Happy New Year 2022

January 1, 2022.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Justin, Nikole, & Stacy would like to wish you and your family a very happy new year!! 2021 is finally over! What a year! This year felt so long and we are glad to see that it’s finally behind us! Cheers to new reads and an even better year.

First Line Friday 8/13/21 These Deadly Games by Diana Urban

August 13, 2021.Reading time 2 minutes.

Let’s play a game. You have 24 hours to win. If you break my rules, she dies. If you call the police, she dies. If you tell your parents or anyone else, she dies. Are you ready? When Crystal Donavan gets a message on a mysterious app with a video of her little sister gagged […]

First Line Friday 7/30/21 Briarheart by Mercedes Lackey

July 30, 2021.Reading time 2 minutes.

From beloved fantasy author Mercedes Lackey comes a fresh and feminist reinterpretation of Sleeping Beauty. Miriam may be the daughter of Queen Alethia of Tirendell, but she’s not a princess. She’s the child of Alethia and her previous husband, the King’s Champion, who died fighting for the king, and she has no ambitions to rule. When […]

First Line Friday 7/23/21 The Corpse Queen by Heather M. Herrman

July 23, 2021.Reading time 2 minutes.

In this dark and twisty feminist historical thriller, a teenage girl starts a new life as a grave robber but quickly becomes entangled in a murderer’s plans. Soon after her best friend Kitty mysteriously dies, orphaned seventeen-year-old Molly Green is sent away to live with her “aunt.” With no relations that she knows of, Molly […]

First Line Friday 7/16/21 Defy the Night by Brigid Kemmerer

July 16, 2021.Reading time 3 minutes.

From New York Times bestselling author Brigid Kemmerer comes a blockbuster fantasy series about a kingdom divided by corruption, the prince desperately holding it together, and the girl who will risk everything to bring it crashing down. The kingdom of Kandala is on the brink of disaster. Rifts between sectors have only worsened since a […]

First Line Friday 7/9/21 The Devil Makes Three by Tori Bovalino

July 9, 2021.Reading time 1 minute.

Tess Matheson only wants three things: time to practice her cello, for her sister to be happy, and for everyone else to leave her alone. Instead, Tess finds herself working all summer at her boarding school library, shelving books and dealing with the intolerable patrons. The worst of them is Eliot Birch: snide, privileged, and […]

First Line Friday 7/2/21 Once Upon a Broken Heart by Stephanie Garber

July 2, 2021.Reading time 2 minutes.

From Stephanie Garber, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Caraval, Once Upon a Broken Heart is the first book in a new series about love, curses, and the lengths that people will go to for happily ever after. Evangeline Fox was raised in her beloved father’s curiosity shop, where she grew up on legends about immortals, like the […]

Stacy is Taking a Break from Blogging

June 29, 2021.Reading time 4 minutes.

Hey everyone! I’m just going to jump right in and say this because there is not an easy way to say it. Starting July first I’ll be taking a break from blogging. I’ve been feeling overwhelmed for awhile now but it has finally gotten to the point where it starting to take a heavy toll […]

First Line Friday 6/25/21 Into the Midnight Void- Mara Fitzgerald

June 25, 2021.Reading time 1 minute.

Emanuela has finally gotten what she wanted. Since escaping her catacomb prison, she’s started running things her way. Under her rule, citizens no longer give up their lives at the first, tiny appearance of their omens. As long as they aren’t caught bad-mouthing their queen, they can live out their days like everyone else. But […]

Goodreads Monday 5/31/21 Vampires, Hearts, & Other Dead Things- Margie Fuston

May 31, 2021.Reading time 2 minutes.

In this heart-wrenching debut YA novel that’s The Coldest Girl in Coldtown meets They Both Die at the End, a teen girl takes a trip to New Orleans with her estranged best friend to find a vampire to save her dying father. Victoria and her dad have shared a love of the undead since the […]