Imagine a ghost story featuring creepy Victorian era ghost girls with tragic backstories and a barrage of supernatural goings-on to torment the main character, except instead of taking place in a spooky old mansion or a crumbling castle, it’s set on a tropical island with beautiful aquamarine beaches, palm trees, and colorful flowers. That’s The Depths, and…
ARC Review: How to Survive Your Murder by Danielle Valentine
I am always immediately in whenever I hear that Danielle has a new book coming out. (For anyone who is new to her work, Danielle Valentine is a pen name utilized by the author who also goes by Danielle Vega and Danielle Rollins, the author of the The Merciless series, The Haunted duology, Stolen Time, and quite a few other…
ARC Review: Burden Falls by Kat Ellis
Burden Falls was a fun mix between traditional thriller and supernatural. Penguin Teen describes it as “Riverdale meets The Haunting of Hill House”, which I thought was a really fitting description, because as I was reading it, I was getting major Riverdale vibes, if Riverdale had a little more of a New England-y, old money, old families type vibe. Burden Falls follows Ava,…
New Releases from Penguin Teen: The Companion by Katie Alender & Meme by Aaron Starmer
I recently read two almost-fall (let’s be serious late August/early September is pretty much fall for all us pumpkin/spooky/sweater-and-boots outfit lovers) new releases from Penguin Teen. Thank you again Penguin Teen for the ARCs in exchange for reviews! The first one was The Companion, a YA spooky horror/thriller by Katie Alender which was just released…
ARC Review: A Wicked Magic by Sasha Laurens (Out July 28th)
First and foremost, thank you so much to Penguin Teen for sending me the e-ARC of this witchy novel. While I always appreciate the chance to work with Penguin, this one ended up not exactly being my cup of tea. However, I’ll tell you more because it’s possible it will be your cup of tea.…
Book Review: Let’s Call It a Doomsday by Katie Henry
Let’s Call It a Doomsday is a contemporary YA written by Katie Henry and released as her sophomore novel in August of 2019, which, in pandemic terms, was actually like fourteen years ago, so it seems like it’s been out for a while, and yet it only recently surfaced on my radar. As soon as…
ARC Review: Burn Our Bodies Down by Rory Power (Out July 7th)
So Johnathan got me Wilder Girls back in February, and after seeing it around social media for months, I was really excited to read it. I devoured it pretty quickly, and I thought it was really interesting. I was really interested in the themes of infection and the government control over the island and the…
Book Review: Sorcery of Thorns by Margaret Rogerson
Sorcery of Thorns is a YA fantasy from Margaret Rogerson, author of the super popular (and extremely photogenic, if bookstagram is anything to go by) novel An Enchantment of Ravens. Sorcery of Thorns follows Elisabeth Scrivener (who, hello, has the coolest name ever), who has grown up in one of the Great Libraries of her…
Book Review: Whisper of the Tide by Sarah Tolcser
So if you’ve literally ever been on my blog or on my bookstagram, you’re probably pretty well aware that I seriously love Song of the Current by Sarah Tolcser (if you haven’t read my full review of that book yet, click here to check it out). And I mean love. I love the characters, the…
Book Review: Spellbook of the Lost & Found by Moira Fowley-Doyle
I usually try to be at least somewhat eloquent and, at the very least, coherent in my book reviews, but this book just made me want to yell OH MY GOD EVERYONE READ THIS NOW. Of course, I totally understand that you may want to know a bit more than that, so don’t worry. I…