I think this is the mini review that took me out of my usual faire, so while I didn't love these books, I appreciated having read them anyway. A Dowry of Blood came onto my radar because of the FairyLoot edition, and not gonna lie, that special edition is GORGEOUS. To be fair, I hadn't [...]
Another set of mini reviews! I actually did a pretty good job of getting through the books I've read this year. And here I was thinking I would need to slow down on the reading to be able to review them all! But I suppose there's my reading journal and copious amount of time now [...]
Initial Thoughts Well color me enthralled and just a dash of impressed. I honestly hadn't expected the end to put in such a bang, but it made all the slowly developing mystery and plot worth the read. I loved Alex's ferocity and enjoyed the Darlington POVs as well. The whole story ran a bit slow, [...]
Initial Thoughts: A thief being recruited into a motley group of people saving the world from demons? Well, sure, why not? HOPE'S END by Martin John May 2020 Fantasy, Supernatural Rated: 3 / 5 cookies e-ARC provided by Reedsy Discovery Noah Wild was never a great cop and some would say he made an even [...]
Initial Thoughts: Enjoyed this book better than the first! It was also scarier IMHO, but ghosts trump scarecrows, so... DEAD VOICES by Katherine Arden Putnam's Sons, August 2019 Children's Horror, Fantasy Rated: 5 / 5 cookies Having survived sinister scarecrows and the malevolent smiling man in Small Spaces, newly minted best friends Ollie, Coco, and [...]
Story and Somnomancy 