Category: Reviews

  • The Listeners by Maggie Stiefvater – Book Review

    The Listeners by Maggie Stiefvater – Book Review

    Quick Synopsis – January 1942. The Avallon Hotel & Spa has always offered elegant luxury in the wilds of West Virginia, its mountain sweetwater washing away all of high society’s troubles. When the Avallon family heir makes a secret deal with the State Department to fill the hotel with captured Axis diplomats, June must persuade…

  • A Fate Forged in Fire by Hazel McBride – Book Review

    A Fate Forged in Fire by Hazel McBride – Book Review

    Plot Synopsis – Once a territory built on matriarchal rule and values, Tìr Teine has since grown frail from a long line of fruitless kings, the most recent of which have ruled under the influence of the True Religion, an oppressive group who have steadily poisoned the region with their anti-magic teachings. Born to rule…

  • The Language of the Birds by K. A. Merson – Book Review

    The Language of the Birds by K. A. Merson – Book Review

    Quick Synopsis – Arizona’s mother has been kidnapped and she finds a cryptic test accompanying the ransom note, she’s not just horrified—but electrified. Solving puzzles and cracking codes are what she does best, and she knows exactly how to tackle the challenge the kidnappers are dangling in front of her. As Arizona chases the truth…

  • Those Who Wait by Georgia Spearing – Book Review

    Those Who Wait by Georgia Spearing – Book Review

    Quick Synopsis – Lena’s life changes forever when she discovers a mysterious amulet on a dig in Greece. One touch binds her to Hecate, the Goddess of witchcraft— who is, shockingly, a devastatingly handsome Greek God named Hector. Forced to team up, Lena and Hector race to break the curse tethering their lives together. As…