REVIEW: Daughter of Black Lake is an immersive, atmospheric story, which is exactly what I was hoping for when I chose to read it. The story is set in the first century AD, during the time when the Romans invaded Britain. I love reading historical fiction stories set in very early times, but I can’t […]
REVIEW: I picked up The Poppy War by R.F. Kuang without doing much research about it because I love letting fantasy stories unfold as they will, and the result has been back-to-back reads in this series where I feel completely immersed in this world. The Poppy War is kind of like a story told in […]
REVIEW: Kill The Queen by Jennifer Estep starts out nice and slow, and builds nice and steadily as the world is laid out. This is a fantasy story set in the kingdom of Bellona. After a massacre leaves the Queen and most of the people at court dead, Evie (17th in line to the throne) […]
Review: When I finished Red Sister, I could barely breathe. I really took my time with it and I think that was a good decision because I feel like I really got to know these characters and what they do at Convent of Sweet Mercy, at least as much as they’d let me get to […]
Review: My first experience with Brandon Sanderson was a success! I loved The Way of Kings. More than the story, I loved the experience of reading it. I read it over four weeks using an ebook, an old beat-up second-hand paperback (the best kind of book), and the audiobook. An epic fantasy reading experience literally […]
Review: A couple of months ago, I read Burn For Me by Ilona Andrews and I liked it. I didn’t fall hard in love with it like so many of my friends did, but I did like it. I liked Nevada and Mad Rogan a lot, and they were the biggest reason that I […]
Review: Once upon a time, I read a book by Ilona Andrews and I didn’t really love it. So when a couple of friends recommended Burn For Me to me, I took them seriously. But I remembered that last book that I didn’t love and I didn’t rush to read this one. I know, I […]
Review: The word that kept coming to mind while I was reading The Keeper of Lost Things by Ruth Hogan was “delightful” because this book was such a joy to read. Laura takes a job working as housekeeper in Anthony’s home. She is depressed after her recent divorce, but Laura begins to heal almost immediately […]
Review: I chose to read Club Deception by Sarah Skilton because I don’t often choose stories that have magicians in them and because I loved this cover. I’m glad to say that this one paid off. One of the best things about this book is that is was easy to read in small doses. Do y’all ever […]
Why I Read It: I hadn’t heard of the Weathermages of Mystral Series until my friend Lauren mentioned the upcoming second book to me. The series sounded so good that I grabbed The Winter King before our discussion was over. (Thank you for recommending this one to me, Lauren!) Now that I’ve finished, I’m dying for […]