"At my age, reading obituaries is a generational hazard, contemporaries dropping off, one by one; each announcement an empty chamber in my own little revolver. For a while I tried to turn a blind eye, as if ignoring death could somehow fob it off. But people kept dying and other people kept writing about it, and some perverse … Continue reading Saving Missy | Beth Morrey | Review

"Remember, love that doesn't include honesty doesn't deserve to be called love." RATING: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ SYNOPSIS: Alice Berenson's life is seemingly perfect. A famous painter married to an in-demand fashion photographer, she lives in a grand house with big windows overlooking a park in one of  London's most desirable areas. One evening her husband Gabriel returns … Continue reading The Silent Patient | Alex Michaelides | Review

"'She is the best-kept Christmas secret of all,' whispered Santa Claus. 'Which is surprising, because she is so powerful that Christmas itself would not exist without her. She is older than time itself, yet still as young as tomorrow. She is known only as the Winter Witch.'" RATING: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ SYNOPSIS: A year has passed since … Continue reading The Christmasaurus and the Winter Witch | Tom Fletcher | Review

"That's the wonderful thing about Christmas. Every step you take away from last Christmas brings you one step closer to the next." RATING: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ SYNOPSIS: The Christmasaurus is a story about a boy named William Trundle, and a dinosaur, the Christmasaurus. It's about how they meet one Christmas Eve and have a magical adventure. It's about … Continue reading The Christmasaurus | Tom Fletcher | Review

"'Travelling through mirrors, that requires facing up to oneself,' her great-uncle had said. 'Those who close their eyes, those who lie to themselves, those who see themselves as better than they are, they could never do it'" RATING: ⭐️⭐️ SYNOPSIS: Long ago, following a cataclysm called “The Rupture,” the world was shattered into many floating celestial islands. … Continue reading A Winter’s Promise | Christelle Dabos | Review

"Greatness takes time, Banu Nahida. Often the mightiest things have the humbles beginnings." RATING: ⭐️⭐️⭐️.5 SYNOPSIS: Nahri has never believed in magic. Certainly, she has power; on the streets of 18th century Cairo, she’s a con woman of unsurpassed talent. But she knows better than anyone that the trade she uses to get by—palm readings, … Continue reading The City of Brass | S.A. Chakraborty | Review

"Somebody's external appearance doesn't change what's inside." RATING: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ SYNOPSIS: Found abandoned in a bear cave as a baby, 12-year-old Yanka has always felt out of place in her small village. When she wakes up to find that her legs have become bear legs, she sets off into the forest to discover who she is, … Continue reading The Girl Who Speaks Bear | Sophie Anderson | Review

"Clinging to a painful past will only poison the present. But the future is still there to be made." RATING: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ SYNOPSIS: Way out in the furthest part of the known world, a tiny stronghold exists all on its own, cut off from the rest of humankind by monsters that lurk beneath the Snow Sea. … Continue reading Frostheart | Jamie Littler | Review

"I suppose we are all heroes in our own eyes, and monsters in the eyes of those who are different." RATING: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ SYNOPSIS: In the Cyrilian Empire, Affinites are reviled. Their varied gifts to control the world around them are unnatural - dangerous. And Anastacya Mikhailov, the crown princess, has a terrifying secret. Her deadly … Continue reading Blood Heir | Amélie Wen Zhao | Review