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Review: Edgewood by Kristen Ciccarelli
**I was provided an electronic ARC from the publisher through NetGalley in exchange for honest review.** 4 stars Kristen Ciccarelli returns with a standalone fantasy centered on song and sacrifice. Readers follow Emeline Lark who is living her dream of making her way in the music industry. But as Emeline works to realize her dream,…
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Review: Real Easy by Marie Rutkoski
**I received an electronic ARC from the publisher through NetGalley in exchange for honest review.** Actual rating: 3.5 Marie Rutkoski’s adult debut, Real Easy, delves into the backstage of a strip club. The story is told in multiple perspectives and discusses the day to day happenings of the club as well as an ongoing double…
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Review: Anatomy A Love Story by Dana Schwartz
**I was provided an electronic ARC from the publisher through NetGalley in exchange for honest review.** 4 stars Dana Schwartz presents Anatomy, which is a love story in many ways. Readers follow Hazel at the turn of the 19th century. She is to be married to a future viscount, but her true love has always…
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Review: Cold the Night Fast the Wolves by Meg Long
**I was provided an electronic ARC from the publisher through NetGalley in exchange for honest review.** Actual rating: 3.5 Meg Long’s Cold the Night, Fast the Wolves follows the story of Sena. Sena has made her way in the world alone since the death of her mothers in what amounts to the biggest sled dog…
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Review: Moth by Michael Takeda
**I was provided an electronic ARC from the publisher through BookSirens as a prize in a giveaway. I provide an honest review of my own accord.** 4 stars With Moth, Michael Takeda explores Urbino, Italy through the lens of a young gay man with a heroin addiction. The grungy underbelly of the city and the…
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Review: Comfort Me With Apples by Catherynne M Valente
**I was provided an audio galley of this book from the publisher through NetGalley in exchange for honest review.** Actual rating: 3.5 Comfort Me With Apples is Catherynne M Valente’s newest novella that seems to defy genre. There is a bit of horror, a bit of fabulism, and a literary sort of vibe all wrapped…
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Review: The Keeper of Night by Kylie Lee Baker
**I was provided an audiobook ARC from the publisher through NetGalley in exchange for honest review.** 3 stars Kylie Lee Baker presents The Keeper of Night, a story about a girl caught in between two bloodlines- Shinigami and Reaper. Ren serves the gods of death as best she is able and is determined to find…
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Review: Oaths of Legacy by Emily Skrutskie
**I was provided an electronic ARC from the publisher through NetGalley in exchange for honest review.** 4 stars Emily Skrutskie returns with the second installment in the Bloodright Trilogy, Oaths of Legacy. Readers follow Gal in the aftermath of the end of book one, Bonds of Brass. This second book picks up very shortly after…
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Review: Walking in Two Worlds by Wab Kinew
**I received an electronic ARC from the publisher through NetGalley in exchange for honest review.** Actual rating: 3.5 Wab Kinew brings a young adult light scifi with Walking in Two Worlds. Readers follow Bugz, a power player in a digital world who has a lot of self-doubt in the real world. Kinew draws upon Anishinaabe…
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Review: Chef’s Kiss by Jarrett Melendez
**I received an electronic ARC from the publisher through NetGalley in exchange for honest review.** 5 stars Jarrett Melendez presents a new adult queer romantic comedy with Chef’s Kiss. Readers follow Ben Cook and his trio of roommates. Ben is a recent college graduate who is trapped in the cycle of needing experience for entry…
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