Best Of…September 2020
Review – Find Layla by Meg Elison (5/5 stars)
Reading Level: Young Adult Genre: Contemporary Fiction Length: 185 pages Publisher: Skyscape Release Date: September 1, 2020 ASIN : B0811XMCWL Stand Alone or Series: Stand Alone Source: Amazon First Reads Rating: 5/5 stars “Underprivileged and keenly self-aware, SoCal fourteen-year-old Layla Bailey isn’t used to being noticed. Except by mean girls …
Audiobook Review – This Savage Song (Monsters of Verity, Book 1) by Victoria Schwab, Narrated by Therese Plummer (3/5 stars)
Reading Level: Young Adult Genre: Dystopian Length: 432 pages Publisher: John Joseph Adams/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Release Date: April 7, 2020 ISBN-13 : 978-0358164081 Stand Alone or Series: 1st book in the Chosen Ones series Source: eGalley from NetGalley Rating: 3/5 stars “Fifteen years ago, five ordinary teenagers were singled out …
Review – Call Down the Hawk (The Dreamer Trilogy, Book 1) by Maggie Stiefvater (5/5 stars)
Reading Level: Young Adult Genre: Paranormal Length: 480 pages Publisher: Scholastic Press Release Date: November 5, 2019 ISBN-13 : 978-1338188325 Stand Alone or Series: 1st book in the Dreamer Trilogy Source: Gift Rating: 5/5 stars “Ronan Lynch is a dreamer. He can pull both curiosities and catastrophes out of his …
Manga Review – Witch Hat Atelier Vol 6 by Kamome Shirahama (5/5 stars)
Reading Level: Young Adult Genre: Fantasy/Manga Length: 176 pages Publisher: Kodansha Comics Release Date: September 15, 2020 ISBN-13 : 978-1646510108 Stand Alone or Series: 6th volume in the Witch Hat Atelier series Source: Bought Rating: 5/5 stars “Coco and her peers follow Olruggio and Luluci as they deftly ferry a …
Review – Emerald Blaze (Hidden Legacy, Book 5) by Ilona Andrews (5/5 stars)
Reading Level: Adult Genre: Urban Fantasy/Paranormal Length: 399 pages Publisher: Avon Release Date: August 25, 2020 ASIN : B081ZGKN7H Stand Alone or Series: 5th book in the Hidden Legacy series Source: Bought for Kindle Rating: 5/5 stars “As Prime magic users, Catalina Baylor and her sisters have extraordinary powers—powers their …
Audiobook Review – Terminus (Threshold Universe, Book 4) by Peter Clines, Narrated by Ray Porter (4/5 stars)
Reading Level: Adult Genre: Science Fiction Length: 11 hours and 21 minutes Publisher: Audible Originals Release Date: January 30, 2020 ASIN : B082MQXBSL Stand Alone or Series: 4th book in the Threshold Universe series Source: Borrowed audiobook through Audible Plus Rating: 4/5 stars “Murdoch’s past has finally come crashing down …
Review – Wolves and Daggers (Steampunk Red Riding Hood, Book 1) by Melanie Karsak (4/5 stars)
Reading Level: Adult Genre: Steampunk Length: 138 pages Publisher: Clockpunk Press Release Date: May 8, 2018 ASIN : B07C86DP9J Stand Alone or Series: 1st book in the Steampunk Red Riding Hood series Source: Borrowed through Kindle Unlimited Rating: 4/5 stars “When London’s brightest tinkers and alchemists come up missing, Red …
Review – Goddess in the Machine (Goddess in the Machine, Book 1) by Lora Beth Johnson (3/5 stars)
Reading Level: Young Adult Genre: Science Fiction Length: 400 pages Publisher: Razorbill Release Date: June 30, 2020 ISBN-13 : 978-1984835925 Stand Alone or Series: 1st book in the Goddess in the Machine series Source: Owlcrate Rating: 3/5 stars “When Andra wakes up, she’s drowning. Not only that, but she’s in …
Review – Hollowfell Huntress (Spellwood Academy, Vol 3) by Kate Avery Ellison (4/5 stars)
Reading Level: Young Adult Genre: Urban Fantasy Length: 254 pages Publisher: Self-Published Release Date: July 23, 2020 ASIN : B083N7YSZP Stand Alone or Series: 3rd book in the Spellwood Academy series Source: Borrowed through Kindle Unlimited Rating: 4/5 stars “Half-human, half-fae Kyra Solschild still doesn’t know who wants her dead, …