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Book Review: Codename Charming | Author Unpublished
Title: Codename Charming [Palace Insiders 2]Author: Lucy ParkerGenre: Contemporary, RomanceRating: 5 StarsDescription/Synopsis:Petunia De Vere enjoys being the personal assistant to lovable, bumbling Johnny Marchmont. But the job has its share of challenges, including the royal's giant, intimidating bodyguard, Matthias. Pet and Matthias are polar opposites--she's spontaneous and enthusiastic, he's rigid and stoic--but she can sense…
Book Review: Dawn Breaker | Author Unpublished
Title: Dawnbreaker [Salvation Cycle 2]Author: Jodi MeadowsGenre: Young Adult FantasyRating: 4 StarsDescription/Synopsis:The thin membrane of magic separating the human and demonic planes has been destroyed. Nightrender, the immortal warrior of the gods, must find a way to rebuild it, but Hanne—the serpent girl, always too cunning to be trusted, too hungry for power—has become High…
Book Review: Outcasts | Author Unpublished
Title: Outcasts [Ferryman 3]Author: Claire McFallGenre: Young Adult, Paranormal, Fantasy, RomanceRating: 3 StarsDescription/Synopsis:Tristan and Dylan have escaped death and conquered destiny. Nothing is stopping them from being together.But every action has a consequence, and their exile to the real world has caused an imbalance in the afterlife. It's owed two souls – and it wants…
Book Review: Here Lies Olive | Author Unpublished
Title: Here Lies OliveAuthor: Kate AndersonGenre: Young Adult, LGBTQ+, Horror, Paranormal, FantasyRating: 3 StarsDescription/Synopsis:Growing up in the dark tourism capital of the United States, sixteen-year-old Olive should be comfortable with death. But ever since an allergic reaction almost sent her to the wrong side of the grass, she’s been terrified that there is no afterlife.…
Book Review: Wolf Gone Wild | Author Unpublished
Title: Wolf Gone Wild [Stay A Spell 1]Author: Juliette CrossGenre: Contemporary, Urban Fantasy, Paranormal, RomanceRating: 5 StarsDescription/Synopsis:What's the worst thing that can happen to a werewolf? Unable to shift for three months, Mateo Cruz knows all too well. His wolf has taken up residence in his head, taunting him night and day with vividly violent…
Book Review: All That Consumes Us | Author Unpublished
Title: All That Consumes UsAuthor: Erica WatersGenre: Young Adult, Horror, Fantasy, Paranormal, Gothic, LGBTQ+Rating: 5 StarsDescription/Synopsis:The students in Corbin College’s elite academic society, Magni Viri, have it all—free tuition, inspirational professors, and dream jobs once they graduate. When first-gen college student Tara is offered a chance to enroll, she doesn’t hesitate.? Except once she’s settled…
Book Review: Under The Heavens | Author Unpublished
Title: Under The Heavens [The Ark Trilogy 1]Author: Ruth FoxGenre: Young Adult, Science FictionRating: 5 StarsDescription/Synopsis:Even the darkest secrets will come to light. Bubbly social media star Hannah Monksman is captaining Seiiki and carrying the last of Earth’s whales to a new paradise planet. Viewers have been following Hannah’s journey, but what they don’t know…
Book Review: Ghost Tamer | Author Unpublished
Title: Ghost TamerAuthor: Meredith R. LyonsGenre: Horror, Paranormal, Thriller, Mystery, FantasyRating: 3 StarsDescription/Synopsis:Death is one thing, it's what you do afterward that matters. Aspiring comedian Raely is the sole survivor of a disastrous train wreck. While faced with the intense grief of losing her best friend, she realizes that someone is following her―and has been…
Book Review: The Scarlet Alchemist | Author Unpublished
Title: The Scarlet Alchemist [The Scarlet Alchemist 1]Author: Kylie Lee BakerGenre: Young Adult, Fantasy, Romance, HistoricalRating: 5 StarsDescription/Synopsis:Zilan dreams of becoming a royal alchemist, of providing for her family by making alchemical gold and gems for the wealthy to eat in order to stay young forever. But for now, she’s trapped in her impoverished village…
Book Review: A Multitude of Dreams | Author Unpublished
