Book Review : Dominion Of The Star by Angelica Clyman

Book Review : Dominion Of The Star by Angelica Clyman

The totality of a solar eclipse lasts only a few short minutes. That’s more than enough time for an apocalypse to erupt.
Almost eighteen years have passed since the Eclipse changed the Earth forever, and Sebastian Za’in rose from the chaos and seized control, imposing his order on the broken planet. Continue reading Book Review : Dominion Of The Star by Angelica Clyman

Book Review : The Guinevere Deception (Camelot Rising #1) by Kiersten White

Book Review : The Guinevere Deception (Camelot Rising #1) by Kiersten White

Princess Guinevere has come to Camelot to wed a stranger: the charismatic King Arthur. With magic clawing at the kingdom’s borders, the great wizard Merlin conjured a solution–send in Guinevere to be Arthur’s wife . . . and his protector from those who want to see the young king’s idyllic city fail. The catch? Guinevere’s real name–and her true identity–is a secret. She is a changeling, a girl who has given up everything to protect Camelot. Continue reading Book Review : The Guinevere Deception (Camelot Rising #1) by Kiersten White

Book Review : Unnatural Magic by C.M. Waggoner

Book Review : Unnatural Magic by C.M. Waggoner

Onna can write the parameters of a spell faster than any of the young men in her village school. But despite her incredible abilities, she’s denied a place at the nation’s premier arcane academy….

Tsira is a troll who never quite fit into her clan, despite being the leader’s daughter. She decides to strike out on her own and look for work in a human city, but on her way she stumbles upon the body of a half-dead human soldier in the snow… Continue reading Book Review : Unnatural Magic by C.M. Waggoner

Book Birthdays : November 5 (+ Mid-October /  Other Late Fall Releases)

Book Birthdays : November 5 (+ Mid-October / Other Late Fall Releases)

Welcome to another installment of Book Birthdays, where I blather about books on their release date. While many books were released last month on October 1st, for some reason, the main titles of note in this post are seeing release today- November 5th. Go figure. I hope this post is helpful in informing you of what’s new and finding some new titles to TBR. Continue reading Book Birthdays : November 5 (+ Mid-October / Other Late Fall Releases)

Book Review : Song of the Crimson Flower by Julie C. Dao

Book Review : Song of the Crimson Flower by Julie C. Dao

Will love break the spell? After cruelly rejecting Bao, the poor physician’s apprentice who loves her, Lan, a wealthy nobleman’s daughter, regrets her actions. So when she finds Bao’s prized flute floating in his boat near her house, she takes it into her care, not knowing that his soul has been trapped inside it by an evil witch, who cursed Bao, telling him that only love will set him free. Though Bao now despises her, Lan vows to make amends and help break the spell. Continue reading Book Review : Song of the Crimson Flower by Julie C. Dao

Book Review : Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo

Book Review : Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo

Galaxy “Alex” Stern is the most unlikely member of Yale’s freshman class. Raised in the Los Angeles hinterlands by a hippie mom, Alex dropped out of school early and into a world of shady drug dealer boyfriends, dead-end jobs, and much, much worse. By age twenty, in fact, she is the sole survivor of a horrific, unsolved multiple homicide. Some might say she’s thrown her life away. But at her hospital bed, Alex is offered a second chance: to attend one of the world’s most elite universities on a full ride. What’s the catch, and why her? Continue reading Book Review : Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo