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Story Eater
Jan 133 min read
ALC Review: Heavenly Bodies by Imani Erriu
Erriu's Heavenly Bodies releases from B5 publishers 14 January. Read my review here.
Story Eater
Jan 132 min read
DRC Review: Water Moon by Samantha Sotto Yambao
Samantha Sotto Yambao's wonderful new fantasy, Water Moon started my reading year off perfectly. Read my review here.
Story Eater
Sep 17, 20248 min read
eARC Review: Buried Deep and Other Stories by Naomi Novik
Novik's new anthology has a story in it offering a preview of the universe for her upcoming fantasy series! See my review of the anthology.
Story Eater
Mar 6, 20243 min read
ALC Review: Happily Never After by Lynn Painter
Read my review for Lynn Painter's upcoming romcom, Happily Never After!
Story Eater
Feb 27, 20244 min read
eARC Review: A Fate Inked in Blood by Danielle L. Jensen
Release date: 27 Feb 2024 Rating: 3/5 Book box/SE’s: FairyLoot February Adult, Goldsboro Signed Edition, LitLove Box March Synopsis: ...
Story Eater
Feb 5, 20244 min read
eARC Review: The Warm Hands of Ghosts by Katherine Arden
Review for the upcoming release of Katherine Arden's The Warm Hands of Ghosts!
Story Eater
Feb 2, 20244 min read
eARC Review: The Tainted Cup by Robert Jackson Bennett
Release date:Â 6 February 2024 Rating:Â 5/5 Book boxes:Â Inkstone Books Quarter 1 2024, Aardvark Book Club February Pick, The Broken...
Story Eater
Dec 30, 20234 min read
eARC Review: Emily Wilde’s Map of the Otherlands by Heather Fawcett
Release date: 16 January 2024 Rating: 3.5/5 SE’s: FairyLoot edition (see my Special Editions Calendar) Tropes: Found family, rivals...
Story Eater
Oct 26, 20233 min read
ALC Review: It Happened One Christmas by Chantel Guertin
Release Date: 31 October 2023 Rating: 3/5 Narration: 4/5 Narrator: Amelia Sargisson Synopsis: A charming and rollicking holiday...
Story Eater
Aug 16, 20231 min read
Spoiler for FairyLoot November 2023 Adult Book!
The links provided in this post are unpaid links. I do not make commission off of them. FairyLoot posted an aesthetic montage on their...
Story Eater
Feb 10, 20231 min read
Spoiler Theory for FairyLoot April 2023 YA Book!
The links provided in this post are unpaid links. I do not make commission off of them. FairyLoot posted an aesthetic montage on their...
Story Eater
Feb 3, 20231 min read
Leaked Sneak Peak at Illumicrate's February Book! SPOILERS AHEAD!
This post was shared on the RCW Literary Agency Instagram account (@rcwliteraryagency) on 2 February 2023. I assume it has since been...
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
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 15, 20221 min read
Spoiler Theory for FairyLoot January 2023 Young Adult Book!
The links provided in this post are unpaid links. I do not make commission off of them. FairyLoot posted an aesthetic montage on their...
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
Sep 12, 20221 min read
Spoiler Theory for FairyLoot November 2022 Adult Book!
The links provided in this post are unpaid links. I do not make commission off of them. FairyLoot posted an aesthetic montage on their...
Story Eater
Jul 22, 20223 min read
Recent Release Review: The Murder of Mr. Wickham by Claudia Gray
Release date: 3 May 2022 Rating: 2.5/5 Synopsis: A summer house party turns into a whodunit when Mr. Wickham, one of literature’s most...
Story Eater
Jul 15, 20221 min read
Spoiler Theory for FairyLoot September 2022 Adult Book!
The links provided in this post are unpaid links. I do not make commission off of them. FairyLoot posted an aesthetic montage on their...
Story Eater
Jun 8, 20224 min read
ALC Review: Flying Solo by Linda Holmes
Release date: 14 June 2022 Rating: 3.75/5, only because of brilliant characters Narrator: Julia Whelan Synopsis: A woman returns to...
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