Recently, I tweeted that characters in fantasy novels should never beg the question, “how could things possibly get worse,” because chances are authors had an answer. Turns out that tweet is not genre-specific.
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If You Can Handle It. Read It. If You Can’t Handle It. Suck It Up And Read It, Anyway. Paul Tremblay’s Survivor Song Earns Your Pain.
Suck it up. It is short, but that is just Paul Tremblay having mercy. It is the only mercy he will show. I don’t care what genres you read or whether you think you can handle this book or not. READ IT. Tremblay earns every repulsion, every physical reaction. Survivor Song belongs up there with those books that make reading a combat sport.
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Crow Rider, By Kalyn Josephson, Builds On Everything Brilliant in Storm Crow, And Wraps-Up The Duology Spectacularly
Kalyn Josephson concludes the Storm Crow duology with Storm Rider, which is packed with vibrant characters and thrilling action while continuing to tackle relevant, heady themes started in Storm Crow.
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Unravel The Dusk Ends The Spin The Dawn Duology On A Dark, Tormented, Raw Tone That Fit Maia’s Arc Perfectly
There are spoilers for both Unravel the Dusk and Spin the Dawn AFTER the first section!
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Melissa Bashardoust’s Girl, Serpent, Thorn Is A Dark, Persian-Inspired Fairy Tale With A Strong Themes And Female Lead Book Review Co-Hosting With Becky
Girl, Serpent, and Thorn is a beautifully written, Persian Inspired, dark fairy tale with strong themes. A strong female main character leads a cast that isn’t fleshed out enough to carry the entirety of the plot.
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Year Of The Witching’s Gothic Horror Lures You In So Alexis Henderson’s Fearless Writing And Unflinching Black/Biracial Heroine Can Drop A Bomb On Your Soul
Alexis Henderson’s debut novel, The Year of the Witching, will release via Ace Books on 7/21. I have pre-ordered the audible and the hardback (unless it comes out in a subscription box- then it’ll be the audible and the subscription box). It isn’t fair that this is her debut and that within in it, Henderson has created the new Gold Standard for female characters. Immanuelle is unbreakable in the face of darkness she did not create, through sins not her own, but threatening to drown her, none the less, while staring down the barrel of an abusive, oppressive, and patriarchal society.
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Black Lives Matter Top Five Saturday (Updated 6/9)- Non-Fiction (With A Note On Fiction) Books That Have Held Value For Me
My heart wasn’t in the typical Top Five Saturday. I attempted to put together some resources and thoughts to support Black Lives Matter and everything happening. I am no expert and this isn’t any kind of definitive list, by an stretch of the imagination. It is something that I hope might help anyone, if only one person. If they find more fiction by African-American authors and/or non-fiction books to better understand the roots of what is happening in America, that is my only hope. If there is anything of offense or harm in this post, it is NEVER my intention and I hope you will let me know so that I may fix it, and better myself.
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Don’t Look Gift horses In The Mouth- Rotten Teeth. Anna Downes’ Debut, The Safe Place, Is The Exception That Proves The Rule. LOOK.
Recently, I tweeted that characters in fantasy novels should never beg the question, “how could things possibly get worse,” because chances are authors had an answer. Turns out that tweet is not genre-specific.
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Double Your Fun! Top 5 Saturday: Hyped Books I Have And Want To Read … Five Of Each– TEN– Because I’m Feeling Generous!
Welcome to Top 5 Saturday! This week is all about Hyped books and I’m feeling generous (also … salty). Five books from the first half of 2020 and five to come. Any make your list? Did the ones from the first 1/2 of 2020 meet your expectations or fail spectacularly?
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Spring/Summer Fling 2020- June Update- Better Late Than … Well You Know- 10+ Arcs And TOO Many Reviews/Interviews Added
Spring/Summer Fling 2020 June Update- Albeit Late due to… well… life… but it bursting with new ARCs, reviews, and interviews. It’ll keep you going for all your reading needs!
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Amy Tintera’s All These Monsters Is A Young YA Sci-Fi Dealing With Family Abuse And… Scrabs
Amy Tintera’s new Monsters duology kicks-off with All These Monsters, a YA Sci-Fi monster mash that falls on the younger side of the YA spectrum. Tintera handles family mental and physical abuse well, leaving the sci-fi story predictable.
