MINI-REVIEWS: 10 Blind Dates & The Bone Houses aka the cute and the creepy

Title: The Bone Houses Author: Emily Lloyd-Jones Pages: 352 Release Date: September 24th 2019 Publisher: Little Brown Books for Young Readers Format: Hardcover Genre: Fantasy, Horror, Historical Fiction Goodreads Rating:  4.11 (of 2784 ratings) representation: MC with chronic pain (shoulder) content warnings: death, death of parents, grief, intense sequences (violence, fighting, near death situations) This …

MINI-REVIEWS (Yallfest 2019 Edition): Truly, Madly, Royally; How to Be Remy Cameron, & They Both Die at the End

Title: How to Be Remy Cameron Author: Julian Winters Pages: 340 Release Date: September 10 2019 Publisher: Duet Format: ebook Genre: Contemporary, LGBTQIA+ Goodreads Rating:  4.01 (of 239 ratings) representation: black MC, adopted MC, gay MC...[I'm sorry I know there was more but I totally am blanking because I would pop in and out of …

MINI-REVIEW: “Stepsister” by Jennifer Donnelly

Title: Stepsister Author: Jennifer Donnelly Pages: 352 Release Date: May 14 2019 Publisher: Scholastic Press Format: Hardcover Genre: Fantasy Goodreads Rating:  4.09 (of 5,586 ratings) Isabelle should be blissfully happy – she’s about to win the handsome prince. Except Isabelle isn’t the beautiful girl who lost the glass slipper and captured the prince’s heart. She’s …

YALLFEST 2019 REVIEWS: Scream All Night & A Match Made in Mehendi aka 2 books bringing questionable content but also some enjoyment?

Title: Scream All Night Author: Derek Milman Pages: 400 Release Date: July 24 2018 Publisher: Balzer + Bray Format: Audiobook Genre: Horror, Contemporary Goodreads Rating:  3.80 (of 975 ratings) This book was weird - and I think it was meant to be? Honestly, it reminded me a bit of the humor that I used to …

♦️ Why I DNF’d “A Blade So Black” ♦️

Title: A Blade So Black (# Verse 1) Author: L.L. McKinney Pages: 384 Release Date: September 25 2018 Publisher: Imprint Format: Hardcover Genre: Fantasy Goodreads Rating:  3.60 (of 2,468  ratings) The first time the Nightmares came, it nearly cost Alice her life. Now she's trained to battle monstrous creatures in the dark dream realm known …

REVIEWS: House of Salt and Sorrows & The Doll: The Lost Short Stories

Title: House of Salt and Sorrows Author: Erin A. Craig Pages: 416 Release Date: August 6th 2019 Publisher: Delacorte Format: Hardcover Genre: Fantasy, Retelling Goodreads Rating:  4.04 (of 4738 ratings) Probably contender for one of the best atmospheric reads of this year for me - it was lush, full of ultimate moods, and more. I was captivated …