Title: Red Thread of Fate Author: Lyn Liao Butler Publisher: Berkley Publication Date: February 8, 2022 Genre: Women's Fiction In the wake of a tragedy and fueled by guilt from a secret she's kept for years, a woman discovers how delicate the thread that binds family is in this powerful novel by Lyn Liao Butler.Two … Continue reading Book Highlight: Red Thread of Fate by Lyn Liao Butler
Title: Pretending Author: Holly Bourne Publisher: MIRA Publication Date: November 17, 2020 Genre: Women's Fiction He said he was looking for a “partner in crime,” which everyone knows is shorthand for “a woman who isn’t real.”April is kind, pretty and relatively normal—yet she can’t seem to get past date five. Every time she thinks she’s … Continue reading Book Highlight: Pretending by Holly Bourne
Title: Quaking Soul (Hidden Mythics #1) Author: Jennifer M. Zeiger Publisher: Jennifer M Zeiger Publication Date: November 30, 2020 Genre: YA, Fantasy This was it. This was Na'rina's chance to prove to her mother and the dryad Council she could navigate the mythic and human worlds. With night hanging over the city, all she needs … Continue reading Book Highlight: Quaking Soul by Jennifer M. Zeiger
Since I only do my Impressions post every other Wednesday, I thought I'd keep things interesting and dig into my drafts and random blog titles I've found written in my planner over the past couple of years. There are a lot of them, and I don't even know what some of them were supposed to … Continue reading The Drafts Folder: How the Pandemic Changed My Reading Experience
Title: Scarlet Odyssey (Scarlet Odyssey #1) Author: C.T. Rwizi Publisher: 47Norh Publication Date: July 1, 2020 Genre: Science Fiction and Fantasy Magic is women’s work; war is men’s. But in the coming battle, none of that will matter. Men do not become mystics. They become warriors. But eighteen-year-old Salo has never been good at conforming … Continue reading Book Highlight: Scarlet Odyssey by C.T. Rwizi
Title: Lester Lies Down Author: James Ladd Thomas Publisher: Vine Leaves Press Publication date: October 4, 2022 Genre: Fiction One Sentence Summary: After the death of his wife, Lester has decided to become a hospice nurse, but things go awry when one of his patients brings him back in contact with an old friend who needs … Continue reading Book Review: Lester Lies Down by James Ladd Thomas
Title: The Existence of Amy Author: Lana Grace Riva Publisher: Self-published Publication Date: July 31, 2019 Genre: Women's Fiction Amy has a normal life. That is, if you were to go by a definition of 'no obvious indicators of peculiarity', and you didn't know her very well. She has good friends, a good job, a … Continue reading Book Highlight: The Existence of Amy by Lana Grace Riva
Title: Leads & Lynxes (The Terra Haven Chronicles #1) Author: Rebecca Chastain Publisher: Mind Your Muse Publication Date: November 17, 2020 Genre: Fantasy From the USA Today bestselling author of the Gargoyle Guardian Chronicles comes an extraordinary new series filled with elemental magic, mythic creatures, and heroic gargoyles.This is Kylie’s big break. Thanks to an enchanted tree, … Continue reading Book Highlight: Leads & Lynxes by Rebecca Chastain
Title: Claimed (The Land of Schism #1) Author: Nicole Adamz Publisher: Inkblot Publishing, LLC Publication Date: April 18, 2019 Genre: Fantasy Gifted with Talent, Ari Laurel and Maewyn Ambire are both Claimed, a valued trait. Ari wants to save the only mother she knows from being sold at an auction, a fate that guarantees death. … Continue reading Book Highlight: Claimed by Nicole Adamz
Title: The Faithless (Magic of the Lost #2) Author: C.L. Clark Publisher: Orbit Publication date: March 7, 2023 Genre: Fantasy One Sentence Summary: Princess Luca may be back in Balladaire, ready to claim her throne from her uncle, but she needs Touraine by her side, even if Touraine is reluctant to leave a freed Qazal, no … Continue reading Book Review: The Faithless by C.L. Clark
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