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Review: Fragile Remedy by Maria Ingranda Mora
**I was provided an electronic ARC from the publisher through NetGalley in exchange for honest review.** Actual rating: 3.5 Maria Ingrande Mora’s Fragile Remedy is part dystopian, part scifi, all unrepentantly queer. Gathos City was ravaged by a lung rot disease which led to the development of GEMs- Genetically Engineered Medical Surrogates. The GEMs provided…
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Review: The Unsound Theory by Emilia Zeeland
4 stars Emilia Zeeland introduces her STAR Academy series with this first novel, The Unsound Theory. A YA scifi, readers follow Yalena Russo, a girl of unknown origins who receives an invitation to attend STAR Academy. STAR Academy involves collegiate level studies on a space station that only invites 20 students per year. When Yalena…
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Review: Diana and the Island of No Return by Aisha Saeed
**I was provided an electronic ARC from the publisher through NetGalley in exchange for honest review.** 3 stars Aisha Saeed brings the first of a new series of middle grade adventures surrounding Wonder Woman. Princess Diana, age 12, maintains that she is ready to begin Amazon warrior training, but her mother would like for her…
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Review: TRUEL1F3 by Jay Kristoff
4 stars **I was provided an electronic ARC from the publisher through NetGalley in exchange for honest review.** It is always difficult to discuss books in a series when reviewing them without spoilers, so I will try to keep this brief. All of the questions I had from the first two books were answered. Nothing…
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Review: The Girl of Hawthorn and Glass by Adan Jerreat-Poole
**I was provided an electronic ARC from the publisher through NetGalley in exchange for honest review.** 2 stars The Girl of Hawthorn and Glass is Adan Jerreat-Poole’s YA fantasy debut. The story involves all the sorts of things you would hope for in a YA fantasy; witches, assassins, magic, adventure, and more. Readers follow Eli,…
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Review: Where the Veil is Thin by Alana Joli Abbott
3 stars **I was provided an electronic ARC from the publisher through NetGalley in exchange for honest review.** Where the Veil is Thin is a collection of short stories from various authors, all surrounding the fae folk. Each story has a somewhat different take on fae lore or explores a different aspect of fae lore.…
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Review: American Midnight Tales of the Dark by Laird Hunt
3 stars **I was provided an electronic ARC from the publisher through NetGalley in exchange for honest review.** Laird Hunt’s American Midnight Tales of the Dark is a selection of short stories from a variety of authors in horror literature. I was happy to have the opportunity to read the selection as some I was…
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Review: Throwaway Girls by Andrea Contos
4 stars **I was provided an electronic ARC from the publisher through NetGalley in exchange for honest review.** Andrea Contos’ Throwaway Girls is a stunning mystery thriller surrounding one missing girl who everyone wants home, and the other missing girls who were forgotten. The reader follows Caroline, a queer teenager who is just trying to…
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Review: Blue Ticket by Sophie Mackintosh
**I was provided a physical ARC by the publisher in a mystery box.** 3 stars Sophie Mackintosh’s newest novel involves a society where girls receive a lottery ticket when they enter puberty. Blue gets you freedom and a career. White gets you marriage and motherhood. When Calla, a blue ticket recipient, decides she wants to…
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Review: The Gilded Ones by Namina Forna
**I was provided an electronic ARC by the publisher through NetGalley in exchange for honest review.** 4 stars Namina Forna’s debut novel, The Gilded Ones, is a feminist, West African-inspired fantasy where the demon-tainted girls bleed gold. When Deka has her coming-of-age ritual, she hopes to bleed red, a mark of purity. When she finds…
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