Phantasma by Kaylie Smith on February 27, 2025 Genres: Fiction / Erotica / General, Fiction / Fantasy / Dark Fantasy, Fiction / Fantasy / Paranormal, Fiction / Fantasy / Romance, Fiction / Gothic Pages: 304 Format: Hardcover Buy on Amazon Goodreads “In a different life, in a fair one, I would’ve kept you until my […]
A Darker Shade of Magic by V. E. Schwab on February 24, 2015 Genres: Fiction / Fantasy / Action & Adventure, Fiction / Fantasy / Historical Pages: 400 Format: Paperback Buy on Amazon Goodreads “I’d rather die on an adventure than live standing still.” Kell is one of the last Antari, magicians with a rare, […]
Soft censorship—when books quietly disappear from shelves and reading lists without any official ban– and shadow banning—where books and their creators are deliberately suppressed– are just as harmful as outright book bans. Instead of sparking debate or activism, soft censorship and shadow banning works in silence, keeping important books out of readers’ hands. This is especially harmful for books by marginalized voices, like those from Muslim and Palestinian authors, whose […]
Falling for Gage by Mia Sheridan on April 23, 2024 Genres: Fiction / Romance / Contemporary, Fiction / Romance / New Adult, Fiction / Small Town & Rural Pages: 384 Format: Paperback Buy on Amazon Goodreads “You make me want to live a different life.” Gage thought he left his days of one-night stands behind […]
The Village Library Demon-Hunting Society by C. M. Waggoner on September 24, 2024 Genres: Fiction / Fantasy / Contemporary, Fiction / Fantasy / Paranormal, Fiction / Mystery & Detective / Amateur Sleuth Pages: 352 Format: ARC Buy on Amazon Goodreads This was Jessica Fletcher (Murder She Wrote) meets Miss Marple (Agatha Christie). This was essentially […]
The Deal by Elle Kennedy on July 31, 2017 Genres: Fiction / Romance / Contemporary, Fiction / Romance / General, Fiction / Romance / New Adult Pages: 445 Format: Paperback Buy on Amazon Goodreads “Sometimes people sneak up on you and suddenly you don’t know how you ever lived without them.” Hannah Wells has finally […]
The Forest of Vanishing Stars by Kristin Harmel on July 6, 2021 Genres: Fiction / Historical / World War II, Fiction / War & Military, Fiction / Women Pages: 384 Format: Paperback Buy on Amazon Goodreads The Forest of Vanishing Stars by Kristin Harmel was a book I absolutely loved and couldn’t put down. Set […]
A Seance in 1887 I am a natural born skeptic. So, I wasn’t scared when I met my first psychic medium at a birthday party in 2005. I dismissed her insistence that an older man’s spirit wanted to talk with me. “His name began with ‘S’,” she said concentrating, “it sounds like ‘Sam’ but that’s […]
Tangled Up In You by Christina Lauren on June 25, 2024 Genres: Fiction / Romance / Contemporary, Fiction / Romance / Romantic Comedy Pages: 320 Format: Paperback Buy on Amazon Goodreads Ren has never held an iPhone, googled the answer to a question, or followed a crush on social media. What she has done: Read […]
I’m an immigrant kid, more or less twice over. My parents emigrated from Brazil to England, bringing the culture of their country with them. There they birthed my older sister and me. We lived there until I was five, then off my family went to the United States, where we’ve lived ever since. By all […]