As a lover of both Pride and Prejudice and murder mysteries, I was excited when I heard about this book. The author does an excellent job of recreating a similar reading voice to that of Jane Austen and it was interesting how she adapted the familiar characters into this retelling. I always appreciate a strong […]
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[Lisa’s Review]: Winterwood by Shea Ernshaw
Winterwood is a hauntingly beautiful story, about a young girl, her magical heritage, dark woods full of lost things, and the boy she found in said woods on the one night a month the trees don’t see everything. “But tonight I walk without her, chasing that same moon up the same dark, frozen river – […]
[Portia’s Review]:Little White Lies (Debutantes #1) by Jennifer Lynn Barnes
I was a big believer in absolute honesty: say what you mean, mean what you say, and don’t ask a question if you don’t want to know the answer. Buckle up, ya’ll because this review may be long winded. I will honestly say that when I first got this ARC last year, I wasn’t entirely […]
[Kaye’s Review:] There Will Come A Darkness by Katy Rose Pool
The Six Prophetic cities are flourishing in all ways of overindulgence and evil. Everyone is aware that since The Prophets have disappeared, the world has gone from good to bad to worse with no instruction or guidance on how to rise above. There are murders in the holy city by the Pale Hand, preaching of […]
[Victoria’s Review]: How to Love a Duke in Ten Days by Kerrigan Byrne
*This is a Trigger Warning for the Content in This Book: Depictions of Sexual Assault Found Within* Wow. Wow-oh-wow. You guys…this book…how do I even go about writing this review? Kerrigan Byrne is a somewhat new-to-me author that I discovered pretty recently (approximately a year ago). I started with The Highwayman, which was the first […]
Portia’s Review: Lady in the Lake by Laura Lippman
I absolutely hate to say it, but this book was exhausting. I haven’t had such a hard time finishing a book in years. I was pretty excited to finally read a Laura Lippman book. I have been eyeing Sunburn and What the Dead Know by her for a while but never picked it up (don’t […]