina Release Date: 11/04/21 Star Rating: A beautiful, magical book about family, tradition and the history that binds us. The Montoyas are used to a life without explanations. They know better than to ask why the pantry never seems to run low or empty, or… Continue reading The Inheritance of Orquídea Divina – Zoraida Cordova
Book Title: The Bone Shard Emperor Series: The Drowning Empire #2 Author: Andrea Stewart Goodreads Link: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/55965390-the-bone-shard-emperor Release Date: 11/23/21 Star Rating: I am thoroughly ashamed of myself for waiting so long to write this review. Andrea Stewart returns with The Bone Shard Emperor, the second installment of this unmissable, action-packed, magic-laced fantasy epic. The Emperor is Dead. Long live… Continue reading The Bone Shard Emperor – Andrea Stewart
Book Title: A Mirror Mended Series: Fractured Fables #2 Author: Alix E. Harrow Goodreads Link: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/58724595-a-mirror-mended Release Date: 06/14/22 Star Rating: Super quick review since this is a novella. A Mirror Mended is the next installment in USA Today bestselling author Alix E. Harrow’s Fractured Fables series. Zinnia Gray, professional fairy-tale fixer and lapsed Sleeping Beauty, is over rescuing snoring princesses.… Continue reading A Mirror Mended – Alix E. Harrow
Book Title: Ashton Hall Series: Author: Lauren Belfer Goodreads Link: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/59575980-ashton-hall Release Date: 06/07/22 Star Rating: Disclaimer: I received this book free from Netgalley. A thoroughly enjoyable modern gothic mystery. When a close relative falls ill, Hannah Larson and her young son, Nicky, join him for the summer at Ashton Hall, a historic manor house outside Cambridge, England.… Continue reading Ashton Hall – Lauren Belfer
Book Title: The Stardust Theif Series: The Sandsea Trilogy #1 Author: Chelsea Abdullah Goodreads Link: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/58950705-the-stardust-thief Release Date: 05/17/22 Star Rating: Disclaimer: I received this book free from Netgalley. What a book! A debut novel that serves up many of the Arabian Tales but with the author’s own twist. I couldn’t put it down. Neither here nor there, but… Continue reading The Stardust Thief – Chelsea Abdullah
Book Title: Kaikeyi Series: Author: Vaishnavi Patel Goodreads Link: Release Date: 04/26/22 Star Rating: Disclaimer: I received this book free from Netgalley. What a time to be writing a review for a book like this. We just found out a couple of days ago the extent of the attempt to suppress women’s rights here in the US. None… Continue reading Kaikeyi – Vaishnavi Patel
I feel like whatever I pick here is not going to do full justice to the joy that is watching Our Flag Means Death. It’s ridiculous, heartfelt, exciting, adorable, and just so awesome. I’ve chosen 4 books and some of them are not even about pirates for goodness sakes! But each of them has something… Continue reading Our Flag Means Death – Books you’ll love
Book Title: The Bone Orchard Series: Author: Sara A Mueller Goodreads Link: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/57693396-the-bone-orchard Release Date: 03/22/22 Star Rating: Disclaimer: I received this book free from Netgalley. I’ve been putting off writing this review. Not because I didn’t like the book. Quite the contrary. I loved this book so much I have trouble articulating it. Why does it seem… Continue reading The Bone Orchard by Sara A. Mueller
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