Thank you to NetGalley and Orbit Books for providing me with an eARC of this book in exchange for an honest review! Grad student Caro has no idea what she wants to do with her life, but when the opportunity arises to act as a research assistant on an anthropological expedition for her professor and…
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Our Sister’s Keeper by Jasmine Holmes: ARC Book Review
Thank you to NetGalley and Bindery Books for providing me with an eARC of this book in exchange for an honest review! Mississippi, 1927. The groanings are coming. No town is perfect, but East Cobb comes close. It’s a wealthy all-Black Free Town—untouched by white oppression—where ambitious Thea Elliot and her husband plan to make…
Letters From the Last Apothecary By Bita Behzadi: ARC Book Review
Thank you to NetGalley and Penguin Random House for providing me with an eARC of this book in exchange for an honest review! Nestled between steel skyscrapers lies a small shop stocked with old magic and experimental elixirs. This cozy historical romantic fantasy debut is a tale of mistaken identity, reluctant partnership, and the quiet,…
The Best Little Motel in Texas by Lyla Lane: Book Review
A charming, edgy mystery about a young woman who unexpectedly inherits the best little motel in Texas – replete with a feisty set of golden working girls, a poisoned priest, and a sleepy hometown thrown into chaos. After a childhood spent combing the dive bars of Sarsaparilla Falls to collect her fun-loving momma, Cordelia West…
A Parade of Horribles by Matt Dinniman: ARC Book Review
Thank you to NetGalley and Berkley Publishing for providing me with an eARC of this book in exchange for an honest review! It’s off to the races in the explosive eighth book in the Dungeon Crawler Carl series—featuring bonus material exclusive to this print edition. As chaos and mass panic spread outside the dungeon in…
A Widow’s Charm by Caitlyn Paxson: Book Review
In this witty fantasy romance, a widow attempts to resurrect her dead husband by blackmailing her rakish necromancer neighbor—only to find herself falling for him instead. “Witty, whimsical, and deeply kind, A Widow’s Charm is beyond charming—it’s wholly enchanting.”—Alix E. Harrow, New York Times bestselling author of The Everlasting Lady Hildegarde Croft is accustomed to changes in position. After all,…
Between Two Fires by Christopher Buehlman: Book Review
Enter a darker age with USA Today bestselling author Christopher Buehlman’s Between Two Fires, a medieval horror adventure unlike anything on the shelf. The beloved BookTok sensation is now coming to Nightfire. And Lucifer said: “Let us rise against Him now in all our numbers, and pull the walls of heaven down…”The year is 1348. Thomas, a disgraced knight, has found…
Boring Asian Female by Canwen Xu: ARC Book Review
Thank you to NetGalley and Berkley Publishing for providing me with an eARC of this book in exchange for an honest review! “Thank you for your interest in our school, but we regret to inform you that…” you’re not special. You’re too average. You’re too boring. Well, in that case, she’ll have to show them just how…
Just Watch me By Lior Torenberg: Book Review
Fleabag meets Big Swiss in this bold debut about a charismatic misfit who livestreams her life for seven days and nights to raise money to save her comatose sister—a poignant and darkly funny exploration of grief, forgiveness, and redemption. Dell Danvers is barely keeping it together. She’s behind on rent for her studio apartment (formerly a walk-in closet),…
Sister Svangerd and the Devil You Know: ARC Book Review
Thank you to NetGalley and Orbit Books for providing me with an eARC of this book in exchange for an honest review! A new epic fantasy novel from World Fantasy Award-winner author K. J. Parker, one of the most original voices in the genre. (Sorry, this is as much description as the publisher has given!…
