Malice (ARC Book Review)

by Courtney Meunier | May 13, 2021 | Adult Fantasy, ARC, Book Review, Bookish Blog, Featured

By Heather Walter Malice (ARC Book Review) Maleficient by way of Sarah J. Maas, Malice by Heather Walter is the gay, fae fairytale retelling of the romance of Sleeping Beauty’s Aurora with the villain of the story.  In this adult fantasy, Malice does what most books...

Ruthless Lady’s Guide to Wizardry

by Courtney Meunier | Mar 25, 2021 | Adult Fantasy, Adult Historical Fiction, ARC, Book Review, Bookish Blog, Featured

By C. M. Waggoner The Ruthless Lady’s Guide to Wizardry (ARC Review) A little whimsical, slightly sweet, and somewhat odd, The Ruthless Ladies Guide to Wizardry is a lovely little tea cake of a book.  Part historical fantasy and part romance with a hint of...

The Hollow Places ARC Review

by Courtney Meunier | Oct 5, 2020 | Adult Fantasy, ARC, Book Review, Bookish Blog, Featured, Horror, Magical Realism, Mystery, Science Fiction, Thriller

By T. Kingfisher The Hollow Places (ARC Review) With a close cast of catchy, quirky characters, and a strong narrative voice from page one, The Hollow Places is equal parts sarcastic humor and unnerving horror.  Kara’s Uncle’s museum, full of taxidermy, oddities, and...

Where the Veil is Thin ARC Review

by Courtney Meunier | Jun 30, 2020 | Adult Fantasy, ARC, Book Review, Bookish Blog, Featured

Edited by Cerece Rennie Murphy & Alana Joli Abbott Where the Veil is Thin (ARC Review) An anthology of faerie stories featuring authors like Gwendolyn N. Nix, Seanan Mcguire, and Cerece Rennie Murphy, Where the Veil is Thin is not your average children’s...

Vicious Review

by Courtney Meunier | Feb 22, 2020 | Adult Fantasy, Adult Science Fiction, Book Review, Bookish Blog, Featured

By V.E. Schwab Vicious (Review)   Vicious had all the makings of a book I should have loved; characters you love to hate, dark plots, and urban fantasy elements. The premise is amazing and vaguely Frankenstein; two university students embark on a research mission...

The Night Circus Review

by Courtney Meunier | Feb 11, 2020 | Adult Fantasy, Adult Fiction, Book Review, Bookish Blog, Featured

By Erin Morgernstern The Night Circus (Review) Never have I felt so immersed in a magical world like The Night Circus since reading Harry Potter.  The Night Circus follows Les Cirque du Reves, a circus that opens at midnight and closes at dawn, appearing one night and...