James by Percival Everett Format: Paperback Buy on Amazon Goodreads James is one of those books that I can absolutely appreciate, even if it wasn’t an instant favorite for me. I can clearly see why so many readers love it and why it’s received so much praise. It’s a good book—it just wasn’t the right […]
Shattered superheroes on an emotional quest to finally defeat the AI algorithm killing humanity The Last Eternity is set years after the super-powered clones of historical icons learned that they can resurrect themselves, presenting readers with a surprising and depressing reality: The Phoenix Elite’s enemy, Alexis Imperato, is an evil algorithmic infrastructure installed in a […]
The absorbing, warm, and often-rollicking story of life-shaping experiences in a place where family names mean something Lawton Passage by Tim Duning opens with the sad story of Nanny, the narrator’s grandmother, dying of breast cancer. As the narrator recalls, “Death didn’t mean that much to me yet. That was about to change big time.” […]
Softhearted & warm—a brother-sister bond, unbreakable even in fragility A life, together. Sealed by childhood experiences, by support, by unconditional love. “Best brother ever.” “Best sister ever.” But on the day of a family reunion, news changes everything. The phantom health problems Nancy keeps talking about? They’re related to a cancer diagnosis. It’s probably nothing, […]
Plenty of crime novels open with a corpse. This one opens with a man studying his own face, counting the silver creeping into his hair, wondering how many good years his looks have left. He is Ulises, a small-time swindler in 1943 Mexico City who courts lonely women by mail and empties their bank accounts. […]
There is a particular kind of fantasy that smells of coal smoke and wet stone, where magic is not a gift but a resource somebody else wants to strip out of your veins. Stacey McEwan writes in that register, and her second Artisan Trilogy installment leans all the way into it. A Forsaken Prophecy by […]
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Synopsis: Mark Robson is trapped in flux. Every 18 minutes and 32 seconds he wakes up in a new reality, then dies. The only clues to help him stop this crazed cycle and return home to his pregnant wife are the people, things, and events that reappear across worlds, …or what he calls his constants. […]
It Audit Be You by Madylen Valdes Format: ARC Buy on Amazon Goodreads It Audit Be You was my first book by Madylen Valdes, and it definitely won’t be my last! This was such a fun, easy read with a fast pace that kept me turning the pages. I flew through it because the story […]
Some series end with a whisper. This one ends with a catapult, a ballgown, and roughly a hundred short chapters sprinting toward the finish line. The Gilded Blade by Jennifer Lynn Barnes is the third and final book in The Grandest Game trilogy, and it carries the weight of not one storyline but an entire […]