King of Scars – Leigh Bardugo

The monster is me and I am the monster.   Summary What Ravka's king – Nikolai Lantsov – has endured during the civil war and the repercussions of those events are a highly guarded secret, but it may not stay a secret for much longer. Because the monster doesn't want to lay dormant anymore. It...

Bloodleaf – Crystal Smith

If they view witchcraft as a weapon, I must learn to wield it against them […] before they can use it against me.   Summary Princess Aurelia has been surrounded by death from the day she was born. It made her own people distrust her. Hate her, even. Now, she is forced to escape her...

T5W: Most Disappointing Reads of 2018

Top 5 Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by Samantha on Goodreads and it's opened to all book reviewers. This week's topic is a freebie, and that means that I am free to do whatever I want to. And I want to complain! I know that this is something new on my blog and it's...

The Queen’s Poisoner – Jeff Wheeler

Too many people are frightened. They want youth to last. They complain bitterly if sickness comes. But the world is always in tumult, and fortunes rise and fall and fail. It is the ambitious who accomplish things. It takes courage to be ambitious, for never was anything great achieved without risk.   Summary Duke of...

Kingdom of Ash (Throne of Glass #7)

Once upon a time, in a land long since burned to ash, there lived a young princess who loved her kingdom... Summary - spoilers for the previous books in the series Aelin has given up everything for her friends and for her beloved country. Locked in an iron coffin, she endured months of torture and...

The Evolution of Mara Dyer (Mara Dyer #2)

“They rattled my cage to see if I'd bite. When they released me, they'd see that the answer was yes.”    Summary Mara is not crazy. She just has a very deadly ability. An ability she isn't in full control of. It's time for her to learn how to use her powers, before she hurts...

The Winner’s Crime (The Winner’s Trilogy #2)

  “Logic is a game […]. Let’s see how you play” Summary Kestrel, trapped in a golden cage of her own making, has nothing else to do but await the date of her rapidly approaching wedding with the Emperor's son. That is, until the day she decides that her own honor and loyalty is much...

Pretty Waiter Girls

"Remember one thing before you go fighting monsters - you must take care lest you become one yourself." Summary It's year 1899, a string of brutal murders terrifies the citizens of San Francisco. Meanwhile, a young girl goes missing and Helena Brandywine takes it upon herself to find and bring her safely home. Writing The...

Children of Blood and Bone

“You crushed us to build your monarchy on the backs of our blood and bone. Your mistake wasn't keeping us alive. it was thinking we'd never fight back”  Summary Eleven years ago Zelie saw her mother's lifeless body hanging from a tree. It was the night when the magic disappeared from Orisha. It was the...