Kiersten White has covered some of my favorite topics with Slayer (and upcoming Chosen!) diving deeper into the world of Buffy the Vampire Slayer and the eerie horror of The Dark Descent of Elizabeth Frankenstein taking the question of whether Frankenstein the doctor or the creation was more of a monster to new heights. So […]
[Rachel’s Review]: The Grace Year by Kim Liggett
I am still really struggling to determine my feelings on this one. Overall I enjoyed The Grace Year and would recommend it to fans of the Handmaid’s Tale and Lord of the Flies. I thought some parts of this were really strong and I liked the world-building, however, it was not clear how quickly time […]
[Rachel’s Review]: American Royals by Katharine McGee
Ya know how sometimes you read a book and it’s just so fun that it hardly even feels like reading? This book was like watching a reality tv show or movie play out right before your eyes and I enjoyed every minute of it! American Royals is an alternative history where George Washington decided to […]
[Rachel’s Review]: Bringing Down the Duke by Evie Dunmore
All Annabelle Archer, newly enrolled Oxford student wants is a good education and a place of her own where she doesn’t have to work herself to the bone for her gross sexist cousin and is that really too much to ask? Unfortunately for Annabelle she also has the added pressure of making enough money to […]
[Rachel’s Review]: The Bone Houses by Emily Llyod-Jones
Marketed as Buffy the Vampire Slayer (aka my Queen and Idol) meets Sky in the Deep, this zombierific book had me hooked. I definitely felt like it was more like a Welsh medieval fantasy than contemporary vampire slaying but I really enjoyed it. It’s atmospheric AF y’all and I was drawn in by the intricate […]
[Rachel’s Review]: The Right Swipe by Alisha Rai
As someone who has swiped right on a dating app one or two or twelve times I was really excited to read this book. Everyone knows how awkward dating can be (and if you don’t who are you and teach me your ways) and this book perfectly fits that feeling of liking someone enough to […]
[Rachel’s Review]: Kingdom of Souls by Rena Barron
I really, really wanted to like this book. And I didn’t dislike it necessarily, I just felt like it tried to do too much in a short amount of time. Kingdom of Souls felt like three books rolled into one, and I would have liked to see the plots spaced out, especially since I am […]