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Story Eater
Mar 6, 20232 min read
ARC Review: Untethered Sky by Fonda Lee
Release date: 11 April 2023 Rating 5/5 Synopsis: Ester’s family was torn apart when a manticore killed her mother and baby brother,...
Story Eater
Mar 4, 20233 min read
ALC and ARC Review: Weyward by Emilia Hart
Release date: 7 March 2023 (2 Feb 2023 UK) Rating: 4/5 Narrators: Aysha Kala, Helen Keeley, Nell Barlow Synopsis: KATE, 2019 Kate...
Story Eater
Feb 7, 20233 min read
ALC Review: The God of Endings by Jacqueline Holland
Release date: 7 March 2023 Rating: 4.5/5 book I 5/5 narration Narrator: Saskia Maarleveld Synopsis: By turns suspenseful and...
Story Eater
Feb 3, 20233 min read
ARC Review: Time's Orphan by Hayley Reese Chow
Release date: 8 February 2023 Rating: 5/5 Synopsis: Speak of pain, and I’ll tell you of the Time who stole it away… Besieged by war,...
Story Eater
Jan 29, 20233 min read
Book Review: City of Nightmares (City of Nightmares, #1) by Rebecca Shaeffer
Release Date: 10 January 2023 (23 February 2023 UK) Rating: 2.5/5 Book Box: FairyLoot YA February 2023 Synopsis: Face your fear . ....
Story Eater
Jan 27, 20234 min read
ARC and ALC Review: Divine Rivals by Rebecca Ross
Release date: 4 April 2023 (13 April 2023 UK) Rating: 2.75/5 Narrators: Alex Wingfield, Rebecca Norfolk Book boxes: Maaayyybbeeee...
Story Eater
Jan 26, 20234 min read
ARC and ALC Review: Immortality: A Love Story by Dana Schwartz
Release Date: 28 February 2023 Rating: 2.5/5 (book)/ 5/5 (narration) Synopsis: Hazel Sinnett is alone and half-convinced the events of...
Story Eater
Jan 6, 20236 min read
The Big 2022 Bookish Review
2022 was a huge reading year for me. I read over 150 books, and I’ve only ever been able to get a smidge past 80 in any year before. ...
Story Eater
Jan 5, 20234 min read
ARC Review: Emily Wilde’s Encyclopaedia of Faeries (Emily Wilde #1) by Heather Fawcett
Release date: 10 January 2023 (19 January 2023 in UK) Rating: 4/5 Book Boxes: FairyLoot Adult December 2022 Synopsis: A curmudgeonly...
Story Eater
Jan 4, 20233 min read
ARC Review: Well of Eida (The Fallen Kingdoms #1) by K.B. Benson
Release date: 3 Feb 2023 Rating: 3.75/5 Book boxes: None yet (fingers crossed for a spiffy, signed edition) Synopsis: Two years have...
Story Eater
Dec 5, 20226 min read
Recent Release/Audio Review Copy Review: Wizard’s Masquerade by Jay Pellegrin
Release date: Print copy: 30 September 2022 Audio copy: 1 December 2022 Rating: 4.5/5 Synopsis: **Note: there are two different...
Story Eater
Nov 28, 20223 min read
ARC Review: Nocturne by Alyssa Wees
Release date: 21 February 2023 Rating 5/5 Synopsis: In this haunting, lyrical fantasy set in 1930s Chicago, a talented ballerina finds...
Story Eater
Nov 24, 20223 min read
ARC Review: A Mystery of Mysteries: The Death and Life of Edgar Allan Poe by Mark Dawidziak
Release date: 14 February 2023 Rating: 1/5 Synopsis: A Mystery of Mysteries is a brilliant biography of Edgar Allan Poe that examines...
Story Eater
Nov 16, 20223 min read
New Release Review: Under the Earth, Over the Sky by Emily McCosh
Release date: 8 November 2022 Rating: 5/5 Synopsis: In the woods where human lands meet fae, an ancient king born before the history...
Story Eater
Nov 14, 20224 min read
Late Approval ARC Review: Children of Ragnarok (Runestone Saga #1) by Cinda Williams Chima
Release date: 8 Nov 2022 Rating: 4.5/5 Book boxes: LitJoy November 2022 Synopsis: Ever since Ragnarok—the great war between the gods...
Story Eater
Nov 6, 20224 min read
ALC Review: The Cloisters by Katy Hays
Release date: 1 November 2022 Rating: 2.75/5 Narrator: Emily Tremaine Book Boxes: BOTM Synopsis: When Ann Stilwell arrives in New...
Story Eater
Oct 24, 20223 min read
ARC Review: Raven Unveiled by Grace Draven
Release date: 8 Nov 2022 Rating 3/5 Synopsis: A woman with the gift to speak to the dead—and the assassin pursuing her—may be the only...
Story Eater
Oct 12, 20224 min read
Better Late Than Never Review: Cinder by Marissa Meyer
Release date: 3 January 2012 10th Anniversary Edition Release Date: 15 March 2022 Rating: 3.5/5 Book boxes: FairyLoot Special Edition...
Story Eater
Oct 8, 20224 min read
Recent Release Review: These Twisted Bonds by Lexi Ryan
Caution: This review may be snarky, though it does not have language. It also may contain spoilers. If you have not read These Hollow...
Story Eater
Sep 26, 20224 min read
ARC Review: One Dark Window (Shepherd King #1) by Rachel Gillig
Release date: 27 September 2022 Rating: 3.5/5 Book Boxes: FairyLoot October YA Synopsis: Elspeth Spindle needs more than luck to stay...
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