Early Review | Race the Sands by Sarah Beth Durst

Race the Sands by Sarah Beth DurstFantasyHarper Voyage | April 21, 2020 About the Book: In this epic standalone fantasy, the acclaimed author of the Queens of Renthia series introduces an imaginative new world in which a pair of strong and determined women risk their lives battling injustice, corruption, and deadly enemies in their quest […]

Battle of the YA Queens | Chapter vs Chapter

My best buddy Angie came up with a brilliant blog post idea. Obviously, since she is brilliant! The two of us have played around with the idea of a Chapter Tag, where you pick a select number of books, read the first chapter and each of us decide which one sounds better. The whole idea […]

Review | The Shadow of What Was Lost by James Islington

The Shadow of What Was Lost by James IslingtonThe Licanius Trilogy #1Epic FantasyOrbit | May 9, 2017 About the Book:  It has been twenty years since the end of the war. The dictatorial Augurs – once thought of almost as gods – were overthrown and wiped out during the conflict, their much-feared powers mysteriously failing […]

New Release Review | The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon

The Priory of the Orange Treeby Samantha ShannonEpic Fantasy Bloomsbury PublishingFebruary 26, 2019 About the Book:  A world divided.A queendom without an heir.An ancient enemy awakens. The House of Berethnet has ruled Inys for a thousand years. Still unwed, Queen Sabran the Ninth must conceive a daughter to protect her realm from destruction—but assassins are getting […]

New Release Review | King of Scars by Leigh Bardugo

King of Scars by Leigh BardugoNikolai Duology #1YA FantasyImprint | January 29, 2019 About the Book:  Nikolai Lantsov has always had a gift for the impossible. No one knows what he endured in his country’s bloody civil war—and he intends to keep it that way. Now, as enemies gather at his weakened borders, the young king […]