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Review: Kriss: The Gift of Wrath by Ted Naifeh
4 stars **I received an electronic ARC from the publisher through NetGalley in exchange for honest review.** From Ted Naifeh and Warren Wucinich comes Kriss: The Gift of Wrath. Kriss is an outcast in his small village, but is descended from the gods of the north. The Gift of Wrath establishes background for Kriss and…
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Review: Mooncakes by Suzanne Walker
5 stars Wendy Xu and Suzanne Walker bring us Mooncakes, a graphic novel about a young witch and werewolf and a nefarious group of practitioners who have summoned a demon causing trouble in the woods. This read was just such a joy. Our witch character, Nova, is queer and uses hearing aids. Our werewolf, Tam,…
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Review: The Weight of a Soul by Elizabeth Tammi
** I was provided with an electronic ARC by the publisher through NetGalley in exchange for honest review.** Actual rating: 4.5 stars Elizabeth Tammi’s sophomore novel, The Weight of a Soul, follows Lena and her clan in the Viking age of Scandinavia. Of course, the Norse gods have their own plans, and Lena and her…
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Review: Resurrection Girls by Ava Morgyn
** I was provided with an electronic ARC from the publisher through NetGalley in exchange for honest review.** Actual rating: 3.5 stars Ava Morgyn’s debut novel, Resurrection Girls, is a hard-hitting novel of grief and all that comes with it. Our main character, Olivia, has had her world ripped apart by the accidental drowning death…
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Review: The Midspring Rebellion by Doreen Heron
2 stars ** I was provided with an electronic ARC by the publisher through NetGalley in exchange for honest review.** The Midspring Rebellion by Doreen Heron follows the King of the Fairies, Oberon, as he seeks a vacation in the human world after his wife, Titania, leaves him. There he meets Nick Chandler who is…
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Review: Silo Boys by Amy-Brooke Odell
4 stars ** I received an electronic ARC from the publisher through NetGalley in exchange for honest review.** Amy-Brooke Odell’s debut novel, Silo Boys, was an engaging YA mystery/thriller that captured the atmosphere of South Carolina. In Silo Boys, the reader follows Addy, a recent high school graduate as she attempts to come to terms…
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Review: Small Spaces by Katherine Arden
4 stars **I was provided an electronic ARC from the publisher through NetGalley in exchange for honest review.** Katherine Arden’s middle grade novel, Small Spaces, combines horror, paranormal, and thriller in a clever and enjoyable way. I find it hard to review middle grade books since it is distinctly not written for my age group,…
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Review: Master of Restless Shadows by Ginn Hale
** I received an electronic ARC from the publisher through NetGalley in exchange for honest review.** Actual rating: 4.5 stars Ginn Hale’s newest fantasy continues to explore the universe she has previously established in other works. In this book, we follow a wide variety of characters, but most notably Narsi and Atreau. Narsi is a…
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Review: The Beautiful by Renee Ahdieh
** I came to be in possession of an ARC, but the ARC was NOT provided to me by the publisher. In good faith, I’ll write a quick review anyhow. 🙂 ** 4 stars Renee Ahdieh’s newest work, The Beautiful, has been hailed as the book to bring vampires back to YA. There are vampires.…
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Review: The Deaths and Afterlife of Aleister Crowley by Ian Thornton
**I was provided an electronic ARC by the publisher through NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.** DNF @ 25% I don’t know what I expected of this book, but this distinctly was not it. I was drawn in by the cover and the synopsis and was expecting historical fantasy. Instead, what I received was…
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