Published March 7, 2023 Author: K.J. Charles Bridgerton meets Poldark in this sweeping LGBTQIA+ Regency romance from award-winning author KJ Charles Abandoned by his father as a small child, Sir Gareth Inglis has grown up prickly, cold, and well-used to disappointment. Even so, he longs for a connection, falling headfirst into a passionate anonymous affair that's over almost… Continue reading ~ Book Review: The Secret Lives of Country Gentleman (Doomsday Books #1) (ARC) ~
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~ Book Review: The Foxglove King (The Nightshade Kingdom #1) (ARC) ~
Expected publication March 7, 2023 Author: Hannah Whitten In this lush, romantic new epic fantasy series from New York Times bestselling author Hannah Whitten, a young woman's secret power to raise the dead plunges her into the dangerous and glamorous world of the Sainted King's royal court. When Lore was thirteen, she escaped a cult in the… Continue reading ~ Book Review: The Foxglove King (The Nightshade Kingdom #1) (ARC) ~
~ Book Review: An (Un)Romantic Comedy (ARC) ~
Expected publication March 14, 2023 Author: Phoebe MacLeod The course of true love never did run smooth, but with Phoebe MacLeod it always gets a chance. Perfect for fans of Jo Watson and Mhairi McFarlane. Poppy is a therapist. You’d think her parents would be proud. But Poppy is the type of therapist that makes… Continue reading ~ Book Review: An (Un)Romantic Comedy (ARC) ~
Book Review: Off the Map(Beck Sisters #3) (ARC)
Expected publication March 7, 2023 Author: Trish Doller On the road to love, you don't need a GPS... Carla Black’s life motto is “here for a good time, not for a long time.” She’s been travelling the world on her own in her vintage Jeep Wrangler for nearly a decade, stopping only long enough to… Continue reading Book Review: Off the Map(Beck Sisters #3) (ARC)
~ Book Review: Such a Fun Age ~
Published December 31, 2019 Author: Kiley Reid A striking and surprising debut novel from an exhilarating new voice, Such a Fun Age is a page-turning and big-hearted story about race and privilege, set around a young black babysitter, her well-intentioned employer, and a surprising connection that threatens to undo them both. Alix Chamberlain is a woman who… Continue reading ~ Book Review: Such a Fun Age ~
Book Review: The Great Big Demon Hunting Agency (ARC)
Expected publication March 2, 2023 Author: Peter Oxley London, 1868. The streets are haunted by thieves, murderers… and demons from beyond the Aether. Spencer and Bart are the city’s most incompetent crooks, and they are in deep trouble. Hunted by both police and their fellow criminals, they are forced to consider the unthinkable —going straight.… Continue reading Book Review: The Great Big Demon Hunting Agency (ARC)
Audiobook Review: A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire #1)
Published August 6th 1996 Author: George R.R. Martin Narrator: Roy Dotrice Audiobook Length: 33 hours 46 minutes Long ago, in a time forgotten, a preternatural event threw the seasons out of balance. In a land where summers can last decades and winters a lifetime, trouble is brewing. The cold is returning, and in the frozen… Continue reading Audiobook Review: A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire #1)
Audiobook Review: Practical Magic (Practical Magic #1)
Published July 1st 1995 Author: Alice Hoffman Narrator: Cherry Jones Audiobook Length: 9 hours 12 minutes The Owens sisters confront the challenges of life and love in this bewitching novel from New York Times bestselling author Alice Hoffman. When the beautiful and precocious sisters Sally and Gillian Owens are orphaned at a young age, they are taken… Continue reading Audiobook Review: Practical Magic (Practical Magic #1)
Book Review: A Witch in Time
Published February 11th 2020 Author: Constance Sayers A young woman in Belle Epoque France is cursed to relive a doomed love affair through many lifetimes, as both troubled muse and frustrated artist. In 1895, sixteen-year-old Juliet LaCompte has a passionate, doomed romance with the married Parisian painter Auguste Marchant. When her mother — a witch… Continue reading Book Review: A Witch in Time
Audiobook Review: Magic Lessons (Practical Magic #0.1)
Published October 6, 2020 Author: Alice Hoffman Narrator: Sutton Foster Audiobook Length: 13 hours 26 minutes From New York Times bestselling author Alice Hoffman comes the origin story of her beloved novel and basis for the cult classic film Practical Magic—taking us on a captivating journey to the Salem witch trials, featuring the indomitable matriarch of the Owens… Continue reading Audiobook Review: Magic Lessons (Practical Magic #0.1)
Audiobook Review: The Nobleman’s Guide to Secrecy and Shipwrecks (The Montague Siblings #3)
