Tag: Young Adult

WoW #293 ~ Cruel is the Light

WoW #293 ~ Cruel is the Light

Happy Wednesday y’all! This week I’m eagerly waiting on Cruel is the Light by . I’ll be honest, the first thing that caught my attention was the cover, BUT then I read the blurb and got excited. Shakespeare was on to something with his Romeo and Juliet. Star-crossed lovers, forbidden love, etc. are some of […]

Posted February 12, 2025 by Lillian in Features / 0 Comments
Review: The Forest King’s Daughter by Elly Blake

Review: The Forest King’s Daughter by Elly Blake

Fantastic read! The Forest King’s Daughter by is YA fantasy filled with romance, political intrigue, and fraught with tension. The book opens with a short prologue that sets the stage for the entire story. A young Dracu waits for his Sylvan friend in the woods with a special gift. This gift will be the third […]

Posted February 10, 2025 by Lillian in Reviews / 2 Comments
Audio Review: Heir by Sabaa Tahir

Audio Review: Heir by Sabaa Tahir

Amazing! Heir by is the first in a YA fantasy duology that follows multiple perspectives as they hunt a ruthless killer. Aiz is angry, living her life in the Kegari slums, watching as the elite send their children to die in a war no one wants to fight and the rest starve. Quil is the […]

Posted February 6, 2025 by Lillian in Reviews / 1 Comment
Review: The Rose Bargain by Sasha Peyton Smith

Review: The Rose Bargain by Sasha Peyton Smith

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 […]

Posted February 3, 2025 by Lillian in Reviews / 2 Comments
Audio Review: Together We Burn by Isabel Ibañez

Audio Review: Together We Burn by Isabel Ibañez

Together We Burn by is a standalone fantasy about a flamenco dancer, a dragon hunter, and dragons. Zarela Zalvidar is the daughter of Hispalia’s most famous Dragonador. During their 500th anniversary show, tragedy strikes leaving her father horribly injured, most of their dragons dead, and some of the audience members as well. Facing exuberant fines […]

Posted January 27, 2025 by Lillian in Reviews / 4 Comments
WoW #290 ~ The Floating World

WoW #290 ~ The Floating World

Happy Wednesday y’all! This week I’m eagerly waiting on The Floating World by . I love all mythology, and Asian is one of my favorites. This book is based off the Korean legend of the Celestial Maidens. I really only needed to know that, but honestly the cover caught my eye first as well as […]

Posted January 22, 2025 by Lillian in Features / 0 Comments
WoW #289 ~ Sunrise on the Reaping

WoW #289 ~ Sunrise on the Reaping

Happy Wednesday y’all! This week I’m eagerly waiting on Sunrise on the Reaping by . The Hunger Games is one of my all-time favorite series. I’ve read it more times than I can count. I am SO excited to get Haymitch’s story and the story of the 50th quarter quell. I remember the first time […]

Posted January 15, 2025 by Lillian in Features / 5 Comments
Audio Review: Stranger Skies by Pascale Lacelle

Audio Review: Stranger Skies by Pascale Lacelle

This review is going to be hard to write. Stranger Skies by is the second book in and sees our main characters separated by time and realms. If you haven’t read Curious Tides, there will be spoilers ahead. Read at your own risk. Emory has found Romie alive in the dream scape, the world between […]

Posted January 10, 2025 by Lillian in Reviews / 3 Comments
WoW #288 ~ To Steal from Thieves

WoW #288 ~ To Steal from Thieves

Happy Wednesday y’all! This week I’m eagerly waiting on To Steal from Thieves by . I love heist novels, add in that it is fantasy and I’m sold. I haven’t read Lobb yet, but I do own her debut duology which gets great reviews. So I have hopes 🙂

Posted January 8, 2025 by Lillian in Features / 4 Comments