The Night Weaver (Shadow Grove, Vol. 1) by Monique Snyman Gigi Publishing, 2018 ISBN-13: 978-1643163031 Available: Paperback, Kindle edition Seventeen-year-old Rachel Cleary lives in the isolated community of Shadow Grove (it’s unclear how isolated, or how large, it actually is, as it has suburbs, a trendy downtown, three grocery stores, multiple chain stores, and a […]
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Book Review: Broken Lands by Jonathan Maberry
June 9, 2019Broken Lands by Jonathan Maberry Simon and Schuster, 2018 ISBN-13: 978-1534406377 Available: Hardcover, Kindle edition, audiobook I will be honest, I am not a fan of zombie fiction. As a reviewer, I am putting my feelings about the genre as a whole to the side to review Broken Lands because it is on the final ballot for […]
Book Review: Sawkill Girls by Claire Legrand
June 7, 2019Sawkill Girls by Claire Legrand Katherine Tegen Books, 2018 ISBN-13: 978-0062696601 Available: Hardcover, paperback, Kindle edition, audiobook, MP3 CD My previous experience with Claire Legrand’s work was with her extremely creepy middle-grade book The Cavendish Home for Boys and Girls. I could see just from the cover and inside flap of this book that her YA work […]
The Dark Descent of Elizabeth Frankenstein by Kiersten White Delacorte, 2018 ISBN-13: 978-0525577942 Available: Hardcover, paperback, Kindle edition, audiobook, audio CD Elizabeth Lavenza is the ultimate example of the “cool girl” described by Amy Dunne in Gone Girl: she is never herself, always what someone else (usually a man) needs her to be. An orphan purchased […]
Review: Crank by Ellen Hopkins
March 7, 2019McElderry; Original edition, 2004 ISBN-13: 978-0689865190 Available: New and Used Crank is Ellen Hopkins’ controversial, and sorely needed, verse novel. Kristina Snow’s life changes forever when her father and the boy she’s crushing introduce her to meth. Unlike Impulse, which is raw and shredding in its emotion, Crank is almost cold at times, brutally showing a girl on […]
Book Review: Damsel by Elana K. Arnold
March 5, 2019Content Warning: This book is a dark, deep fairy tale about Prince Charming (and his kingdom) grooming his damsel-in-distress for abuse. After rescuing Ama from a dragon as is the traditional rite for a king in this land, Prince Emory and his entire kingdom begin slowly and methodically training her to be an abused non-person […]
Have you ever wanted a volume of all the biggest bad ass women of the Marvel U fighting zombies together? Here you go! Misty Knight and Valkyrie come together to rebuild the legendary Valkyries and stop a mysterious collection of puppy-kickers from resurrecting a cover of corrupt Valkyries embodying evil forces. Like a lot of […]
Blast From the Past Review: Slumber Party by Christopher Pike
February 21, 2019Scholastic Paperbacks, Reissue edition, 2004 ISBN: 0590430149 Available: New and Used Years after a slumber party that left one of their group or friends dead and one disfigured, Lara, Nell, Rachael, Mindy, Dana, and a new friend Celeste come together for a fun ski trip to get together and catch up. Disturbing events make […]
Review: Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur volume 3 The Smartest There Is
February 19, 2019When Moon Girl solves a puzzle built by Bruce Banner that was previously unsolvable the super hero world is rocked. Lunella takes this as proof that no one was giving her enough credit. (But she already knew that.) Even when the other super heroes try to reach out, and when crime fighting opportunities arise, Lunella […]
Book Review: The Hand of the Devil by Dean Vincent Carter
February 14, 2019Delacorte Books for Young Readers, October, 2006 ISBN: 0385733712 Available: New and used Ashley Reeves is a reporter for “Missing Link”, a magazine devoted to natural oddities. One day Ashley receives a letter from Reginald Mather, requesting him to come to his house on Aries Island in the middle of Lake Languor to see […]