Rating: 4.5 out of 5. To check content warnings for all of the books you read, go to the Trigger Warning Database. Check out my review of the Shadow and Bone trilogy by Leigh Bardugo here. // Quick Statistics // Overall: 4.5/5 Stars Characters: 5/5 Stars Writing: 5/5 Stars Setting: 5/5 Stars Plot: 4/5 Stars Memorability: 5/5 Stars // Other Information // Publisher: Henry Holt & Company Page Count: 465 pages Release Date: September 29, 2015 Series: Six of Crows #1, Grishaverse #4 Tags: Fiction, Young adult, Fantasy, Romance, LGBTQ+, Adventure, Magic, High fantasy, Dark fantasy // Book De ..read more

Stay tuned for the release of my interview with Joyce Chopra. “Joyce Chopra’s career spanned six decades, and her perspectives are thoughtful and broad, including stories about how she navigated monumental shifts in her craft and in the culture at large. She has wonderful anecdotes about working with Laura Dern and Treat Williams, as well as her deep friendships with Gene Wilder and Arthur Miller, plus bruising encounters with Harvey Weinstein and Sydney Pollack”. Rating: 5 out of 5. A huge thank you to City Lights Books and Joyce Chopra for providing me with a copy of this book in exchange ..read more

Rating: 4 out of 5. To check content warnings for all of the books you read, go to the Trigger Warning Database. Want to read Golem? Enter the giveaway for the chance to win a copy! Click here to enter. // Quick Statistics // Overall: 4/5 Stars Characters: 4/5 Stars Writing: 5/5 Stars Setting: 3/5 Stars Plot: 4/5 Stars Memorability: 3/5 Stars // Other Information // Publisher: Quill and Birch Publishing Page Count: 440 pages Release Date: October 5, 2021 Series: None Tags: Fiction, Young adult, Adult, Fantasy, Horror, Paranormal // Book Description (from Goodreads) // “Excellently written ..read more

Rating: 3.5 out of 5. // Content Warnings: death, violence, death of children // To check content warnings for all of the books you read, go to the Trigger Warning Database. // Quick Statistics // Overall: 3.5/5 Stars Characters: 2/5 Stars Writing: 4/5 Stars Setting: 4/5 Stars Plot: 3.5/5 Stars Memorability: 3/5 Stars // Quick Review // Oliver Seneca presents an intriguing yet creepy story in Faces in a Window, where his characters must endure the cursed nature of St. Stephen’s Middle School. Along the way, they are met with horrors that will haunt your nightmares. // Other Information // P ..read more

Rating: 5 out of 5. // Content warnings: classism, ableist language, fatmisia, slavery (mentioned), kiss without consent, blood and gore depiction, dead bodies and physical injuries, death of a friend and parents (mentioned), murder, attempted murder, kidnapping (hostage situation and blackmail), war themes, violence, graphic animal death // Please educate yourself on the content warnings for this novel before reading, as I may have missed some in my review. Haven’t read my review of the rest of the Shadow and Bone series? Click here to read my review of Siege and Storm. Click here to read ..read more

Rating: 5 out of 5. A huge thank you to Disney Lucasfilm Press and NetGalley for providing me with a copy of this novel in exchange for an honest review. // Content Warnings: violence, mentions of death, violence against animals/planet // Please educate yourself on the content warnings for this novel before reading, as I may have missed some in my review. All quotes are taken from Padawan by Kiersten White. “All Obi-Wan wanted was to be a Jedi Knight, to go out into the galaxy and be an agent of goodness, of order, of the light.” –Padawan by Kiersten White // Quick Statistics ..read more

Rating: 3.5 out of 5. A huge thank you to Wednesday Books and NetGalley for providing me with a copy of this novel in exchange for an honest review. // Content Warnings: mental and physical abuse, violence, suicide, dental trauma, guns, postpartum depression, drug usage, animal death, blood, and abuse by an alcoholic parent // Please educate yourself on the content warnings for this novel before reading, as I may have missed some in my review. // Quick Statistics // Overall: 3.5/5 Stars Characters: 3/5 Stars Writing: 5/5 Stars Setting: 3/5 Stars Plot: 3/5 Stars Memorability: 4/5 Stars // Qu ..read more

Rating: 2 out of 5. Thank you to Margaret K. McElderry Books and NetGalley for providing me with a copy of this in exchange for an honest review. I am unable to provide a full list of content warnings since I was unable to finish reading this novel. // Quick Statistics // Overall: 2/5 Stars Characters: 2/5 Stars Writing: 2/5 Stars Setting: 4/5 Stars Plot: 1/5 Stars Memorability: 2/5 Stars // Quick Review // While I had been looking forward to reading this novel, I was ultimately disappointed by the slow pace and could not get interested in the book. I didn’t finish reading Sofi and the Bone ..read more