Category: Reviews

#BookReview: SUITORS AND SABOTAGE by Cindy Anstey

Just a note of forewarning: I read this book largely while in the hospital waiting for and then recovering from a minor procedure. I did undergo sedation, so this review is going to be short and maybe a bit muddled, but I’m doing my best to write it considering my brain wants to complete conk out for the next few hours. Almost exactly two years ago, I reviewed Anstey’s debut, Love, Lies and Spies. I really enjoyed that one, and I hoped for the same sort of experience with Suitors and Sabotage. Alas, I will admit I didn’t get as stuck in […]

Posted April 17th 2018 in Blog Tours, Historical Fiction, Reviews, Romance, Young Adult / / 2 Comments

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#SST #BookReview: SKY IN THE DEEP by Adrienne Young

There is a trend of bloodthirsty young women in YA right now, and I am loving it. I don’t know what it says about me that some of my favourite books so far this year have featured ruthless women who charge into battles and kill without second-guessing themselves. Add to that a high dose of emotions, chemistry, and tangled loyalties, and you’ve got a highly charged, kickass story. Every emotion Eelyn felt was written deep into the page. I felt everything she did: pain, betrayal, rage, distrust, homesickness. I could understand her hatred and hated everyone with her. The transition of these […]

Posted April 15th 2018 in Blog Tours, Fantasy, Reviews, Young Adult / / 1 Comment

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#BookReview: BOUND TO YOU by Alyssa Brandon

It’s been a long while since I read a werewolf book. This particular one scratched a very particular itch: a hate-to-love story with a grumpy hero and a sassy heroine who keeps pushing his buttons. And yes, yes, there is obviously some alpha male stuff going on, especially with what I can only describe as kidnapping, but Megan learns to give as good as she gets. Also, yeah, it’s a nice guilty fantasy of mine, so while I appreciated some things would be problematic in the real world, I’m going to use It’s a Werewolf Thing as an excuse for […]

Posted April 11th 2018 in Blog Tours, New Adult, Paranormal, Romance / / 1 Comment

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#BookReview: OUR DARK STARS by Audrey Grey and Krystal Wade

It’s been too long since I read some science fiction that I actually liked, so I’m glad this book crossed my path. Pay attention to the chapter titles, my dear readers. The first several chapters alternate between Will and Talia…100 years apart. Eventually, they simply alternate between the two…in Will’s time. In Talia’s time, the kingdom is threatened with a robot uprising, and Talia is used as a bargaining chip to get a rich planet to chip in more with the fight. In Will’s time, the robots have won, and humans are considered “savage, cruel beasts”. (Treat your AI nicely, […]

Posted March 26th 2018 in Blog Tours, Reviews, Romance, Science Fiction, Young Adult / / 0 Comments

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#BookReview: THE POET X by Elizabeth Acevedo, plus my favourite slam poetry performance

Full disclosure. This is the first book written in verse that I’ve ever read. (I’m not including plays and straight-up poetry books.) And I don’t think I could have been inducted into this style with a better book. It was lyrical, impactful, rhythmic, and that’s just thanks to the style. The content, the characters… it was an incredible story in itself, the perfect story to be told in verse. Xiomara is the miracle child of a devoutly religious mother and reformed father who thought they wouldn’t be able to have children. A teenager, she is caught between these weighty expectations […]

Posted March 14th 2018 in Blog Tours, Contemporary, Reviews, Young Adult / / 0 Comments

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#BookReview: THE WREN HUNT by Mary Watson

Trigger warning for physical and psychological abuse of the main character by a group of young men. Basically, this book was one giant mindfuck. At first, that wasn’t in a good way, as there was a bit too much detail on the world and druid culture without explanation. I felt lost and confused for a while. BUT THEN… it all very slowly started coming together, and I realised I was being played by the author. If you read the book, you’ll learn what wickering is. And you will realise that you have unknowingly been drawn into a trap and bespelled. […]

Posted February 19th 2018 in Fantasy, Reviews, Young Adult / / 1 Comment

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#BookReview: WICKED CHARM by Amber Hart

Trigger warning: murder, including descriptions of the bodies and some violent scenes towards the end, plus mention of suicide Wicked Charm is a book of two stories running parallel. What the blurb makes you think is that a wicked but charming boy is somehow involved in a series of murders, and I even thought there might be something a touch paranormal here, what with the swamp vibes. But there is also the love story between the wicked boy and the girl who moves in next door. What I liked most about Wicked Charm is that Hart infused it with an atmospheric […]

Posted February 16th 2018 in Blog Tours, Contemporary, Romance, Thriller, Young Adult / / 0 Comments

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