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It’s been a year since Ginseng’s was entrusted to Greta and she is still mourning. While struggling to help Ginseng, Greta is also struggling to create something spectacular to impress a master blacksmith. This was another wonderful addition to this series and continues Greta and Minette’s story. I really adore these two. Since the previous … More Review: The Tea Dragon Tapestry by K. O’Neill
Trigger Warnings: suicide, slavery, animal torture and death, Nazi experimentation and torture, experimental misconduct, miscarriages, forced impregnation and abortion, murder, torture, grave robbing, lobotomization, mental health, intentional infection of diseases, psychological experiments, electric chair deaths, “But when we sacrifice morals for scientific progress, we often end up with neither.” The Icepick Surgeon exposes the crimes … More Review: The Icepick Surgeon: Murder, Fraud, Sabotage, Piracy, and Other Dastardly Deeds by Sam Kean
Kaldar Mar is a gambler, thief, and Mirror spy. His newest assignment is to track down a stolen item but finds himself attracted to the little thief who stole it. This was another good Edge book. I liked Kaldar in the previous book so I was happy to see him find his HEA. Kalder is … More Review: Fate’s Edge by Ilona Andrews
In this one we go back in time to when Hesekiel and Erik were still adventuring. This takes place in Erik’s home village and focuses on his nibling, Rinn. While foraging for ingredients for the village Rinn comes across a dragon, Aedhan, who has been sleeping for eighty years. Rinn was a sweet, kind, and … More Review: The Tea Dragon Festival by K. O’Neill
Poison is one of the oldest and most popular weapons of choice when it comes to murder. This book provides us with an in-depth look at how eleven poisons are used to kill, what it does to the body, and how that poison is created. This book was quite fascinating. The book covers eleven poisons: … More ARC Review: A Taste of Poison: Eleven Deadly Molecules and the Killers Who Used Them by Neil Bradbury
After a wonderful one night stand, bear shifter Heath Cauley heads to his new job as a bodyguard for a spoiled heiress. Instead he finds a stubborn and independent Fire Maiden, who is also the woman he spent the night with. This book had some of my favorite tropes and I really enjoyed it. Heath … More ARC Review: Fire Maidens: Switzerland by Anna Lowe
I attempted to listen to this book two years ago but quickly found myself lost because of how dense this book is. There is a lot of information at the beginning and it was hard for me to remember everything. After watching the new movie, I realized I wanted to give this book another chance … More Review: Dune by Frank Herbert
William has been living in the Edge for the past two years but politics from the Weird has forced him back into service. He heads to the Mire, the Edge’s swamplands, to track down an old enemy and finds himself helping Cerise Mar and her family. Well I absolutely loved this one! William has had … More Review: Bayou Moon by Ilona Andrews
This was an adorable graphic novel. This story focuses on Greta, a blacksmith apprentice, who is now also learning to care for tea dragons with Heskiel and Erik. While at the tea shop she meets Minette, who has amnesia. They quickly bond over the dragons and grow closer with each passing season. Greta was a … More Review: The Tea Dragon Society by K. O’Neill
Rose Drayton lives on the Edge, between the world of the Broken (without magic) and the Weird (the blueblood aristocrats rule and magic flows). As an Edger she can easily travel from one world to the next, but she is struggling to survive by working a minimum wage job in the Broken to support her … More Review: On the Edge by Ilona Andrews
Dr. Poppy Ellison woke up alone on an alien world to find that she is turning into a shapeshifter. The more time she spends on Damar and with its Emperor, the more she realizes that she isn’t a normal shifter and that she doesn’t really want to leave. This book picked up shortly after the … More Review: Emperor by Anna Hackett
“I feel guilty about even thinking about attending to myself. You power through, not because you aren’t in pain, but because it’s the only option. Because you’ll be met with a complete lack of understanding if you don’t.” While this is a very short delve into Migraines, it is very impactful and informative. Maria Konnikova … More Review: Migraine: Inside A World of Invisible Pain by Maria Konnikova
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