Title: A Multitude of DreamsAuthor: Mara RutherfordGenre: Fantasy, Young Adult, Gothic, Historical, RomanceRating: 5 StarsDescription/Synopsis:Princess Imogen of Goslind has lived a sheltered life for three years at the boarded-up castle—she and the rest of its inhabitants safe from the bloody mori roja plague that’s ravaged the kingdom. But Princess Imogen has a secret, and as…
Book Review: Lonely Castle In The Mirror | Author Unpublished
Title: Lonely Castle In The MirrorAuthor: Mizuki Tsujimura, Translated By: Philip GabrielGenre: Fantasy, Magical Realism, Young Adult, Mental HealthRating: 5 StarsDescription/Synopsis:Seven students are avoiding going to school, hiding in their darkened bedrooms, unable to face their family and friends, until the moment they discover a portal into another world that offers temporary escape from their…
Book Review: The Pomegranate Gate | Author Unpublished
Title: The Pomegranate Gate [The Mirror Realm Cycle 1]Author: Ariel KaplanGenre: Fantasy, Young Adult, HistoricalRating: 4 StarsDescription/Synopsis:Toba Peres can speak but she can’t shout; she can walk but she can’t run; and she can write in five languages… with both hands at the same time.Naftaly Cresques dreams every night of an orange-eyed stranger; when awake,…
Book Review: Night of The Witch | Author Unpublished
Title: Night of the Witch [Witch and Hunter 1]Author: Sara Raasch & Beth RevisGenre: Fantasy, Young Adult, Romance, HistoricalRating: 5 StarsDescription/Synopsis:A witch and a hunter. Vengeance is their mission. Love is their destiny.Fritzi is a witch. A survivor of a brutal attack on her coven, she's determined to find her only surviving family member and…
Book Review: The Scarlet Veil | Author Unpublished
Title: The Scarlet Veil [The Scarlet Veil 1]Author: Shelby MahurinGenre: Fantasy, Mystery, RomanceRating: 3 StarsDescription/Synopsis:Six months have passed since Célie took her sacred vows and joined the ranks of the Chasseurs as their first huntswoman. With her fiancé, Jean Luc, as captain, she is determined to find her foothold in her new role and help…
Book Review: Every Wish Way | Author Unpublished
Title: Every Wish WayAuthor: Shannon BrightGenre: Contemporary, Fantasy, RomanceRating: 5 StarsDescription/Synopsis:Raised by a mother whose ironclad motto is “men are trash,” Iza longs to prove her wrong, ideally with a kind, steady boyfriend who will free her from the exhausting treadmill that is dating. Although she’s willing to try (almost) anything to find love, accidentally…
Book Review: If I Have To Be Haunted | Author Unpublished
Title: If I Have To Be HauntedAuthor: Miranda SunGenre: Young Adult, Fantasy, Romance, ContemporaryRating: 5 StarsDescription/Synopsis:Cara Tang doesn’t want to be haunted.Look, the dead have issues, and Cara has enough of her own. Her overbearing mother insists she be the “perfect” Chinese American daughter—which means suppressing her ghost-speaking powers—and she keeps getting into fights with…
Book Review: The Name Drop | Author Unpublished
Title: The Name DropAuthor: Susan LeeGenre: Young Adult, Contemporary, RomanceRating: 5 StarsDescription/Synopsis:When Elijah Ri arrives in New York City for an internship at his father’s massive tech company, Haneul Corporation, he expects the royal treatment that comes with being the future CEO—even if that’s the last thing he wants. But instead, he finds himself shuffled…
Book Review: A Study In Drowning | Author Unpublished
Title: A Study In DrowningAuthor: Ava ReidGenre: Young Adult, Fantasy, Gothic, Romance, MysteryRating: 5 StarsDescription/Synopsis:Effy Sayre has always believed in fairy tales. She’s had no choice. Since childhood, she’s been haunted by visions of the Fairy King. She’s found solace only in the pages of Angharad - author Emrys Myrddin’s beloved epic about a mortal…
Book Review: The Library of Shadows | Author Unpublished
Title: The Library of ShadowsAuthor: Rachel MooreGenre: Young Adult, Paranormal, Fantasy, Mystery, RomanceRating: 5 StarsDescription/Synopsis:Radcliffe Prep. The third most haunted school in the country, where a student disappearance isn’t uncommon and no one dares stay in the library after dark. And Este Logano enrolls with the hopes of finding her dead father.Not literally, of course.…
Book Review: Roses & Violets | Author Unpublished
