The Good Luck Girls by is a YA fantasy reminiscent of The Handmaid’s Tale and the Old West. Sold as children to a “welcome house” and branded with magic to keep them from escaping, the Good Luck Girls are anything but lucky. Trained in the art of seduction and kept under lock and key, the […]
Tense read! The Rose Bargain by is the first in a YA fantasy duology being compared to The Selection and The Cruel Prince, two of my personal favorites. Ivy Benton’s debut is on the horizon in this alternate history set in 1840s London, and with her debut, she will be given the opportunity to make […]
Fantastic! A Language of Dragons by is a debut historical fantasy about a world with dragons, rebellions, and heartbreaking love. It’s 1923 in the streets of London and dragons fly overhead as protesters line the streets demanding an end to the class system. Vivian Featherswallow is living in her second class bubble. She follows the […]
I had high expectations for this one. A Queen’s Game by is a YA historical romance written in the same style as the author’s American Royals series. Following three famous women in European history, the story unfolds as they all have the chance to be the next Queen of England. The author took several liberties […]
Beautiful historical fantasy! A Song to Drown Rivers by is inspired by the legend of Xishi, a beautiful girl who brings down an empire. Written as if told orally to us by the narrator, the story follows Xishi, a young Yue village girl known for her beauty who is bitter at the loss of her […]
Please note that if you haven’t read What the River Knows, there are spoilers to it in this review. Read at your own risk. This was one of my most anticipated books of the year, and let me just say it lived up to the hype! Where the Library Hides by is the conclusion to […]
Ne’er Duke Well by is a regency romance about a young woman determined to help a newly inherited duke gain custody of his half-siblings by finding him a wife. Lady Selina Ravenscroft is a cunning, well-respected woman of the ton. Raised by her elder brother when their parents passed, Selina knows all to well what […]
Compass and Blade by is a fast-paced adventure about a young woman’s discovery of who she is and what she will become. Mira lives on a small island that sees little trade which means there is little food and money to go around. Her villagers watch for boats to wreck upon a hidden reef not […]
Vicious read! The Dangerous Ones by is a historical fantasy romance set during America’s Civil War about a vampire hunter falling for a vampire. Jerusalem is an escaped slave and a Saint – people with god-like strength, speed, and agility. She’s spent her life hiding who she really is, but now she’s fighting for the […]
What an amazing read! Flower and Thorn by is a standalone YA historical fantasy that asks the question: “What if India had magic when the Portuguese invaded during the 16th century?” I am a sucker for books like this that are full of history but rewritten to include other things. For this one, it’s magical […]