Tag: adult
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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: Scarlet Gaze by Foster Bridget Cassidy
3 stars **I was provided an electronic ARC from the publisher through NetGalley in exchange for honest review.** Scarlet Gaze is a new adult paranormal romance centered around a magical school in England. Collin is a freshman at Marke Staple University, where he learns that magic is real and that he has power. When his…
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Review: Drive by Courtney Maguire
**I was provided an electronic ARC from the publisher through NetGalley in exchange for honest review.** Actual rating: 4.5 stars Drive is an intense MM contemporary romance surrounding mechanic, Red, and the mysterious, wealthy Victor. Red is raising his sister, Katie, trying to build a new friendship with Sean, and doesn’t quite know what it…
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Review: 55 slightly sinister stories by Racha Mourtada
3 stars **I was provided an electronic ARC by the publisher on NetGalley in exchange for honest review.** Racha Mourtada brings 55 slightly sinister stories, a collection of 55 drabbles that are all 55 words long exactly. There are corresponding illustrations for the drabbles that are included in the collection as well. This collection is…
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Review: Shorefall by Robert Jackson Bennett
**I was provided an electronic ARC from the publisher through NetGalley in exchange for honest review.** 5 stars Robert Jackson Bennett brings a beautifully wrought and intricate magic system to his fantasy series, the Founders trilogy. This book, Shorefall, is the second in the series and I will do my very best to keep things…
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Review: The Kingdom of Liars by Nick Martell
4 stars **I was provided an electronic ARC by the publisher through NetGalley in exchange for honest review.** Nick Martell’s The Kingdom of Liars is a solid debut fantasy that is part murder mystery, part comedy of errors and all magic. Readers follow Michael Kingman, youngest son of a prince killer who wears the brand…
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Review: Death by Shakespeare by Kathryn Harkup
4 stars **I received an electronic ARC from the publisher through NetGalley in exchange for honest review.** Kathryn Harkup brings us Death By Shakespeare: Snakebites, Stabbings and Broken Hearts. The book is an in depth look at history and medicine as relate to death during Shakespeare’s time. Harkup then guides the reader further into how…
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Review: From the Dark We Came by J Emery
**I was provided an electronic copy from the publisher through NetGalley in exchange for honest review.** 4 stars J. Emery brings their take to a vampire and hunter queer paranormal romance with From the Dark We Came. The story follows Cassian, our vampire newly awakened after having gone into a deep sleep, and Belar, our…
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Review: Chosen Ones by Veronica Roth
4 stars **I was provided an electronic ARC of this novel post-publication from the publisher through NetGalley in exchange for honest review.** Veronica Roth makes her adult debut with Chosen Ones, a modern fantasy that upends a lot of common tropes and puts a solid spin on them. Readers follow a group of individuals who,…
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Review: Asperfell by Jamie Thomas
**I received an electronic ARC from the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for honest review.** 4 stars Jamie Thomas brings us the first book in a new fantasy series, Asperfell. Asperfell is, first and foremost, a prison for mages. A sentenced mage will walk through the gate to this new world where they remain forever…
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