Genre: YA Fantasy Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Once I realized that Of Cages and Crowns by Brianna Joy Crump was a fantasy novel where The Hunger Games meets The Bachelor, I was a little skeptical. That being said, it ended up surprising me more than I expected. Every generation ten girls are marked by the goddess andContinue reading “ARC Review: Of Cages and Crowns”
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Book Review: Strike the Zither
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”
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”
Book Review: The Newlyweds’ Window
Genre: Short Stories Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Rep: POC After reading Send Her Back by Munashe Kaseke, which was published by Mukana Press, I was interested in the Mukana Press 2022 Anthology of African Writing, The Newlyweds’ Window. I try to read books that have diverse characters, written by diverse authors, so this anthology sounded fantastic. AsContinue reading “Book Review: The Newlyweds’ Window”
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”
ARC Review: Writing Gatsby
Genre: Nonfiction Rating: ⭐⭐⭐ After reading William Elliott Hazelgrove’s books about the Titanic and Cassie Chadwick, I was so excited to see he was publishing a book about F. Scott Fitzgerald and The Great Gatsby! The book was certainly enjoyable, but didn’t necessarily live up to the other two I’ve read by Hazelgrove. I absolutelyContinue reading “ARC Review: Writing Gatsby”
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: Shadowsphere
Genre: YA Fantasy Rating: ⭐⭐⭐ Shadowsphere takes place after Bewilderness, but the contents consist of a character telling a story that takes place before the events of Bewilderness. In the novel Tavarian and Dexius are enemies from the same mountain village called Rethia. The Council that governs Rethia needs rokenstones to help improve the productivityContinue reading “ARC Review: Shadowsphere”
The Biased Bibliophile 