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...

Little and Lion Review

by Courtney Meunier | Jun 26, 2020 | Book Review, Bookish Blog, Featured, YA contemporary

By Brandy Colbert Little & Lion (Review) A romance wrapped in great discussions of mental health and sexuality, with notes of addressing racism amongst friends, religion, chronic illness, teen pregnancy and abortion, allyship in multiple forms, and other amazing...

My Dark Vanessa Audiobook Review

by Courtney Meunier | Jun 10, 2020 | Adult Fiction, Audiobook, Book Review, Bookish Blog, Featured

By Kate Elizabeth Russell My Dark Vanessa Not just important and incredibly written, but a necessary book, given today’s #metoo movement, My Dark Vanessa explores parts of the survivor experience that no one else is talking about.  My Dark Vanessa follows Vanessa...

Fence

by Courtney Meunier | Feb 25, 2020 | Book Review, Bookish Blog, Featured, Graphic Novel, YA contemporary

By C.S. Pacat Fence (Full Series Review) I have 0 interest in fencing. Which is why I was not at all interested in reading this series…until just about everyone on the internet said they loved it.  Fence follows Nicholas Cox, the secret son of one of the world’s...