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Review: Fraternity by Andy Mientus
3 stars **I received an electronic ARC from the publisher through NetGalley in exchange for honest review.** Andy Mientus presents Fraternity, a young adult novel centered on queer students at a boarding school where something metaphysical is about to change everything. Blackfriars is a school known for putting out students who go on to be…
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Review: Thistlefoot by GennaRose Nethercott
**I was provided an electronic ARC from the publisher through NetGalley in exchange for honest review.** Actual rating: 4.5 GennaRose Nethercott presents Thistlefoot, a story steeped in the magic, folklore, and tragedy of Jewish traditional storytelling. Readers follow siblings Bellatine, whose hands burn with anti-death, and Isaac who must run from everything including his very…
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Review: The Monstrous Dreams of Mr Providence by Daria Schmitt
**I was provided an electronic ARC via the publisher through NetGalley in exchange for honest review.** Actual rating: 3.5 Daria Schmitt presents an adult graphic novel inspired by HP Lovecraft’s “The Strange House High in the Mist” with The Strange Dreams of Mr Providence. Readers follow Providence in his role as caretaker of a park…
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Review: Cryptid Club by Sarah Anderson
4 stars **I was provided an electronic ARC from the publisher through NetGalley in exchange for honest review.** Sarah Anderson returns with Cryptid Club, a collection of short comics centering on various cryptids. I have been a fan of Sarah Anderson’s comics for quite some time, and love a good themed collection. Anderson also provides…
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Review: A Half-Built Garden by Ruthanna Emrys
4 stars **I received an Audio Review Copy of this book from the publisher through NetGalley in exchange for honest review.** Ruthanna Emrys presents her newest scifi novel, A Half-Built Garden. Readers follow Judy as she accidentally becomes the human who engages in first contact with two alien species. The aliens have said they have…
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Review: Just Like Home by Sarah Gailey
*I received an ALC from the publisher through NetGalley in exchange for honest review.** Actual rating: 3.5 Sarah Gailey returns with a haunted house thriller that is perfect for summer. When Vera returns home to assist her dying mother, she must face the things that happened when she lived in the home with her serial…
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Review: Silk Fire by Zabé Ellor
**I was provided an electronic ARC by the publisher through NetGalley in exchange for honest review.** DNF at 29% Silk Fire by Zabé Ellor was marketed as Kushiel’s Dart as written by Brandon Sanderson. Readers follow Kore, a disgraced bastard son turned prosperous courtesan as he attempts to influence the political landscape and seek revenge…
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Review: Locklands by Robert Jackson Bennett
4 stars **I received an electronic ARC from the publisher through NetGalley in exchange for honest review.** Robert Jackson Bennett wraps up the Founders Trilogy with the final novel, Locklands. Of course, for the concluding novel, it is difficult to discuss without spoilers. I will do my best to avoid them, but proceed with caution…
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Review: Upgrade by Blake Crouch
**I was provided an electronic ARC from the publisher through NetGalley in exchange for honest review.** Actual rating : 3.5 Blake Crouch returns with another scifi thriller, Upgrade. Readers follow Logan, a geneticist by education in a near-future where no private industry geneticists are allowed. Logan’s mother was a geneticist as well, and her actions…
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Review: Arsene Lupin, Gentleman Thief by Maurice Leblanc
**I was provided an electronic ARC from the publisher through NetGalley in exchange for honest review.** Actual Rating: 3.5 Maurice Leblanc’s classic stories of Arsene Lupin Gentleman Thief are refreshed in this new collection accompanied by illustrations from Vincent Mallie. Editor Mike Kennedy compiled the collection. I was already familiar with Maurice Leblanc’s stories involving…
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