Bright Ruined Things by Samantha Cohoe is a YA historical fantasy set to be published February 15, 2022. I've had this one on NetGalley for months as the release date was pushed back from the original date in fall 2021 and I was excited to get into it. Goodreads Description The only life Mae has… Continue reading ARC Review – Bright Ruined Things
The Gaps by Leanne Hall is a YA contemporary phycological fiction novel set in Australia. According to NetGalley, this book will be published February 8, 2022 although Goodreads and Amazon say it was published in March 2021. Description When sixteen-year-old Yin Mitchell is abducted, the news reverberates through the whole Year Ten class at Balmoral… Continue reading ARC Review – The Gaps
Castles in Their Bones is the first book in a new YA fantasy series by Laura Sebastian who is the author of the Ash Princess trilogy. While I liked the Ash Princess, I read it way too late and never picked up the second book but I decided to give this author another shot. I… Continue reading ARC Review – Castles in Their Bones
The Beholden by Cassandra Rose Clarke is the first book in a new fantasy series that is scheduled to be published on January 18, 2022. The cover of this book is beautiful and I was excited to dive into a new fantasy world but it didn't work out. Description Orphaned as young women, Celestia and… Continue reading ARC Review – The Beholden
When You Get the Chance is a YA contemporary novel by Emma Lord (author of Tweet Cute and You Have a Match) that will be published tomorrow, January 4, 2022. This is the story of Millie Price who goes in search of her mother who left her on her father's doorstep when she was an… Continue reading ARC Review – When You Get the Chance
The Last She by HJ Nelson is a post-apocalyptic dystopian novel set to be published December 7th. The cover and blurb had me really excited about this one and a lot of people are rating it highly on Goodreads but it fell a little flat for me. Goodreads Description As the only female to survive… Continue reading ARC Review – The Last She
Old Music for New People by David Biddle is a YA contemporary coming-of-age story that will be published December 9th. This is Biddle's debut novel. Goodreads Description It's the summer of 2013 and 15-year-old Ivy Scattergood has traveled with her family to their vacation home in Maine. The Scattergoods are a blended, mixed-race family with… Continue reading ARC Review – Old Music for New People
The Bone Shard Emperor by Andrea Stewart is the second book is an adult fantasy trilogy, set to be published November 23rd. I enjoyed the first book in the series although the pace was too slow for my liking. I was excited to jump into this one now that the world was built and the… Continue reading ARC Review – The Bone Shard Emperor
Love, Loyalty and Vermouth by Eric Peterson is a contemporary novel about a man who comes home to find his dog stolen. This is the story of trying to find his lost dog but really, it's a story about how much he loves her. I found it to be a very accurate portrayal of my… Continue reading ARC Review – Loyalty, Love & Vermouth
A Light in the Sky by Shina Reynolds is the first book in a new YA dystopian/fantasy series that will be published November 9th. I really enjoyed this book and it is an awesome debut for Reynolds. Goodreads Description Seventeen-year-old Aluma Banks has always dreamed of soaring freely through the skies astride a powerful winged… Continue reading ARC Review – A Light in the Sky
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