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Review of Truly Devious (Truly Devious #1) by Maureen Johnson

ICYMI: This is the first in Johnson's young adult series, set in a boarding school in rural Vermont, with compelling past and present...

Nov 16

Review of A Restless Truth (Last Binding #2) by Freya Marske

The second book in Marske's series is an irresistible queer magical mystery thriller with Edwardian England details, racy encounters,...

Nov 8

Review of A Study in Scarlet Women (Lady Sherlock #1) by Sherry Thomas

This first book in Sherry Thomas's gender-flipped Sherlock Holmes mystery series offers not only an irresistible heroine, but a...

Oct 12

Review of In the Serpent's Wake (Tess of the Road #2) by Rachel Hartman

I wished for more of a focus on the character of Tess and her personal story--and less on political strategies, power plays, and the many...

Oct 6

Review of Harrow the Ninth (Locked Tomb #2) by Tamsyn Muir

Harrow the Ninth, the sequel to Tamsyn Muir's Gideon the Ninth, is a complex, fascinating, gruesome story full of action and shifts in...

Oct 5

Review of A Psalm for the Wild-Built (Monk and Robot #1) by Becky Chambers

Chambers's slim book explores a man's search for meaning--and how a robot's simple questions about maintaining the status quo might open...

Sep 13

Review of Herrick's End (The Neath #1) by T.M. Blanchet

The first book in Blanchet's Neath trilogy offers a bizarre dark underworld; cruelty and revenge; an unlikely hero; and heartwarming...

Aug 18

Review of The Becoming (The Dragon Heart Legacy #2) by Nora Roberts

The second installment in Nora Roberts's Dragon Heart Legacy series is satisfying and comfortable, as Bree becomes more powerful,...

Aug 9

Review of Alias Emma (Alias Emma #1) by Ava Glass

Alias Emma is a fast-paced cat-and-mouse chase across hidden London, led by Emma Makepeace, a resourceful, tough, new spy determined to...

Jun 14

Review of A Marvellous Light (Last Binding #1) by Freya Marske

The first book in Marske's duology is full of Edwardian England detail, gay love, mystery, magic, wonderful dialogue and banter, and...

May 10

Review of Steelstriker (Skyhunter #2) by Marie Lu

With intriguing questions about loyalties and motivations, gutsy skirmishes, deep friendships, familial duty, and a smoldering romance...

Mar 24

Review of Tess of the Road (Tess of the Road #1) by Rachel Hartman

Rachel Hartman's young adult story follows irresistible, hardheaded, wonderfully faulted Tess as she breaks from rigid medieval gender...

Mar 16

Review of Finlay Donovan Knocks 'Em Dead by Elle Cosimano

Finlay dips her toe into a criminal underworld in the second in Cosimano's campy mystery series. She juggles motherhood, her ex, her...

Mar 10

Review of Legend (Legend #1) by Marie Lu

In Marie Lu's young adult dystopian series starter Legend, the Republic and Colonies war with each other, a plague separates the haves...

Mar 8

Review of The Awakening: The Dragon Heart Legacy #1 by Nora Roberts

I listened to this romantic fantasy about a chosen one, a long-lost family, portals to a magical world, and a treasure of a best...

Jan 20

Review of A Big Ship at the Edge of the Universe (The Salvagers #1) by Alex White

The first in Alex White's Salvagers space opera series offers diverse characters, strong women, a heist setup, and, ultimately, a ragtag...

Jan 11

Review of The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet (Wayfarers #1) by Becky Chambers

Chambers's science fiction is full of heart, heartbreak, and hope--with a fascinating backdrop of space travel and interspecies...

Jan 6

Review of Six Crimson Cranes (Six Crimson Cranes #1) by Elizabeth Lim

I was captivated by Lim's fairy tale of a fantasy novel, particularly the vivid magical realism, Shiori's strength and abilities, and...

Dec 22, 2021

Review of Troubled Blood by Robert Galbraith

I'm all in for the Cormoran Strike series. The slow build and complex details build to satisfying resolutions and keep me hooked despite...

Dec 20, 2021

Review of Pretty Funny for a Girl by Rebecca Elliott

Elliott's book for young readers offers a boy-crazy, truly funny main protagonist in Haylah Swinton. I delighted in watching her come...

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