Reviews for books I gave five stars to.
This is the introduction of Hellboy, who was summoned to Earth during WWII to end the world. Hellboy is one of the paranormal investigators in the world and goes all over the world fighting monsters and demons, with the help of his team. I originally read the Hellboy series in 2019 and while I planned … More Review: Hellboy Omnibus Vol. 1: Seed of Destruction by Mike Mignola
Bitty is heading into his junior year of college and is in a relationship with Jack. But they face new challenges and must deal with a distance relationship. They also have to decide how they want to reveal their relationship to their friends, family, teammates, and the world. This was an adorable ending! I couldn’t … More Review: Check, Please! Book 2: Sticks and Scones by Ngozi Ukazu
Amelia Peabody, a rebel of the Victorian age, embarks on an Egyptian adventure expecting to explore the sites and see past history. Instead she rescues a young Evelyn Barton-Forbes, who was abandoned by her scoundrel lover, solves a mystery of a haunting mummy, and falls for the dashing but annoying Radcliffe. I slowly read this … More Review: Crocodile on the Sandbank by Elizabeth Peters
Jayne and Sinclair have moved to the North Pole and are deep into planning their wedding. Jayne is trying to figure out the details of the wedding and her mother and her aunt are making things worse. In desperate need of help, she calls Birdie Caruthers to help wrangle her family and figure out the … More Review: Miss Frost Says I Do by Kristen Painter
Jayne takes Sinclair to visit the North Pole to show him what royal life is truly like. She knows a royal life isn’t for everyone and worries it will be more than he can handle. What she doesn’t expect during her visit is to get wrapped up in a potential cheating scandal that someone is … More Review: Miss Frost Chills the Cheater by Kristen Painter
In The Five: The Lives of Jack the Ripper’s Women, Hallie Rubenhold discusses the five women who are famous for being Jack the Ripper’s victims. She does not discuss what Jack did to them instead she follows their lives from the time of their birth leading to the night of their deaths. Rubenhold shows us … More Review: The Five: The Lives of Jack the Ripper’s Women by Hallie Rubenhold
“You are racist because you were born and bred in a racist, white supremacist society. White Supremacy is, as I’ve said earlier, insidious by design. The racism required to uphold White Supremacy is woven into every area of our lives. There is no way you can inherit white privilege from birth, learn racist white supremacist … More Review: So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo
Kate Daniels hasn’t let her father’s determination to take over the world stop her from having a life. She has a family now and is even more determined to keep them safe. When a new threat arrives she has to team up with some unexpected allies to defeat them. Kate knows she might not survive … More Review: Magic Triumphs by Ilona Andrews
Kate and Curran are finally planning their wedding. Unfortunately there are quite a few obstacles standing in their way, most of which center around Roland taking over Atlanta. The first battle against Roland begins and the war has finally started. Kate and Curran are finally getting married! I loved how Kate thought her wedding would … More Review: Magic Binds by Ilona Andrews
After breaking from the Pack, Kate and Curran are adjusting to their new life. When the Pack offers them the Mercenary Guild, Curran jumps on the opportunity and is determined to make it better than ever. But first they have to deal with ghouls, a missing pack member, and giants. This is definitely a changing … More Review: Magic Shifts by Ilona Andrews
Former mercenary, Kate Daniels has a lot of responsibility to juggle between her business and being the Consort of the Beast Lord. There is also the continuous threat of an attack from Roland, her father. When Hugh, Roland’s warlord, shows up in Atlanta she knows the war has begun. This book was nonstop action and … More Review: Magic Breaks by Ilona Andrews
It has been years since I read this book so when I saw this dramatized audiobook available for free through Audible I couldn’t resist rereading it. Peter Pan was one of my favorite childhood movies and books. I always wanted to go on adventures and never grow up, still want to actually. Peter Pan is … More Review: Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie
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