The Gods Time Forgot by is billed as a romantasy, but reads more like a historical romance with a touch of fantasy. Rua emerges from a hellmouth in Manhattan during America’s Gilded Age knowing only two things: her name and that she is not Emma Harrington, a girl who is missing and looks exactly like […]
The Monstrous Kind by is a haunting fantasy heavily inspired by Jane Austen. While other authors have attempted to do this in the past (see Pride and Prejudice and Zombies), Gregovic has done something beautiful and otherworldly. Merrick Darling is the daughter of the Lord of Sussex which affords her immunity to the toxic fog […]
Queen Among the Dead by is a fast-paced YA fantasy inspired by the legend of the true queen of Ireland. Neve is the youngest daughter of the ruler of Eire. She’s hard-headed, brash, and wild. She spends her days learning fighting skills (archery, driving chariots, swinging an axe or a sword) instead of indoors like […]
Shadow and Tide by is the follow-up book to Compass and Blade, which follows a young woman as she navigates her new abilities, hides from the Watch, and works to save those she loves. Picking up one month after the end of book one, this one starts with fire and death. Mira and her fellow […]
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 […]