TITLE: A Gathering of Shadows AUTHOR: V. E. Schwab SERIES: Shades of Magic, #2 RELEASED: February 23rd, 2016; Tor Books GENRE: Fantasy AGE RANGE: Adult SYNOPSIS: It has been four months since a mysterious obsidian stone fell into Kell's possession. Four months since his path crossed with Delilah Bard. Four months since Prince Rhy was wounded, and since the … Continue reading A Gathering of Shadows — V. E. Schwab
Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly blog meme hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl. This week’s prompt was actually to list 10 of the best character names, but I had a hard time narrowing it down, so I went with 10 names that I think are noteworthy for being difficult to pronounce, a bit strange, or … Continue reading T10T: Names with Difficult, Strange, and/or Multiple Pronunciations
TITLE: From Twinkle, With Love AUTHOR: Sandhya Menon RELEASES: May 22nd, 2018; Simon Pulse GENRE: Contemporary AGE RANGE: YA SYNOPSIS: Aspiring filmmaker and wallflower Twinkle Mehra has stories she wants to tell and universes she wants to explore, if only the world would listen. So when fellow film geek Sahil Roy approaches her to direct a movie for … Continue reading From Twinkle, With Love — Sandhya Menon (ARC Review)
Down the TBR Hole was originally created over at Lost in a Story, and is a super fun (and simultaneously productive) tag to help you whittle away at those never-ending TBRs! (By the way, you can click on the covers to go to the Goodreads listings!) It works like this: Go to your goodreads to-read shelf. … Continue reading Down the TBR Hole #30
TITLE: The Summer Children AUTHOR: Dot Hutchison SERIES: The Collector, #3 RELEASES: May 22nd, 2018; Thomas & Mercer GENRE: Thriller AGE RANGE: Adult SYNOPSIS: This FBI agent has come to expect almost anything—just not this… When Agent Mercedes Ramirez finds an abused young boy on her porch, covered in blood and clutching a teddy bear, she has no … Continue reading The Summer Children — Dot Hutchison (ARC Review)
TITLE: LIFEL1K3 AUTHOR: Jay Kristoff SERIES: Lifelike, #1 RELEASES: May 29th, 2018; Knopf Books for Young Readers GENRE: Sci-fi/Dystopian AGE RANGE: YA SYNOPSIS: On a floating junkyard beneath a radiation sky, a deadly secret lies buried in the scrap. Eve isn’t looking for secrets—she’s too busy looking over her shoulder. The robot gladiator she’s just spent six months … Continue reading LIFEL1K3 — Jay Kristoff (ARC Review)
TITLE: Throne of Glass AUTHOR: Sarah J. Maas RELEASED: August 2nd, 2012; Bloomsbury USA Childrens GENRE: Fantasy AGE RANGE: NA SYNOPSIS: When magic has gone from the world, and a vicious king rules from his throne of glass, an assassin comes to the castle. She does not come to kill, but to win her freedom. If she can … Continue reading Throne of Glass — Sarah J. Maas
