ARC Review Down Comes the Night by Allison Saft

February 25, 2021.Reading time 7 minutes.

Title: Down Comes the Night Author: Allison Saft Publisher: Wednesday Books Release Date: March 2, 2021 Genres: Young Adult, Fantasy, Romance Summary: He saw the darkness in her magic. She saw the magic in his darkness. Wren Southerland’s reckless use of magic has cost her everything: she’s been dismissed from the Queen’s Guard and separated […]

First Line Friday 2/19/21 Down Comes the Night- Allison Saft

February 19, 2021.Reading time 2 minutes.

He saw the darkness in her magic. She saw the magic in his darkness. Wren Southerland’s reckless use of magic has cost her everything: she’s been dismissed from the Queen’s Guard and separated from her best friend—the girl she loves. So when a letter arrives from a reclusive lord, asking Wren to come to his […]

First Line Friday 1/29/21 Within These Wicked Walls- Lauren Blackwood

January 29, 2021.Reading time 1 minute.

What the heart desires, the house destroys… Kiersten White meets Tomi Adeyemi in this Ethiopian-inspired debut fantasy retelling of Jane Eyre. Andromeda is a debtera—an exorcist hired to cleanse households of the Evil Eye. When a handsome young heir named Magnus Rochester reaches out to hire her, Andromeda quickly realizes this is a job like no […]

Goodreads Monday 11/30/20 The Bitterwine Oath- Hannah West

November 30, 2020.Reading time 2 minutes.

Every fifty years, a cult claims twelve men to murder in a small Texas town. Can one girl end the cycle of violence – and save the boy who broke her heart? San Solano, Texas is a quaint town known for its charm, hospitality, and history of murder. Twice now, twelve men have been brutally […]

Review The Devil All the Time- Donald Ray Pollock

November 12, 2020.Reading time 4 minutes.

Now a Netflix film starring Tom Holland, Robert Pattinson, and Bill Skarsgård. A dark and riveting vision of 1960s America that delivers literary excitement in the highest degree. In The Devil All the Time, Donald Ray Pollock has written a novel that marries the twisted intensity of Oliver Stone’s Natural Born Killers with the religious and Gothic overtones […]

Arc Review Catherine House- Elisabeth Thomas

April 22, 2020.Reading time 5 minutes.

A seductive, gothic-infused tale of literary suspense—the debut of a spectacular new voice —about a dangerously curious young undergraduate whose rebelliousness leads her to discover a shocking secret involving an exclusive circle of students . . . and the dark truth beneath her school’s promise of prestige. You are in the house and the house […]

It’s Monday, What Are You Reading? 3/23/20

March 23, 2020.Reading time 9 minutes.

Happy Monday, Everyone! I hope everyone is safe and enjoying this much-needed relaxation. This week I’m going to try to read a book a coworker gave me, two arcs that publishers sent me, and an arc my friends picked up for me at a convention. What are you reading this week? The Regrets- Amy Bonnaffons […]

Nerd Blast & Giveaway Watch Hollow- Gregory Funaro

August 6, 2019.Reading time 5 minutes.

Click on the image above to find out more information about this release. SYNOPSIS Deep within the enchanted woods in the town of Watch Hollow stands the once-grand Blackford House, whose halls hold a magical secret: a giant cuckoo clock that does much more than tell time. But when the clock’s gears cease to turn, […]

Arc Review Wicked Saints- Emily A. Duncan

February 21, 2019.Reading time 2 minutes.

A girl who can speak to gods must save her people without destroying herself. A prince in danger must decide who to trust. A boy with a monstrous secret waits in the wings. Together, they must assassinate the king and stop the war. In a centuries-long war where beauty and brutality meet, their three paths […]