Reviews for books I gave five stars to.
Night is a memoir about Elie Wiesel’s experiences during the holocaust. It chronicles his journey from Birkenau, Auschwitz, Buna, and Buchenwald as he and his father try to survive the horrors of these concentration camps. This is a heartbreaking and very emotional memoir. Night is not a book that you read for enjoyment but because … More Review: Night by Elie Wiesel
“The history of slavery is the history of the United States. It was not peripheral to our founding; it was central to it. It is not irrelevant to our contemporary society; it created it. This history is in our soil, it is in our policies, and it must, too, be in our memories.” Clint Smith … More Review: How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America by Clint Smith
Trigger Warnings: Forced outing and initial prejudice and non-acceptance. Prince Sebastian is trying to hide his secret life as the fabulous Lady Crystallia, who is known as Paris’s hottest fashion icon. His secret weapon is his best friend and brilliant dressmaker Frances. This was an incredibly sweet and wholesome comic! Prince Sebastian struggles with the … More Review: The Prince and the Dressmaker by Jen Wang
After her marriage crumbles, Charlotte de Nay flees to the Edge to start a new life. But when Richard Mar shows up injured, her life quickly gets turned upside down. Now they are working together to destroy the slavers’ operation that has been decimating lives for too long. This was so good! Charlotte has the … More Review: Steel’s Edge by Ilona Andrews
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
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
Fane is done having someone own her and is determined to get out of Hell. When an angel is captured, she knows this might be her only chance at freedom. Together these two flee, but now both Heaven and Hell is after them. “Don’t tell me that the upstanding Angel lusts for this filthy Demon.” … More ARC Review: Demon Rising by Victoria Larque
Due to the danger facing Nevada and her family, they have decided to declare themselves as House. But first she has to deal with finding Rogan’s ex-fiancé’s missing husband. As with almost all of Ilona Andrews books, I couldn’t put this one down. I was instantly sucked into this new case and the Baylor family … More Review: Wildfire by Ilona Andrews
“The label of asexual should be value neutral. It should indicate little more than sexual orientation. Instead, asexual implies a slew of other, negative associations: passionless, uptight, boring, robotic, cold, prude, frigid, lacking, broken. These, especially broken, are the words aces use again and again to describe how we are perceived and made to feel.” … More Review: Ace: What Asexuality Reveals About Desire, Society, and the Meaning of Sex by Angela Chen
Nevada Baylor has been given a new case – find out who murdered Cornelius Harrison’s wife. The case brings her back in contact with Conner “Mad” Rogan and the danger just keeps coming. This was another action packed book that I couldn’t put down. Nevada has changed so much since she was introduced. She is … More Review: White Hot by Ilona Andrews
Nevada Baylor has been given her most dangerous case of her career. Its a suicide mission but she can’t refuse without loosing everything. What she doesn’t expect is to be kidnapped by Connor “Mad” Rogan. Rogan and Nevada are one of my absolute favorite couples! These two started off as enemies but the attraction between … More Review: Burn For Me by Ilona Andrews
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