Rapid Review of Wonder Woman: Warbringer

No spoilers in this review of Wonder Woman: Warbringer. I liked it and give it 3.75 stars. If the name ‘Leigh Bardugo’ is on the cover, you better believe I’m going to read it! And if the book is about superheroes, then that’s another vote in its favor. Warbringer wasn’t without flaws, but it was…

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Rapid Review of Forest of a Thousand Lanterns

No spoilers in this review of Forest of a Thousand Lanterns by Julie C. Dao. I give it 4.25 stars. Overall, I really enjoyed it! By far the most fun reviews to write are the ones on books I feel passionate about, whether the emotions are positive or negative. Surprisingly, I had both reactions to…

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Rapid Review of An Enchantment of Ravens

No spoilers in this review of An Enchantment of Ravens. I give it 4 stars. It’s always fun to read about the fae, and I found debut author Margaret Rogerson’s take on them and their interaction with humans entertaining. Plus, her writing style was quite beautiful. Enchantment is about Isobel, a young woman who makes…

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Rapid Review of Nyxia

No spoilers in this rapid review of Nyxia by Scott Reintgen. I give it 3 stars. I was in the mood for a science fiction story, so I picked up Nyxia, the first book in The Nyxia Triad by Scott Reintgen. Nyxia is about Emmett, an underprivileged boy from Detroit, and nine other teens from…

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Rapid Review of Warcross

No spoilers in this rapid review of Warcross. I give it 4.75 stars. I LOVED it! It’s an immediate addition to my favorites list! Marie Lu’s Goodreads profile says she was an art director at a video game company before she began writing, and this helps explain the genius behind her creation. She has experience…

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Rapid Review of Tower of Dawn

No spoilers in this rapid review of Tower of Dawn. (There will be mild spoilers for the previous five books in this series. And can I even call this a rapid review since it’s so long? Sorry!) 😉 I give this book 4.5 stars. I had flashbacks to Sarah J. Maas’s glory days while reading…

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Rapid Review of Strange the Dreamer

No spoilers in this rapid review of Strange the Dreamer by Laini Taylor. I give it 4.5 stars. This. Book. It’s unusual and imaginative and wonderful. YA high fantasy is my favorite genre, so I read a lot of it and occasionally feel like every possible storyline has been explored. Then this breath of fresh…

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Review of Waterfall (River of Time #1)

No spoilers in this rapid review of Waterfall by Lisa Tawn Bergren. I give it 3.5 stars. I love time travel so when I saw this book on a friend’s Goodreads shelf, I decided to give it a try. I love it when a character is displaced so far out of their norm that they…

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Rapid Review of Flame in the Mist

No spoilers in this rapid review of Flame in the Mist. I give it 4.25 stars. Renee Ahdieh has a way with words. I discovered this first in The Wrath and the Dawn and rediscovered it with this lovely book. Both Ahdieh and Marissa Meyer have turned YA fairy tale retellings into an art form,…

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