In the Watchful City Book Review

by Courtney Meunier | Feb 19, 2022 | Adult Science Fiction, ARC, Book Review, Featured

By S. Qiouyi Lu In the Watchful City (ARC Book Review) Part novella and part anthology, “In the Watchful City” is a series of glimpses into the world of the City of Ora and its history through the eyes of one of its guardians, Anima, who lives interconnected to the...

Sorrowland Book Review

by Courtney Meunier | May 25, 2021 | Adult Science Fiction, ARC, Book Review, Bookish Blog, Featured

By Rivers Solomon Sorrowland (ARC Book Review) Rivers Solomon’s sophomore novel, Sorrowland, is a gorgeously evocative writing style wrapped around a clash of genres—a heartwood of dark fantasy and science fiction that would make Stephen King proud with the added...

The Between (ARC Book Review)

by Courtney Meunier | May 18, 2021 | Adult Science Fiction, ARC, Book Review, Bookish Blog, Featured, Horror

By Ryan Leslie The Between (ARC Book Review) The Between pulls you in with a gloriously glitchy album-art style cover and the promise of an action-packed ride in a world of video-game-inspired horror but delivers something amateurish at best.  Reminiscent of House of...

Bubblegum ARC Review

by Courtney Meunier | Apr 7, 2020 | Adult Science Fiction, Book Review, Bookish Blog, Featured

By Adam Levin Bubblegum (ARC Review) There are two types of people in this world: the kind that likes books like Bubblegum, and those (the majority of people) who do not. The synopsis of this book, which describes an alternate world in which the internet was never...

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 Testaments Review

by Courtney Meunier | Oct 28, 2019 | Adult Science Fiction, Book Review, Bookish Blog, Featured

By Margaret Atwood The Testaments (Review) Fandoms complain about waiting for the next in a series a year away. But it’s been 34 years since The Handmaid’s Tale was released, and original fans have been waiting all this time to learn what went down in Gilead. “As they...