ARC Review: Malibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins Reid

Title: Malibu Rising Author: Taylor Jenkins Reid Publisher: Ballantine Books Published: June 1, 2021 Pages: 384 Format: e-ARC through Netgalley- Thank you, Ballantine Books! Small Blurb from Goodreads: "Malibu: August 1983. It's the day of Nina Riva's annual end-of-summer party, and anticipation is at a fever pitch. Everyone wants to be around the famous Rivas: …

Review: Empire of Gold by S.A. Chakraborty

Title: The Empire of Gold (Daevabad Trilogy #3) Author: S.A. Chakraborty Publisher: Harper Voyager Published: June 30, 2020 Pages: 766 Format: Book of the Month My first 5 star read of the year!! It is much deserved. If you have not picked up book one in this series... DO IT. Please, please do it. This …

Believathon #3 and Mini Reviews!

There is now a website----check it out!! Believathon I am so excited to be participating for the second time. I've found middle grade books so delightful this year. It's a great way to make sure I stay out of the huge slump I was in. Needless to say, all my plans went out the window. …

Review: Dreams of Gods & Monsters by Laini Taylor

Title: Dreams of Gods & Monsters Author: Laini Taylor Publisher: Little Brown Books for Young Readers Published: April 8, 2014 Pages: 613 Format: owned- paperback "People with secrets shouldn't make enemies.People with destinies shouldn't make plans." I did it. I have had these books on my shelves for SO long. I started this trilogy in …

Review: Days of Blood & Starlight by Laini Taylor

Title: Days of Blood & Starlight Author: Laini Taylor Publisher: Little Brown Books for Young Readers Published: February 25, 2014 Pages: 513 Format: owned- paperback “I am one of billions. I am stardust gathered fleetingly into form. I will be ungathered. The stardust will go on to be other things someday and I will be …

Blog Tour & Review: The Inheritance Games by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

Title: The Inheritance Games Author: Jennifer Lynn Barnes Publisher: Penguin Random House Children’s UK Published: September 3, 2020 Pages: 400 Format: e-ARC, Thank you, Penguin! Goodreads Synopsis An utterly addictive and twisty thriller, full of dark family secrets and deadly stakes. Perfect for fans of One of Us is Lying and Knives Out. She came from nothing.Avery has …

Review: The Sword of Kaigen by M.L. Wang

Title: The Sword of Kaigen Author: M.L. Wang Publisher: self-published- M.L. Wang Published: February 19, 2019 Pages: 651 Format: my ebook I'm going to do my VERY best to write a review that makes sense without spoilers. This book is insanely quotable, so there might be a few in here. It was so hard to …

Review: A Song of Wraiths and Ruin by Roseanne A. Brown

Title: A Song of Wraiths & Ruin Author: Roseanne A. Brown Publisher: Balzar + Bray Published: June 2, 2020 Pages: 480 Format: Hardcover- my copy (finally, yay!!) Right from the start I was really into this story. It is told in two POV's- Malik and Karina. I really had no idea how this was going …

Mini Reviews: Red, White & Royal Blue, & Luster

Title: Red, White & Royal Blue Author: Casey McQuiston Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin Published: May 14, 2019 Pages: 421 Format: Library e-book I am so sad. I wanted to love this but I just thought it was okay. I was on the fence for SO long because I didn't know if I would like all …

Review: Girl, Serpent, Thorn by Melissa Bashardoust

I have been waiting on this book for so a long time. It's got such a gorgeous cover. I was really excited to have the option to pick it for my Book of the Month box! I am having a hard time getting my thoughts together for this review though. I just have mixed feelings …