Release Day Review: The Gilded Wolves by Roshani Chokshi

The Gilded Wolves by Roshani Chokshi is an amazingly fun, intricate fantasy heist that I adored every second of. (Also release day is definitely tomorrow Jan. 15, but I couldn't wait to post this!) It opens in the middle of a heist & inserts you into a magical alternate Paris circa 1889, where the Order …

Review: The Trial and Execution of the Traitor George Washington by Charles Rosenberg

I'm playing major catch up on reviews since returning! I read three or so Netgalleys months back before starting the new job, but never got around to reviewing them. I apologize that the review will likely be short, but I read this months ago! Anyway, here goes nothing! The Trial and Execution of the Traitor …

Review: Everything is Beautiful by Mira T. Lee

I'm not going to lie, but it's been a long while since I read this book. This review will likely be a "mini" review, but I'm going to do my best but it was sooooo good! The story follows Miranda and Lucia, Chinese-American sisters who are very different from one another. It is a story …

Tell the Machine Goodnight by Kate Williams

Now that I'm finally all moved, I'm getting around to reading a lot of galleys that I'm late on & have had for forever. The first one I read was Tell the Machine Goodnight by Kate Williams. The story follows several people in a future where a machine can tell you what will make you happy …

Number One Chinese Restaurant by Lillian Li

Number One Chinese Restaurant by Lillian Li is a well written novel about a group of people connected by a Chinese restaurant and how they're all affected in the aftermath of a tragedy that befell it. From Johnny, the unlikable owner/manager of the restaurant, to Nan and Ah-Jack, who have worked at the restaurant the …

Bruja Born by Zoraida Cordova

Two years ago, I had the distinct pleasure of reading and reviewing a galley of Labyrinth Lost by Zoraida Cordova. I loved the book. I thought it was a wonderful introduction to the world of Alex and her family, and was excited to see what future installments in the series would lead to (especially after the …

Release Day Review: This Is Not a Love Letter by Kim Purcell

This Is Not a Love Letter is an interesting YA novel. It follows Jessie, a girl about to graduate high school whose boyfriend just went missing. When Chris went missing, he and Jessie were on a break, a week-long break she requested to get some perspective about their futures. Chris went missing while he was …

Review: These Violent Delights by Victoria Namkung

Trigger Warnings: descriptions of sexual assault by an authority figure, suicide, accusers' internal monologues, eating disorder, alcoholism, drug use, rape culture comments/victim blaming Synopsis:  At Windemere School for Girls, one of America’s elite private schools, Dr. Gregory Copeland is the beloved chair of the English Department. A married father with a penchant for romantic poetry—and impressionable …

Review: Beasts of Extraordinary Circumstance by Ruth Emmie Lang

Synopsis: Orphaned, raised by wolves, and the proud owner of a horned pig named Merlin, Weylyn Grey knew he wasn’t like other people. But when he single-handedly stopped that tornado on a stormy Christmas day in Oklahoma, he realized just how different he actually was. That tornado was the first of many strange events that …

Release Day Review: Artemis by Andy Weir

Synopsis:  Jazz Bashara is a criminal. Well, sort of. Life on Artemis, the first and only city on the moon, is tough if you're not a rich tourist or an eccentric billionaire. So smuggling in the occasional harmless bit of contraband barely counts, right? Not when you've got debts to pay and your job as …