Title: Ashes to Ashes, Crust to Crust (Deep Dish Mystery #2) Author: Mindy Quigley Publisher: St. Martin's Publication date: April 25, 2023 Genre: Cozy Mystery One Sentence Summary: Pizzeria owner Delilah is hoping the upcoming "Taste of Wisconsin" culinary contest will help keep her restaurant afloat, but when a customer at the juice bar her ex's … Continue reading Book Review: Ashes to Ashes, Crust to Crust by Mindy Quigley
Title: Play the Fool Author: Lina Chern Publisher: Bantam Publication date: March 28, 2023 Genre: Mystery One Sentence Summary: When Katie unexpectedly learns her friend has been murdered, she willingly jumps into danger to solve her murder, in spite of being a complete disaster of a person. Overall Play the Fool is a fun murder mystery … Continue reading Book Review: Play the Fool by Lina Chern
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
Title: The Shadow of Perseus Author: Claire Heywood Publisher: Dutton Publication date: February 21, 2023 Genre: Historical Fiction, Mythology Retelling One Sentence Summary: This is the story of the three key women in Perseus's life: his mother Danae, the Gorgon Medusa, and his wife Andromeda. Overall The Shadow of Perseus follows the life of Perseus from … Continue reading Book Review: The Shadow of Perseus by Claire Heywood
I have no explanation for why I paired these together. Maybe it's because it's now February and both of these were published in January and I needed to get these reviews out. Otherwise...I have no explanation. One is a children's book about a boy stuck on a farm he doesn't want to be at until … Continue reading Book Reviews: Bertie and the Alien Chicken by Jenny Pearson and The Minuscule Mansion of Myra Malone by Audrey Burges
Title: Requiem Moon (Scarlet Odyssey #2) Author: C.T. Rwizi Publisher: 47North Publication Date: March 23, 2021 Genre: Fantasy Salo’s queen has finally accepted his desire to be a mystic despite taboos concerning men’s use of magic. But her acceptance is not support; it is strategy. Under a disguise of the queen’s making, Salo enters Jungle … Continue reading Book Highlight: Requiem Moon by C.T. Rwizi
Really, these two books have nothing in common, except their December publication dates. One is women's fiction/romance set in Paris that involves a ton of food and romance between two chefs. The other is a domestic thriller that involves mother-child relationships. They really shouldn't be paired together, except for the fact that one is by … Continue reading Book Reviews: The Spice Master at Bistro Exotique by Samantha Verant + A Mother Would Know by Amber Garza
On the surface, these two have nothing in common, except I need to get the reviews up right now. The first involves the birth of a potential next Christ in a small Colombian village, and an Australian student doing an internship in the same village gets mixed up with the young mother. The second is … Continue reading Book Reviews: Holy Parrot by Angel A + The Descendants by Destiny Hawkins
Title: The Bone Ships (The Tide Child Trilogy #1) Author: RJ Barker Publisher: Orbit Publication Date: September 24, 2019 Genre: Fantasy Two nations at war. One prize beyond compare. For generations, the Hundred Isles have built their ships from the bones of ancient dragons to fight an endless war. The dragons disappeared, but the battles for … Continue reading Book Highlight: The Bone Ships by RJ Barker
Not only are both of these romances, though I'd argue the romance in the first one was much weaker and it really should be women's fiction, but these two are also the only two NetGalley books I have that are publishing this month. How that happened, I have no idea, but I guess I'm just … Continue reading Book Reviews: The Banned Bookshop of Maggie Banks by Shauna Robinson + Ship Wrecked by Olivia Dade
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