The King of Faerie by AJ Lancaster 🌺🌺🌺🌺🌺/5 Hetta and Wynn battle time and the will of their friends, family and foes to get married, become accepted into society, and figure out their respective magics. If only things were that easy. Because Hetta is pregnant, and her baby has the magic of human and fae—a … Continue reading Book Review: The King of Faerie
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Book Review: We Have Always Been Here
We Have Always Been Here by Lena Nguyen 🌺🌺🌺🌺/5 Weird shit is happening on the Deucalion, and Dr Park cannot figure out what the hell is going on. It started ever since she and her survey crew landed on a previously unexplored planet in the middle of nowhere—crew complaining of weird dreams, strange shifts in … Continue reading Book Review: We Have Always Been Here
Goodreads Was Wrong Book Tag
Ever see one of those book tags where you're like, "Well shit, this is too good to pass up?" And then you're disappointed because no one tagged you? Well, I saw this tag on Amanda @Literary Weaponry and she saw it at Way Too Fantasy, so if you are here reading this and thinking it … Continue reading Goodreads Was Wrong Book Tag
Book Review: This Poison Heart
This Poison Heart by Kalynn Bayron 🌺🌺🌺🌺🌺/5 Briseis has a gift: she can grow entire plants from next to nothing. It's a gift she's had to tamp down and keep secret, because plants like her and she doesn't want another Incident to happen. She's down for chilling through a quiet summer in the city—working at … Continue reading Book Review: This Poison Heart
Book Review: A Psalm for the Wild-Built
A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers 🌺🌺🌺🌺🌺/5 All we have ever known is a life of human design, from our bodies to our work to the buildings we are housed in. We thank you for not keeping us here against our will, and we mean no disrespect to your offer, but it is … Continue reading Book Review: A Psalm for the Wild-Built
Book Review: She Who Became the Sun
She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan 🌺🌺🌺🌺🌺/5 Lady Rui's jaw was tight with the same intensity Zhu had glimpsed earlier: a compressed rage that had at its heart the female desire to survive all that sought to make her nothing. Zhu was born in a small, drought- and famine-stricken village. Her mother and … Continue reading Book Review: She Who Became the Sun
The Liebstar Award
Thanks to Claire from Wordy Witterings for her nomination! I was tagged in early June and am...finally catching up. Claire's Questions 1. Which character in a book would you most like to be? blkjadkfjafjladf I dunno? Yup, already starting off with a bang! As a kid, I always wanted to be Matilda—reading a lot, blasting … Continue reading The Liebstar Award
WWW Wednesday: July 14
Welcome to my WWW Wednesday post! WWW Wednesday’s is hosted by Sam @ Taking on a World of Words, and all it involves is answering three simple questions: What are you currently reading?What did you recently finish reading?What do you think you’ll read next? Currently Reading I feel like this is a month of brightly colored … Continue reading WWW Wednesday: July 14
Two Mini Reviews: The Dire Days of Willowweep Manor and Long Distance
Two mini graphic novel reviews that I promise I will keep short and sweet! And there's a theme beyond them being two middle-grade/lower YA graphic novels, I swear. The Dire Days of Willowweep Manor by Shaenon Garrity 🌺🌺🌺🌺🌺/5 On a dark and stormy night, Gothic romance-obsessed Haley sees a stranger drowning in the river. Of … Continue reading Two Mini Reviews: The Dire Days of Willowweep Manor and Long Distance
Book Review: Son of the Storm
Son of the Storm by Suyi Davies Okungbowa 🌺🌺🌺🌺/5 If belonging to both the highest and lowest castes in the land at the same time taught one anything, it was that when people had to choose where to place a person, they would always choose a spot beneath them. Danso lives in the city of … Continue reading Book Review: Son of the Storm