Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros
Violet Sorrengail is the third child of General Lilith Sorrengail, who leads the Basgiath War College in Navarre. General Sorrengail is a dragon rider, and is incredibly proud of her two older children who followed in her footsteps. So much so that she forces Violet to give her dreams of becoming a Scribe like her […]
Continue reading Fourth Wing by Rebecca YarrosFrom Blood and Ash by Jennifer L Armentrout
September 4: My very first reaction to this book was, I am not kidding, Hawke Flynn? Really? And her bodyguard Wardwell? Then Tawney Lyon appeared and I almost didn’t make it any further. (Aside, I am almost positive I once worked with a dancer named Tawney Lyon back when I was bar-tending in strip clubs.) […]
Continue reading From Blood and Ash by Jennifer L ArmentroutIntense Feelings by Nomi Palmer
The author describes this as a soap opera and after reading it I really do think that’s the most accurate interpretation of what it’s like to read this book. If you’ve ever watched a soap opera, you know how every single person is somehow involved or related to every other single person? There’s never anybody […]
Continue reading Intense Feelings by Nomi PalmerPromises to Keep by Genevieve Graham
I have a Little Free Library on my front lawn, and every once in a while somebody will drop off something interesting so I’ll grab it to read for myself. Recently somebody left a half-dozen historical romance books so I thought I would check them out. Promises to Keep was one of them. I hadn’t […]
Continue reading Promises to Keep by Genevieve GrahamThrone of Glass by Sarah J Maas
The library hold list for anything Sarah J Mass is crazypants. Finally this book arrived – looking absolutely tortured. It’s very obviously a popular series. I guess I was just lucky that I actually got the first one in the series. I have all the sequels on hold, so hold your breath to find out […]
Continue reading Throne of Glass by Sarah J MaasHaunting Adeline by H D Carlton
Oh boy, this book. Where do I even start. OK, so two things. The first thing, rape fantasy is NOT uncommon. At all. It serves a function, especially for people who are raised in a culture where sexuality is not always treated in a healthy manner. (In other words, all of us.) Fantasizing about rape […]
Continue reading Haunting Adeline by H D CarltonThe Queen of Nothing by Holly Black
I really enjoyed this series. Enemies-to-lovers is one of my favourite tropes and I so rarely see it done well. I think Black did an excellent job of portraying two people who resent, fear, and mistrust each other who are still irrevocably pulled into each others’ orbit. Their relationship is so fraught they are both […]
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