Title: Roses & Violets [Roseholm Trilogy 1]Author: Gry Kappel JensenGenre: Young Adult, Fantasy, MysteryRating: 3 StarsDescription/Synopsis:Four girls from very different backgrounds are making their way to the mysterious Rosewood Boarding School from different corners of the country. The one thing they have in common is the strange offer they have received to apply for a…
Book Review: New Eden | Author Unpublished
Title: New Eden [The Ark Trilogy 2]Author: Ruth FoxGenre: Young Adult, Science FictionRating: 5Description/Synopsis:As Seiiki, now escorted by a military contingent from Earth United, draws ever closer to New Eden, Kim Teng must learn to split her role of Caretaker with another, navigate a new relationship with Wren, and deal with the suffocating guilt of…
Book Review: Managing The Matthews | Author Unpublished
Title: Managing The MatthewsAuthor: Haleigh WengerGenre: Contemporary RomanceRating: 4 StarsDescription/Synopsis:Everyone knows Kell Simmons manages the Matthew brothers, the three hottest stars in Hollywood: action hero Ryan, romantic lead Ash, and sports star Jonah. But no one knows that she’s hopelessly in love with one of them.When Ryan’s surprise engagement to a fan just about breaks…
Book Review: Creeping Beauty | Author Unpublished
Title: Creeping BeautyAuthor: Andrea PortesGenre: Young Adult, Fantasy, Re-Telling, FairytaleRating: 1 Star (DNF)Description/Synopsis:Bitsy is no one’s ideal princess.She’s heard it all: that it’s a shame she’s so plain, so lacking in grace. That the best thing for her to do is simply wait (and wait some more), and hope some prince will grant her a…
Book Review: The Witch Is Back | Author Unpublished
Title: The Witch Is BackAuthor: Sophie H. MorganGenre: Contemporary, Fantasy, RomanceRating: 4 StarsDescription/Synopsis:There’s nothing wrong with being a wallflower. Not to Emmaline Bluewater, anyway. Emma may have been born into witch society, but her days of trying to fit in where she doesn’t belong are over—they ended seven years ago, when the man she’d hoped…
Book Review: Rent To Be | Author Unpublished
Title: Rent To BeAuthor: Sonia HartlGenre: Contemporary RomanceRating: 4 StarsDescription/Synopsis:Isla Jane is living the millennial nightmare. She’s got a shiny new MBA and no way to pay for it, thanks to her dead-end entry-level job, and nowhere to live, thanks to her miserable salary. Going home to her parents is not possible, but for once…
Book Review: Pestilence | Author Unpublished
Title: Pestilence [The Four Horsemen 1]Author: Laura ThalassaGenre: Apocalyptic, Fantasy, RomanceRating: 5 StarsDescription/Synopsis:They came to earth--Pestilence, War, Famine, Death--four horsemen riding their screaming steeds, racing to the corners of the world. Four horsemen with the power to destroy all of humanity. They came to earth, and they came to end us all.When Pestilence comes for…
Book Review: Cruel Seduction | Author Unpublished
Title: Cruel Seduction [Dark Olympus 5]Author: Katee RobertGenre: Urban Fantasy, Romance, MythologyRating: 1 Star (DNF)Description/Synopsis:He was my enemy. My lover. My husband.And the one man I swore by all Olympus I would destroy.*A scorchingly hot modern retelling of Aphrodite and Hephaestus (and Pandora and Adonis).*Aphrodite has never flinched at getting her perfectly manicured hands dirty,…
Book Review: The Deja Glitch | Author Unpublished
Title: The Deja GlitchAuthor: Holly JamesGenre: Romance, Contemporary, Time Travel, Science FictionRating: 5 StarsDescription/Synopsis:To break out of a 24-hour time loop, all Jack needs is for Gemma to fall in love with him in a single day. All Gemma needs is to remember him first . . .Gemma Peters is doing fine. She’s making a…
Book Review: Bring Me Your Midnight | Author Unpublished
Title: Bring Me Your MidnightAuthor: Rachel GriffinGenre: Young Adult, Fantasy, RomanceRating: 5 StarsDescription/Synopsis:Tana Fairchild’s fate has never been in question. Her life has been planned out since the moment she was born: she is to marry the governor’s son, Landon, and secure an unprecedented alliance between the witches of her island home and the mainlanders…
Book Review: Vampires of Atlantis | Author Unpublished
