"Mors irrumat omnia. Death fucks us all." RATING: ⭐️⭐️ SYNOPSIS: Galaxy "Alex" Stern is the most unlikely member of Yale's freshman class. Raised in the Los Angeles hinterlands by a hippe mom, Alex dropped out of school early and into a world of shady drug dealer boyfriends, dead-end jobs, and much, much worse. By age … Continue reading Ninth House | Leigh Bardugo | Review

    RATING: ⭐️⭐️⭐️ SYNOPSIS: In Kyrkarta, magic, known as maz, was once a freely available natural resource. Then an earthquake released a magical plague, killing thousands and opening the door for a greedy corporation to make maz a commodity that's tightly controlled and of course outrageously expensive. Which is why Did and her three … Continue reading Spell Hacker | M.K England| Review

"In this place, we are one" RATING: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ SYNOPSIS: Three dragons wreak havoc throughout Mirabay -- eating livestock, killing humans and burning entire villages to ash. It was nearly impossible to kill one, using a legendary sword and the magic of the mysterious Cup; to tackle three, Guillot dal Villerauvais will need help. The mage Solène … Continue reading Knight of the Silver Circle | Duncan M Hamilton | Review

"He hungered for the moment when he burned the first large town to ash. Only then would the humans understand the pain and suffering their greed had caused. Only then would they learn the price of their arrogance." RATING: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ SYNOPSIS: Once a member of the King's personal guard, Guillot dal Villevauvais spends most days drinking and … Continue reading Dragonslayer | Duncan M Hamilton | Review

"'That sounds like an excellent plan,' Bea said. 'There are no rules for reading, after all.' RATING: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ SYNOPSIS: Tilly Pages is a book wanderer; she can travel inside books, and even talk to characters she meets there. But Tilly's powers are put to the test when fairytales start leaking book magic and causing havoc ... On a … Continue reading Pages & Co Tilly and the Lost Fairytales | Anna James | Review

"Some people see a bookshop as an archive, or a shrine, or even a time machine. But I think a bookshop is like a map of the world. There are infinite paths you can take through it and none of them are right or wrong. Here in a bookshop we give readers landmarks to help them … Continue reading Pages & Co Tilly and the Bookwanderer | Anna James | Review

"Here comes a candle to light you to bed, And here comes a chopper to chop off your head! Chip chop chip chop the last man is dead." RATING: ⭐️⭐️⭐️.5 SYNOPSIS: Six friends trapped by one dark secret. It was supposed to be our last weekend away as friends, before marriage and respectability beckoned. But what … Continue reading The Six | Luca Veste | Review

""That's what war is" Cob told me. "A bunch of sorry, desperate fools one both sides, just trying to stay alive. That's the part that those stories you love leave out, isn't it? It's always more convenient when you can fight a dragon. Something you don't have to worry you'll start caring about." RATING: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ SYNOPSIS: All … Continue reading Starsight | Brandon Sanderson | Review

"László told him he wouldn’t be free until he gave voice to his suffering. Silk shook his head. ‘Who says I’m suffering? I have a right to forget. A right to build myself a new life, a right to be happy. Your insistence that I talk, these calls to remember, they are a threat to … Continue reading Testament | Kim Sherwood | Review

"But where are you really from?" RATING: ⭐️⭐️⭐️.5 SYNOPSIS: When your mother considers another country home, it’s hard to know where you belong. When the people you live among can’t pronounce your name, it’s hard to know exactly who you are. And when your body no longer feels like your own, it’s hard to understand … Continue reading Stubborn Archivist | Yara Rodrigues Fowler | Review