Category: Book Reviews

Girls of Dark Divine by E.V. Woods: The Phantom of the Opera meets Marionettes

🖤🎭 Girls of Dark Divine 🎭🖤 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Girls of Dark Divine is the story of a dance troupe, cursed to dance as marionettes until they turn to dust. Their limbs are controlled by invisible strings, masterminding by the show’s manager Malcolm. Emberlyn had always dreamed of being on the stage, but now she’s stuck in […]

Tusk Love by Thea Guanzon: Prepare To Enter Your Orc Romance Era

🧡🌾Tusk Love 🌾🧡 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ I was a massive fan of the Hurricane Wars so of course, as soon as I saw that Thea Guanzon’s new book, Tusk Love, was available to request on NetGalley, I ran! I am not a video game girlie, so forgive me if I say something blunderingly stupid, but this is […]

Of Flame and Fury by Mikayla Bridge: F1 Meets Phoenixes in This Red Hot YA Debut

🔥🐦‍🔥Of Flame and Fury 🐦‍🔥🔥 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Pitched as Fourth Wing meets F1, except with phoenixes instead of dragons, this is Mikayla Bridge’s debut fantasy. Kel is a phoenix racer, along with her underdog team the Crimson Howlers. But funds are tight and when disaster strikes at the final race of the season, Kel is left […]

Kill Creatures By Rory Power: Unreliable Narrators, A Killer Pitch and Twisty as Hell

⛓️‍💥🪨 Kill Creatures 🪨⛓️‍💥 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ On the one-year anniversary of Nan’s three friends going missing in the Saltcedar Canyon, the town holds a vigil for the three lost girls. But the memorial service is interrupted when one of the missing-presumed-dead girls shows up, sending the town in turmoil. Everyone is overjoyed – everyone except Nan, […]

Eat The Ones You Love by Sarah Maria Griffin: Sapphic Weird Horror x Sentient Plants?

🪷🌱 Eat The Ones You Love 🌱🪷 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ First of all, I know what you’re thinking. A sentient plant? If you haven’t already gathered from that rollercoaster of a pitch, this book is Weird. This may be the wackiest book I’ve ever read (and I mean that in a wholly complimentary way). When recently dumped, […]

The Thrashers by Julie Soto: YA Thrillers Proving Once Again They Are That Girl

🩵🎭 The Thrashers 🎭🩵 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ I’ve said it before but I’ll say it again: YA thrillers really are That Girl. Time and time again, they deliver. And Julie Soto’s first venture into the land of YA thriller was no different. Everyone at New Helvetia High knows The Thrashers. Everyone wants to be them. Think of […]