Cinderella is Dead Review

★★★★ Cinderella is Dead by Kalynn Bayron Cover image of Cinderella is Dead by Kalynn Bayron. It's 200 years since Cinderella found her prince, but the fairytale is over. Sophia knows the story though, off by heart. Because every girl has to recite it daily, from when she's tiny until the night she's sent to…

Seven Devils Review

★★★★ Seven Devils by Elizabeth May and Laura Lam Cover image of Seven Devils by Elizabeth May and Laura Lam. When Eris faked her death, she thought she had left her old life as the heir to the galaxy's most ruthless empire behind. But her recruitment by the Novantaen Resistance, an organization opposed to the…

The Crow Rider Review

★★★★ The Crow Rider by Kalyn Josephson The Crow Rider is the sequel to The Storm Crow by Kalyn Josephson, this review might contain spoilers for the first book in the series. Read my review of The Storm Crow. Thia, her allies, and her crow, Res, are planning a rebellion to defeat Queen Razel and…

The Storm Crow Review

★★★★ The Storm Crow by Kalyn Josephson Cover image of The Storm Crow by Kalyn Josephson. In the tropical kingdom of Rhodaire, magical, elemental Crows are part of every aspect of life...until the Illucian empire invades, destroying everything. That terrible night has thrown Princess Anthia into a deep depression. Her sister Caliza is busy running…

The Extraordinaries Review

★★★★★ The Extraordinaries by T. J. Klune Cover image of The Extraordinaries by T. J. Klune. Nick Bell? Not extraordinary. But being the most popular fanfiction writer in the Extraordinaries fandom is a superpower, right? After a chance encounter with Shadow Star, Nova City’s mightiest hero (and Nick’s biggest crush), Nick sets out to make…

Girl, Serpent, Thorn Review

★★★★ Girl, Serpent, Thorn by Melissa Bashardoust Cover image of Girl, Serpent, Thorn by Melissa Bashardoust. There was and there was not, as all stories begin, a princess cursed to be poisonous to the touch. But for Soraya, who has lived her life hidden away, apart from her family, safe only in her gardens, it’s…

Love on the Main Stage Review

★★★★ Love on the Main Stage by S. A. Domingo Cover image of Love on the Main Stage by S. A. Domingo. 16-year-old songwriter Nova is having the best summer of her life. Helping out with her parents' food truck, she gets to attend not one, but FIVE different music festivals! Things get even better…

Reverie by Ryan La Sala Review

Day 21 of #PrideLibrary20. ★★★★ Reverie by Ryan La Sala Cover image of Reverie by Ryan La Sala All Kane Montgomery knows for certain is that the police found him half-dead in the river. He can’t remember how he got there, what happened after, and why his life seems so different now. And it’s not…

Music From Another World Review

Day 18 of #PrideLibrary20. ★★★★★ Music From Another World by Robin Talley Music From Another World by Robin Talley. It’s summer 1977 and closeted lesbian Tammy Larson can’t be herself anywhere. Not at her strict Christian high school, not at her conservative Orange County church and certainly not at home, where her ultrareligious aunt relentlessly…

Sword in the Stars Review

Day 16 of #PrideLibrary20. ★★★★ Sword in the Stars by Amy Rose Capetta & Cori McCarthy Sword in the Stars is the sequel to Once & Future by Amy Rose Capetta and Cori McCarthy, this review might contain spoilers for the first book in the series. Read my review of Once & Future. Ari Helix…