Published: November 5, 2019 Publisher: Tor Books Series: Chronicles of Amicae #2 Genre: Fantasy Pages: 416 (Paperback) My Rating: 3.5/5.0 A copy of this book was provided by the publisher in exchange for an honest review. Synopsis: The Monstrous Citadel is the sequel to Mirah Bolender's City of Broken Magic--a fast-paced, adventure fantasy where a bomb squad... Continue Reading →
Blood of Empire by Brian McClellan – Review
Published: December 2, 2019 Publisher: Orbit Books Series: Gods of Blood & Powder #3 Genre: Fantasy Pages: 592 (Hardcover) My Rating: 4.5/5.0 A copy of this book was provided by the publisher in exchange for an honest review. Synopsis: As the final battle approaches a sellsword, a spy, and a general must find unlikely and... Continue Reading →
How Rory Thorne Destroyed the Multiverse by K. Eason – Review
Published: October 8, 2019 Publisher: DAW Series: The Thorne Chronicles #1 Genre: Science Fiction Pages: 416 (Hardcover) My Rating: 4.5/5.0 A copy of this book was provided by the publisher in exchange for an honest review. Synopsis: First in a duology that reimagines fairy tale tropes within a space opera—The Princess Bride meets Princess Leia. Rory Thorne... Continue Reading →
Shield of the People by Marshall Ryan Maresca – Review
Published: October 29, 2019 Publisher: DAW Series: Maradaine Elite #2 Genre: Fantasy Pages: 400 (Paperback) My Rating: 3.5/5.0 A copy of this book was provided by the publisher in exchange for an honest review. Synopsis: The second novel in the Maradaine Elite series blends fast-paced high fantasy and political intrigue. After stopping Tharek Pell and... Continue Reading →
Highfire by Eoin Colfer – Review
Published: January 28, 2020 Publisher: Harper Perennial Series: Standalone Genre: Fantasy Pages: 384 (Hardcover) My Rating: 4.5/5.0 A copy of this book was provided by the publisher in exchange for an honest review. Synopsis: From the New York Times bestselling author of the Artemis Fowl series comes a hilarious and high-octane adult novel about a... Continue Reading →
Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo – Review
Published: October 8, 2019 Publisher: Flatiron Books Series: Alex Stern #1 Genre: Fantasy Pages: 458 (Hardcover) My Rating: 4.0/5.0 Synopsis: Galaxy “Alex” Stern is the most unlikely member of Yale’s freshman class. Raised in the Los Angeles hinterlands by a hippie mom, Alex dropped out of school early and into a world of shady drug... Continue Reading →
Capturing the Devil by Kerri Maniscalco – Review
Published: September 10, 2019 Publisher: Jimmy Patterson Series: Stalking Jack the Ripper #4 Genre: Young Adult, Mystery Pages: 453 (Hardcover) My Rating: 2.0/5.0 Synopsis: In the shocking finale to the bestselling series that began with Stalking Jack the Ripper, Audrey Rose and Thomas are on the hunt for the depraved, elusive killer known as the... Continue Reading →
The Throne of the Five Winds by S.C. Emmett – Review
Published: October 15, 2019 Publisher: Orbit Books Series: Hostage of Empire #1 Genre: Fantasy Pages: 704 (Paperback) My Rating: 5.0/5.0 A copy of this book was provided by the publisher in exchange for an honest review. Synopsis: Two queens, two concubines, six princes. Innumerable hidden agendas. Yala, lady-in-waiting to the princess of a vanquished kingdom,... Continue Reading →
The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson – Review
Published: October 3, 2013 (orig. Oct 16, 1959) Publisher: Penguin Books Series: Standalone Genre: Horror Pages: 235 (Hardcover) My Rating: 2.0/5.0 Synopsis: First published in 1959, Shirley Jackson's The Haunting of Hill House has been hailed as a perfect work of unnerving terror. It is the story of four seekers who arrive at a notoriously unfriendly pile... Continue Reading →
The Dragon Republic by R.F. Kuang – Review
Published: August 8, 2019 Publisher: Harper Voyager Series: The Poppy War #2 Genre: Fantasy Pages: 560 (Hardcover) My Rating: 4.0/5.0 Synopsis: The searing follow-up to 2018’s most celebrated fantasy debut – THE POPPY WAR. In the aftermath of the Third Poppy War, shaman and warrior Rin is on the run: haunted by the atrocity she... Continue Reading →