Published November 16th 2021 Author: Mackenzi Lee Narrator: Christian Coulson Audiobook Length: 14 hours 38 minutes Return to the enchanting world of the Montague siblings in the finale to the New York Times best-selling and Stonewall Honor-winning series, featuring a teenage Adrian Montague as he desperately seeks the now adult Monty and Felicity - the… Continue reading Audiobook Review: The Nobleman’s Guide to Secrecy and Shipwrecks (The Montague Siblings #3)
Audiobook Review: The Liar’s Crown (Dominion #1) (ARC)
Expected publication August 30, 2022 Author: Abigail Owen Audiobook Length: 9 hours 30 minutes One born to rule. One to forfeit… Everything about my life is a lie. As a hidden twin princess, born second, I have only one purpose—to sacrifice my life for my sister if death comes for her. I’ve been living under… Continue reading Audiobook Review: The Liar’s Crown (Dominion #1) (ARC)
Audiobook Review: The Return of the King (Lord of the Rings #3)
Published October 20th 1955 Author: J.R.R. Tolkien Narrator: Andy Serkis Audiobook Length: 21 hours 52 minutes THE RETURN OF THE KING, which brings to a close the great epic of war and adventure begun in The Fellowship of the Ring and continued in The Two Towers, is the third and final part of J. R.… Continue reading Audiobook Review: The Return of the King (Lord of the Rings #3)
Audiobook Review: Gods of Jade and Shadow
Published July 23rd 2019 Author: Silvia Moreno-Garcia Narrator: Yetta Gottesman Audiobook Length: 11 hours 4 minutes The Mayan god of death sends a young woman on a harrowing, life-changing journey in this dark, one-of-a-kind fairy tale inspired by Mexican folklore. The Jazz Age is in full swing, but Casiopea Tun is too busy cleaning the… Continue reading Audiobook Review: Gods of Jade and Shadow
Audiobook Review: The Lady’s Guide to Petticoats and Piracy (The Montague Siblings #2)
Published October 2, 2018 Author: Mackenzi Lee Narrator: Moira Quirk Audiobook Length: 11 hours 16 minutes In this highly anticipated sequel to the New York Times bestselling The Gentleman’s Guide to Vice and Virtue, Felicity Montague must use all her womanly wits and wiles to achieve her dreams of becoming a doctor—even if she has to scheme her… Continue reading Audiobook Review: The Lady’s Guide to Petticoats and Piracy (The Montague Siblings #2)
Book Review: A Taste of Gold and Iron (ARC)
Expected publication August 30, 2022 Author: Alexandra Rowland The Goblin Emperor meets "Magnificent Century" in Alexandra Rowland's A Taste of Gold and Iron, where a queer central romance unfolds in a fantasy world reminiscent of the Ottoman Empire. Kadou, the shy prince of Arasht, finds himself at odds with one of the most powerful ambassadors at court—the… Continue reading Book Review: A Taste of Gold and Iron (ARC)
Audiobook Review: The Gentleman’s Guide to Vice and Virtue (The Montague Siblings #1)
Published June 27th 2017 Author: Mackenzi Lee Narrator: Christian Coulson Audiobook Length: 10 hours 47 minutes Henry “Monty” Montague was born and bred to be a gentleman, but he was never one to be tamed. The finest boarding schools in England and the constant disapproval of his father haven’t been able to curb any of… Continue reading Audiobook Review: The Gentleman’s Guide to Vice and Virtue (The Montague Siblings #1)
Audiobook Review: The Dawn of Yangchen (Chronicles of the Avatar #3)
Published July 19th 2022 Author: F.C. Yee Narrator: Nancy Wu Audiobook Length: 11 hours 11 minutes Yangchen’s inexperience may prove to be her greatest asset . . . Plagued by the voices of Avatars before her for as long as she can remember, Yangchen has not yet earned the respect felt for Avatar Szeto, her… Continue reading Audiobook Review: The Dawn of Yangchen (Chronicles of the Avatar #3)
Audiobook Review: The Two Towers (Lord of the Rings #2)
Published November 11th 1954 Author: J.R.R. Tolkien Narrator: Andy Serkis Audiobook Length: 20 hours 47 minutes The Two Towers. Book Two in J.R.R. Tolkien's acclaimed trilogy, a masterpiece of high fantasy. Frodo and his Companions of the Ring have been beset by danger during their quest to prevent the Ruling Ring from falling into the… Continue reading Audiobook Review: The Two Towers (Lord of the Rings #2)
Audiobook Review: Blade Breaker (Realm Breaker #2)
Published June 28th 2022 Author: Victoria Aveyard Narrator: Natalie Naudus Audiobook Length: 16 hours 52 minutes In the sequel to Realm Breaker, a divided world must rally, an unstoppable enemy must be defeated, and the fate of the world rests on a blade’s edge. Andry, a former squire, continues to fight for hope amid blood and… Continue reading Audiobook Review: Blade Breaker (Realm Breaker #2)
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