Kaikeyi by Vaishnavi Patel is a retelling of the life of the eponymous queen from the Ramayana, an Indian epic poem. In the kingdom of Kekaya, Kaikeyi is…
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The Children on the Hill by Jennifer McMahon
The Children on the Hill caught me off guard with one big twist. It’s 1978, and when Vi and Eric complete their homeschool assignments, they spend their free…
Little Foxes Took Up Matches by Katya Kazbek
Little Foxes Took Up Matches is a sometimes dark, sometimes sweet coming-of-age tale. Mitya was just two when he swallowed his grandmother’s sewing needle…
Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel
Sea of Tranquility will transport the reader throughout time. Emily St. John Mandel’s latest release loosely connects to her previous books…
Easy Beauty by Chloé Cooper Jones
Easy Beauty by Chloé Cooper Jones has quickly made it to one of my top books of the year. This memoir is about Chloé Cooper Jones’ life as a disabled woman…
Reputation by Lex Croucher
If Mean Girls and Emma had a baby, it would be Reputation by Lex Croucher. After being forced to move in with her aunt and uncle, Georgiana Ellers is desp…
Wild and Wicked Things by Francesca May
Wild and Wicked Things by Francesca May is full of dark witchy magic with a slow burn sapphic romance. World War I has just ended, and Annie Mason has arrived..
A Forgery of Roses by Jessica S. Olson
A Forgery of Roses by Jessica S. Olson is a YA Fantasy novel with an interesting premise, but ended up falling a bit flat.
Myra Whitlock’s parents went missing several months ago, leaving her and her younger sister to fend for themselves.
The Wolf Den by Elodie Harper
The Wolf Den by Elodie Harper throws you right into the life of brothels in Pompeii AD 74. Penniless after her father’s death, Amara’s mother sold her as a c…
The City of Dusk by Tara Sim
The City of Dusk by Tara Sim is an unputdownable start to an epic fantasy trilogy. Before the gods cut the realms off from each other, there was a natural fl…
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