Title: My Darling Arrow Author: Saffron A. Kent Genre: NA, Romance Series: St. Mary’s Rebels #1 Goodreads: Add to TBR Here Rating: 4.5 STARS Purchase via Amazon: HERE SYNOPSIS: Darling Arrow, I shouldn’t be writing this.  It’s not as if I’m ever going to send you this letter, and there are a million reasons why. First of all, I was sent to this reform school as a punishment for a petty, totally inconsequential crime. Not to ogle the principal’s hot son around the campus. Second of all, you’re a giant jerk. You’re arrogant and moody and so cold. Sometimes I think I shouldn ..read more

Hello friends! I bet you thought I had abandoned this space, but after talking with a few friends, I realized how much I missed writing here. I’ll be sharing some reviews, but my main passion is to get back to the bookish content outside of that. Due to Covid-19 limiting many of the publishers and booksellers shipping capabilities, many early reviewers have been turning to utilizing websites such as NetGalley again, and as a reader who enjoys using my kindle, I’m not mad about it. Whether you’re a fellow reviewer who is looking to request some new titles, or a reader who is wanting the scoop ..read more

Book Title: Mexican Gothic Author: Silvia Moreno-Garcia Series: None Genres: Horror, Mystery, Literary Fiction Pub Date: June 30, 2020 GOODREADS 5 STARS SYNOPSIS: After receiving a frantic letter from her newly wed cousin begging for someone to save her from a mysterious doom, Noemí Taboada heads to High Place, a distant house in the Mexican countryside. She’s not sure what she will find—her cousin’s husband, a handsome Englishman, is a stranger, and Noemí knows little about the region. Noemí is also an unlikely rescuer: She’s a glamorous debutante, and her chic gowns and perfect red lipstick ..read more

Book Title: Girl, Serpent, Thorn Author: Melissa Bashardoust Series: None Genres: YA, Fantasy, Romance Pub Date: July 7 Goodreads 4 STARS Purchase Link SYNOPSIS: A captivating and utterly original fairy tale about a girl cursed to be poisonous to the touch, and who discovers what power might lie in such a curse… There was and there was not, as all stories begin, a princess cursed to be poisonous to the touch. But for Soraya, who has lived her life hidden away, apart from her family, safe only in her gardens, it’s not just a story. As the day of her twin brother’s wedding approaches, Soraya m ..read more

Book Title: Death in the Family Author: Tessa Wegert Pub Date: 2/18/2020 Series: Shana Merchant #1 Genres: Mystery, Crime Fiction, Suspense Goodreads Amazon Pre-Order Link Synopsis: A storm-struck island. A blood-soaked bed. A missing man. Senior Investigator Shana Merchant believes it all adds up to a killer in their midst—and that murder is a family affair. Thirteen months ago, former NYPD detective Shana Merchant barely survived being abducted by a serial killer. Now hoping to leave grisly murder cases behind, she’s taken a job in her fiancé’s sleepy hometown in the Thousand Islands region ..read more

Book Title: Fortuna Sworn Author: K.J. Sutton Pub Date: Available Now Genres: NA Fantasy Fiction, Romance Goodreads 4 STARS Amazon Purchase Link Synopsis: Fortuna Sworn is the last of her kind. Her brother disappeared two years ago, leaving her with no family or species to speak of. She hides among humans, spending her days working at a bar and her nights searching for him. The bleak pattern goes on and on… until she catches the eye of a powerful faerie. He makes no attempt to hide that he desires Fortuna. And in exchange for her, he offers something irresistible. So Fortuna reluctantly leave ..read more

Book Title: The Sun Down Motel Author: Simone St. James Pub Date: February 18, 2020 Genres: Mystery, Ghost Story, Crime Fiction Goodreads 4 STARS Amazon Pre-Order Link Synopsis: The secrets lurking in a rundown roadside motel ensnare a young woman, just as they did her aunt thirty-five years before, in this new atmospheric suspense novel from the national bestselling and award-winning author of The Broken Girls. Upstate NY, 1982. Every small town like Fell, New York, has a place like the Sun Down Motel. Some customers are from out of town, passing through on their way to someplace better. Som ..read more

Book Title: Diamond City Author: Francesca Flores Pub Date: Jan. 28, 2020 Genre: YA Fantasy Goodreads 4 STARS Amazon Pre-Order Link SYNOPSIS: Fierce and ambitious, Aina Solís as sharp as her blade and as mysterious as the blood magic she protects. After the murder of her parents, Aina takes a job as an assassin to survive and finds a new family in those like her: the unwanted and forgotten. Her boss is brutal and cold, with a questionable sense of morality, but he provides a place for people with nowhere else to go. And makes sure they stay there. DIAMOND CITY: built by magic, ruled by tyrant ..read more

Hi friends and happy Wednesday! One of my bookish resolutions for 2020 is to become more intentional with my reading without stifling the ability to choose books on a whim, so I’m going to start posting semi-regularly about books I’m hopeful to pick up in the near future. This doesn’t lock in anything concrete and still allows for mood reads, but gives me a sense of tackling arcs and my owned backlist under accountability from you all. As I’ve just finished compiling a riveting spreadsheet of all my current TBR advanced or review copies from publishers, I’m in the mood to focus on those today ..read more

Book Title: Saint X Author: Alexis Schaitkin Pub Date: Feb. 18, 2020 Genres: Literary Suspense, Crime Fiction Goodreads 4 STARS Amazon Pre-Order Link SYNOPSIS: Claire is only seven years old when her college-age sister, Alison, disappears on the last night of their family vacation at a resort on the Caribbean island of Saint X. Several days later, Alison’s body is found in a remote spot on a nearby cay, and two local men―employees at the resort―are arrested. But the evidence is slim, the timeline against it, and the men are soon released. The story turns into national tabloid news, a lurid my ..read more