Namesake by Adrienne Young || Book Review

January 9, 2023.Reading time 5 minutes.

That writing of hers … Young has done it again. Her poetic writing style intertwined with her wonderful storytelling has kept me compelled once again.

Fable By Adreinne Young || Book Review

February 10, 2021.Reading time 5 minutes.

For seventeen-year-old Fable, the daughter of the most powerful trader in the Narrows, the sea is the only home she has ever known. It’s been four years since the night she watched her mother drown during an unforgiving storm. The next day her father abandoned her on a legendary island filled with thieves and little […]

Summer of Salt by Katrina Leno || Book Review

September 30, 2020.Reading time 7 minutes.

“On the island of By-the-Sea you could always smell two things: salt and magic.” Synopsis: A magic passed down through generations . . . Georgina Fernweh waits with growing impatience for the tingle of magic in her fingers—magic that has been passed down through every woman in her family. Her twin sister, Mary, already shows […]

The Rising by Kelley Armstrong || Book Review

August 19, 2020.Reading time 7 minutes.

Hello, beautiful people! Finally! The last book review for Kelley Armstrong’s Darkness Rising trilogy — The Rising. In this series finale, we FINALLY learn the truth behind all the mysterious events happening to Maya and her friends, with some BIG plot twist by the end of the novel. If you HAVEN’T read book one or […]

The Calling by Kelley Armstrong || Book Review

August 1, 2020.Reading time 6 minutes.

Hello, beautiful people! Let’s continue with reviewing Armstrong’s Darkness Rising trilogy with book two, The Calling. In this exciting sequel, we FINALLY start to uncover so many of the unanswered questions and find out what happened after the “BIG EVENT” in book one. So if you HAVEN’T read book one, please make sure to read my […]

The Gathering by Kelley Armstrong || Book Review

July 14, 2020.Reading time 8 minutes.

“I want you to have big dreams, big goals. I want you to strive to achieve them. But I don’t want to see you beating yourself up every time you make a mistake.” Synopsis: Sixteen-year-old Maya is just an ordinary teen in an ordinary town. Sure, she doesn’t know much about her background – the […]

Sorcery of Thorns by Margaret Rogerson || Book Review

April 23, 2020.Reading time 10 minutes.

“It was always wise to be polite to books, whether or not they could hear you.” Synopsis: All sorcerers are evil. Elisabeth has known that as long as she has known anything. Raised as a foundling in one of Austermeer’s Great Libraries, Elisabeth has grown up among the tools of sorcery—magical grimoires that whisper on […]

Daughter of the Siren Queen by Tricia Levenseller || Book Review

February 27, 2020.Reading time 11 minutes.

“I may not have been born in the sea, but I was born to rule it. I am the daughter of the siren queen.” Synopsis: Alosa’s mission is finally complete. Not only has she recovered all three pieces of the map to a legendary hidden treasure, but the pirates who originally took her captive are […]

Daughter of the Pirate King by Tricia Levenseller || Book Review

January 9, 2020.Reading time 11 minutes.

“I am me because I choose to be me. I am what I want. Some people say you have to find yourself. Not I. I believe we create ourselves to be what we want.” Synopsis: Sent on a mission to retrieve an ancient hidden map–the key to a legendary treasure trove–seventeen-year-old pirate captain Alosa deliberately […]

The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E. Harrow || Book Review

January 3, 2020.Reading time 12 minutes.

“It is at the moments when the doors open, when things flow between the worlds, that stories happen.” Synopsis: In the early 1900s, a young woman embarks on a fantastical journey of self-discovery after finding a mysterious book in this captivating and lyrical debut. In a sprawling mansion filled with peculiar treasures, January Scaller is […]