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...

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...

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...

Something is Killing the Children vol. 1 ARC Review

by Courtney Meunier | May 25, 2020 | ARC, Book Review, Bookish Blog, Featured, Horror

By James Tynion IV Something is Killing the Children vol. 1 (ARC Review) With a slight sci-fi and Stranger Things feel, Something is Killing the children vol. 1, is the start of a classic, monster-killing horror series.  This bind-up of the first five issues brings us...