Title: Vampires of AtlantisAuthor: Courtney DavisGenre: Urban Fantasy, RomanceRating: 3 StarsDescription/Synopsis:When Atlantis sank, it took with it a prison holding the worst monsters the earth had ever seen, and it needed something more powerful to guard them. Vampires. A race of humans, Descendants of Atlantis, once held captive by a stone that took their will…
Book Review: Brutal Prince | Author Unpublished
Title: Brutal Prince [Brutal Birthright 1]Author: Sophie LarkGenre: Dark Romance, Mafia, CrimeRating: 4 StarsDescription/Synopsis:He’s No Prince Charming…Callum Griffin is the heir to the Irish Mafia. He’s ruthless, arrogant, and he wants to kill me.We got off on the wrong foot when I set a (very small) fire in his house.Our families believe a marriage pact…
Book Review: Cloak of Scarlet | Author Unpublished
Title: Cloak of Scarlet [The Dericott Tales 5]Author: Melanie DickersonGenre: Historical, Fantasy, Romance, Re-TellingRating: 1 Star (DNF)Description/Synopsis:She was an orphan of no importance . . .Violet Lambton never imagined herself as anything but average. Adopted as a young child, she’s content with her comfortable life in her small medieval town with her faith, her books,…
Book Review: The Witch Hitch | Author Unpublished
Title: The Witch Hitch [A Cupcake Coven Romance 2]Author: Elizabeth BassGenre: Urban Fantasy, RomanceRating: 3 StarsDescription/Synopsis:Lots of people get pre-wedding jitters, but Bailey Tomlin’s are a bit extreme. Paranoia . . . the sudden ability to communicate with her pet parrot . . . something odd is definitely happening. And while Bailey searches for the…
Book Review: Still Beating | Author Unpublished
Title: Still BeatingAuthor: Jennifer HartmannGenre: Dark Romance, Contemporary, ThrillerRating: 5 StarsDescription/Synopsis:WARNING: This is a dark romance. This book contains subject matter that may be sensitive for some readers, including rape, as well as strong language and explicit sex. 18+ only. Please read responsibly.When Cora attends her sister’s birthday party, she expects at most a hangover…
Book Review: The Only Purple House In Town | Author Unpublished
Title: The Only Purple House In Town [Fix-It Witches 4]Author: Ann AguirreGenre: Urban Fantasy, RomanceRating: 3 StarsDescription/Synopsis:Iris Collins is the messy one in her family. The "chaos bunny." Her sisters are all wildly successful, while she can't balance her budget for a single month. It's no wonder she's in debt to her roommates. When she…
Book Review: Scarbound | Author Unpublished
Title: Scarbound [Castles of the Eyrie 2]Author: Evie MarceauGenre: Young Adult, Fantasy, RomanceRating: 5 StarsDescription/Synopsis:Bryn has been thrust into the center of attention—and danger—as the heir to the Mir throne. She struggles with placing duty above love, as the entire Baer kingdom must reckon with Rangar’s wrath at her decision.But winter brings a shocking tragedy…
Book Review: Wanderlust | Author Unpublished
Title: WanderlustAuthor: Elle EverhartGenre: Contemporary RomanceRating: 3 StarsDescription/Synopsis:Feeling stuck at work and tired of London’s dreary weather, magazine writer Dylan Coughlan impulsively rings a radio station one day only to win a once-in-a-lifetime trip around the world. The catch? Her travel partner must be a contact randomly selected on her phone. And of course this…
Book Review: Scarlight | Author Unpublished
Title: Scarlight [Castles of the Eyrie 1]Author: Evie MarceauGenre: Young Adult, Fantasy, RomanceRating: 5 StarsDescription/Synopsis:A life saved is a soul owned.When she was six years old, Bryn was saved from a wolf attack by a prince from a rival kingdom. Rangar Barendur’s people believe that a life saved is a soul owned, and ten years…
Book Review: Where Ivy Dares To Grow | Author Unpublished
Title: Where Ivy Dares To GrowAuthor: Marielle ThompsonGenre: Gothic, Romance, Time TravelRating: 5 StarsDescription/Synopsis:Traveling to be with her fiancé’s terminally ill mother in her last days, Saoirse Read expected her introduction to the family’s ancestral home would be bittersweet. But the stark thrust of Langdon Hall against the cliff and the hundred darkened windows in…