ARC Review | The Woman in the Library

Title: The Woman in the Library Author: Sulari Gentill Publisher: Poisoned Pen Press Publication: 7 June 2022 ★★★★ I received a free copy of this book from Netgalley and Poisoned Pen Press in exchange for an honest review. The peace of the Boston Public Library Reading Room is destroyed one day when a woman screams …

ARC Review | A Little Bit Country

Title: A Little Bit Country Author: Brian D. Kennedy Publisher: Balzer + Bray Publication: 31 May 2022 ★★★★★ Oh my goodness!! This book was completely, totally adorable! Emmett Maguire wants to be country music's biggest gay superstar, which is a bit of a reach when you're seventeen and living in Illinois. Until that happens, he's …

Book Review | The Cartographers

Title: The Cartographers Author: Peng Shepherd Publisher: William Morrow Published: 15 March 2022 Pages: 400 ★★★★★ I don't remember when or where exactly I first heard about The Cartographers. I know it was sometime in the fall of 2021, and I immediately knew I wanted to read it. I ended up getting the book on …

ARC Review | The Romantic Agenda

Title: The Romantic Agenda Author: Claire Kann Publisher: Berkley Published: 12 April 2022 Pages: 336 ★★★★★ I received an advanced copy of the book from Berkley and Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. Of course, I recognize that the publication date has passed, so this is technically not an "advanced" review, but the intentions …

Book Review | Dawg Towne

Title: Dawg Towne Author: Alice Kaltman Publisher: Word West Press Published: 1 June 2021 Pages: 354 ★★★★ I received an ebook through Books Forward Friends in exchange for an honest review. This review will not be spoiler-free When I read the summary of the book, I thought it would be a quirky novel about a …

Book Review | The Christie Affair

Title: The Christie Affair Author: Nina de Gramont Publisher: St. Martin's Press Published: 20 January 2022 Pages: 320 ★★ If you know anything about Agatha Christie or are a fan of Agatha Christie, put the book on the table and walk away. I've always been a huge fan of Agatha Christie and her books, especially …

Book Review | The Martian

Title: The Martian Author: Andy Weir Publisher: Broadway Books Published: 2011 Pages: 369 ★★★★ This book was such a fun book to read! I wasn't expecting it to be as enjoyable as it was, but I was happily wrong. The book centers on Mark Watney, a botanist and mechanical engineer, who has a dark sense …

ARC Review | Wake the Bones

Title: Wake the Bones Author: Elizabeth Kilcoyne Publisher: Wednesday Books Publication Date: 12 July 2022 Pages: 320 ★★★ Okay, I think I need to stop trying with urban fantasy books for a while. There not my cup of tea, and I need to stop lying that they'll ever be my cup of tea. I don't …

ARC Review | The City of Dusk

Title: The City of Dusk Author: Tara Sim Publisher: Orbit Published: 22 March 2022 Pages: 576 ★★★★ My goodness, this was a roller coaster of a ride in such a good way! The book opens with a really creepy scene of a boy piling bodies one on top of each other and from then on …

Book Review | Neon Gods

Title: Neon Gods Author: Katee Robert Publisher: Sourcebooks Casablanca Published: 1 June 2021 Pages: 384 ★★★ Okay, so I'm going to try to write all of this as magnanimous as possible. I'm going to start off with what I thought was good before going to what I didn't like. Greek gods as high society people …