Enshadowed | Kelly Creagh | Book Review

A few years ago, I read Kelly Creagh’s debut novel Nevermore and was head over heels in love with it. I was enamored. I told all my friends they need to read it, and a quite a few did. I found myself on pins and needs for the sequel, I absolutely had to know what happens next […]

The Strange And Beautiful Sorrows Of Ava Lavender | Leslye Walton | Book Review

I am going to be straight up and honest with you — when I first cracked open The Strange And Beautiful Sorrows Of Ava Lavender by debut author Leslye Walton, I was really skeptical. I thought, a girl with wings and her struggles this is going to be dumb. Turns out the only dumb one was […]

The Creature Department by Robert Paul Weston | Book Review

There are some books where mileage may vary depending on the reader, where it’s kind of hard to universally recommend or not to everyone. The Creature Department by Robert Paul Weston is a middle grade fantasy book where I’m on the fence about it. See, I typically love middle grade books that are fantasies and have […]

Half Bad by Sally Green | Book Review

On paper, Half Bad by Sally Green sounds like the perfect book for me. There are witches. The setting is in England. There’s a battle between good and evil with some shades of grey. While I did enjoy a lot of Half Bad and devoured it in one day, I failed to fall in love and flail […]

The Forbidden Library by Django Wexler | Book Review

I feel a special affinity for books about the magic of books and reading. There’s a special connection there when the author totally puts the magic of words right down on the page, quite literally. Thus, when The Forbidden Library by Django Wexler landed on my door step, I knew that I would have to clear […]

Cruel Beauty by Rosamund Hodge | Book Review

You ever get the feeling that after finishing a book you just want to hug it tightly to your chest because that book has just taken you on an intense journey and you are happy and sad and filled to the brim to see it end. Friends, after much prodding (especially from Blythe), I picked […]