All I want to read in September and October are books with magic in them. Give me all the witches, secret societies, and magical stories and I’m a happy girl. I love throwing in some lighter witchy reads though, especially a good witchy romance. Last year I loved The Ex Hex and Darynda Jones’ Betwixt…
Category: 2 Star Reads
The Kiss Curse
I adore all kinds of witchy series, especially when they’re fun romances. So it was pretty natural that I loved The Ex Hex last year and was stoked to find out it was going to be the first in a series. All of that to say The Kiss Curse was on of my Most Anticipated…
League of Liars
This is my first book by Astrid Scholte, and I tend to really enjoy a good YA fantasy especially with unique magic systems. So when the folks from Penguin Teen asked if I wanted to read an early copy, of course I jumped at the opportunity. Part courtroom drama, part jailbreak/heist, League of Liars follows…
The School for Good Mothers
This review really pains me to write as it was one of my most anticipated for January 2022. The School for Good Mothers is being touted as a new The Handmaid’s Tale. It’s part speculative fiction, part science fiction, and really focuses on the the plight of motherhood. Especially in today’s society where everyone has…
The Maid
Buckle in for an unpopular opinion. Molly the maid, works at a hotel, as you guessed, it a maid. Molly loves her job as a Maid and getting to ‘return rooms to a state of perfection’ is the highlight of her day. She loves keeping things clean and her attention to detail makes her perfect…
The Removed
It’s been fifteen years since their teenage son Ray-Ray was killed in a police shooting and left an emptiness within the Echota family. Told from multiple POVs, Maria the mother, Sonja the older sister, Edgar the younger brother, and Tsala a Cherokee prophet; this is a story of grief and how it has shaped and…
The Preserve
Thoughts The Preserve is such an interesting concept. A Sci-Fi murder mystery? Yes Please! In the future, most of the human population has been wiped out by a plague. Robots now run the world and humans are in the minority. Set in the US, Preserves have been created as human only areas. Within the Preserves,…
Taste of Sage
At a Glance Title: Taste of Sage Author: Yaffa S. Santos Excepted Published: May 19, 2020 by Harper Paperbacks Page: 320 Genre: Contemporary, Romance Goodreads Rating: 3.02 out of 5 My Rating: ★★ Synopsis My Thoughts I had really high hopes for this little book about chefs but ultimately it didn’t deliver for me. I…