Waiting on Wednesday is a feature hosted by Breaking The Spine where I talk about books that I am eagerly anticipating! This week, my WoW pick is….. My WoW this week is a fantasy that many of my bookish friends have been talking (ok, raving) about on social media. What do you […]
Publisher: Penguin
Average Rating: 4
Waiting On Wednesday
Waiting on Wednesday is a feature hosted by Breaking The Spine where I talk about books that I am eagerly anticipating! This week, my WoW pick is….. You had me at “drawn into the shadows of Regency London“. If wishing I could jump into a Regency era paranormal mystery is […]
Soundless By Richelle Mead
Set in a fantasy world heavily influenced by Chinese folklore, Soundless starts in a society that is isolated by geography and by the deafness of the villagers. Their entire communication system is visual, so when people start going blind, it starts to look like a desperate situation. For Fei, it becomes more […]
Waiting On Wednesday
Waiting on Wednesday is a feature hosted by Breaking The Spine where I talk about books that I am eagerly anticipating! This week, my WoW pick is….. I really loved how the characters in this series are all sort of broken and morally ambiguous. It’s a nice foil to the contrast barrage of perfect […]
Trouble Is A Friend Of Mine By Stephanie Tromly
I picked up this book expecting another manic pixie dream guy story, but Digby is only an MPGD if said pixie was living in an absinthe bottle and playing with matches. The story starts at the end and then rewinds the tape (look it up, kids) and goes back to the beginning. Zoe’s life […]
The Boy Most Likely To By Huntley Fitzpatrick
The thing is, everyone loves a redemption story. Look at all of the Regency romances that feature a rogue who reforms. The core of that trope is that the goodness was there all along, despite everyone’s expectations, and so it is with Tim. The weight of his family situation and his need for escape overwhelmed […]
Ex Libris Audio: Paper Towns
Paper Towns is the first John Green book I’ve read that did not make me cry, so I suppose it should get some credit for that, right? Paper Towns was basically a story about a teen who idealizes his neighbor to the point of worship and takes a journey, both literal and emotional, […]
Review + Giveaway: Not After Everything
Not After Everything is told from the point of view of Tyler, and when I say his point of view, I mean we are getting an unfiltered look in to the brain of a teen boy who is barely holding on. Tyler’s raw and unfiltered voice was distinctive and well written. This is not […]
The Wrath And The Dawn By Renee Ahdieh
The Wrath and the Dawn was an entertaining twist on a very old story. Drawing upon the story that framed all of the others in One Thousand and One Nights, The Wrath and the Dawn creates a Shahrzad who volunteers to marry the murdering king in order to avenge the death of her best friend. […]
Waiting On Wednesday
Waiting on Wednesday is a feature hosted by Breaking The Spine where I talk about books that I am eagerly anticipating! This week, my WoW pick is….. I heard the author talk about this book when she was on tour for The Ruby Circle and I was immediately interested by the plot. Isn’t […]