Category: Uncategorized
-
Review: Nils The Tree of Life by Jérôme Hamon
3 stars **I received an electronic ARC from the publisher through NetGalley in exchange for honest review.** Jérôme Hamon brings us Nils: The Tree of Life, a nordic inspired fantasy graphic novel set in a society where things have ceased growing. The land and people both have become infertile. Nils and his father seek to…
-
Review: RePlay by Saki Tsukahara
**I was provided an electronic ARC by the publisher through NetGalley in exchange for honest review.** 4 stars Replay by Saki Tsukahara is a manga-style graphic novel that follows two high school students who have grown up playing baseball together. Catcher, Mashiro Ritsu, and pitcher, Mizuhara Yuuta, have been best friends since third grade and…
-
Review: The Sound of Stars by Alechia Dow
**I received an electronic ARC from the publisher through NetGalley in exchange for honest review.** 3 stars Alechia Dow creates a story in the not-so-distant future where alien races have landed on and conquered Earth. We follow two characters: Janelle Baker, a Black human girl who runs an illicit library, and M0Rr1S, a lab made…
-
Review: The Will and the Wilds by Charlie N Holmberg
4 stars **I was provided an electronic ARC by the publisher through NetGalley in exchange for honest review.** Charlie Holmberg’s The Will and the Wilds is part fairytale, part love story, and all adventure. Readers follow Enna, a budding herbalist who has learned about the creatures of the wildwood (mystings) from her grandmother. When Enna…
-
Review: Snug by Catana Chetwynd
4 stars ** I was provided an electronic ARC by the publisher through NetGalley in exchange for honest review.** Catana Chetwynd continues her Catana Comics in Snug: A Collection of Comics about Dating Your Best Friend. Due for a timely February release (Valentine’s gift anyone?), Catana’s adorable art style and relatable comic panels are just…
-
Review: A Sanctuary of Spirits by Leanna Renee Hieber
**I was provided with an electronic ARC by the publisher through NetGalley in exchange for honest review.** Actual rating: 3.5 Leanna Renee Hieber continues her Spectral City series with book two, A Sanctuary of Spirits. The series follows Miss Evelyn “Eve” Whitby, medium and head of the secret Ghost Precinct instated by Governor Theodore Roosevelt,…
-
Review: Small Hours by Valérie Minelli
4 stars **I was provided an electronic ARC from the publisher through NetGalley in exchange for honest review.** Small Hours by Valérie Minelli is a collection of four panel comics that are endearing in their positivity, relatability, and simplicity. Like all comic collections, there will be some that stand out as more impactful to one…
-
Review: The Court of Miracles by Kester Grant
4 stars **I was provided an electronic ARC by the publisher through NetGalley in exchange for honest review.** Kester Grant’s The Court of Miracles leads readers in a retelling of Les Miserables where Eponine, called Nina, is the star of the show. Nina is a Thief in a France where the criminal underground of the…
-
Review: Dewdrop by Kay O’Neill
5 stars **I was provided an electronic ARC from the publisher through NetGalley in exchange for honest review.** In Dewdrop, Kay O’Neill brings us a children’s graphic novel surrounding our titular character, Dewdrop the axolotl, and his town’s preparations for the sports fair. There is a running message of the competition being with one self…
-
Review: Fireborne by Rosaria Munda
4 stars **I was provided an electronic ARC by the publisher through NetGalley in exchange for honest review.** Rosaria Munda presents to us in Fireborne a world that is still recovering from revolution. The oligarchy of the dragonborn has been overthrown in favor of a merit-based class system determined by testing. We join the narrative…
Bumpy Oak Books 