Genre: YA Fantasy, Retelling Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Rep: WOC After reading an excerpt of Strike the Zither by Joan He I was enticed, but after finishing the book I was absolutely blown away! To be honest The Ones We’re Meant to Find had been sitting on my shelf for a while, and I eventually ended upContinue reading “Book Review: Strike the Zither”
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ARC Review: Silver in the Mist
Genre: YA Fantasy Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Rep: Asexual, Nonbinary I’m always excited to find new fantasy books with ace rep, so I was stoked when I saw that Emily Victoria would be publishing her second novel, Silver in the Mist! I have not had a chance to read her debut novel, This Golden Flame, yet, butContinue reading “ARC Review: Silver in the Mist”
Book Review: First Earth
Genre: YA Portal Fantasy Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Rep: disabled, chronic pain I have written many reviews where I don’t quite have the words to express how much the book moved me, but none quite so much as this one. When I found out that author, Cami Murdock Jensen, chose me as a reader for BookGush October,Continue reading “Book Review: First Earth”
Book Review: The 716
Genre: YA SciFi Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Rep: LGBTQIA+ Every now and then an indie author reaches out to see if I would be willing to read and review their book, and I absolutely love these interactions! Connecting with indie authors is one of my favorite parts of being a book reviewer, and it was no differentContinue reading “Book Review: The 716”
ARC Review: The River of Silver
Genre: Fantasy Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Rep: POC, Gay Ironically, I recently picked up The River of Silver by S.A. Chakraborty for the exact reason the author wrote the book; I was going through personal issues and I needed some familiarity in my life. Like Chakraborty, I was excited to revisit a world I already knew andContinue reading “ARC Review: The River of Silver”
Book Review: Promise of Shadows
Genre: YA Fantasy Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ After reading the Dread Nation duology, and loving it, I immediately added a bunch of Justina Ireland’s books to my TBR list! I finally got the chance to read Promise of Shadows for Black History Month, and it was absolutely fanatastic! The book is about Zephyr Mourning, a young HarpyContinue reading “Book Review: Promise of Shadows”
ARC Review: The Sunbearer Trials
Genre: YA Fantasy Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Rep: Transgender, Nonbinary, Gender Fluid I was absolutely blown away by The Sunbearer Trials by Aiden Thomas! The novel takes place in a world where the god, Sol, sacrificed their life to save the world from the evil Obsidian gods. Every 10 years the Sunbearer Trials take place with 10Continue reading “ARC Review: The Sunbearer Trials”
ARC Review: The Liar’s Crown
Genre: Fairytale Retelling Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ As usual, as soon as I heard the word “retelling” I immediately requested The Liar’s Crown by Abigail Owen on NetGalley. While I’m not typically a huge fan of romantic fantasy, I absolutely loved this book! Meren is a princess, but no one is allowed to know about her. ThereContinue reading “ARC Review: The Liar’s Crown”
ARC Review: Send Her Back
Genre: Short Stories Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Send Her Back by Munashe Kaseke is a collection of short stories that describe the lives of many Zimbabwean women. Some of Kaseke’s characters immigrated to the U.S., while others are living in Zimbabwe, but all of them have a complex, and often complicated, story to tell. First off, IContinue reading “ARC Review: Send Her Back”
Book Review: Soul Shade
Genre: YA Fantasy Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Soul Shade picks up right where Soul Render left off. I don’t want to spoil the first book, so I’ll leave it at that. Not to be that pushy, annoying reader, but where’s book 3? I NEED it now! In all seriousness, I know that amazing books like Soul RenderContinue reading “Book Review: Soul Shade”
The Biased Bibliophile 