Neverworld Wake by Marisha Pessl Publication Date: June 5, 2018 “I saw very little as it truly was. But that was what Martha taught me. We swear we see each other, but all we are ever able to make out is a tiny porthole view of an ocean. We think we remember the past as … Continue reading Mini Reviews
Muse of Nightmares by Laini Taylor “Once upon a time, a sister made a vow she didn't know how to break, and it broke her instead. Once upon a time, a girl did the impossible, but she did it just a little too late.” When I finished Strange the Dreamer I was pretty sure I … Continue reading Mini-Reviews
All These Monsters by Amy Tintera Publication Date: July 7, 2020 Summary from NetGalley: Seventeen-year-old Clara is ready to fight back. Fight back against her abusive father, fight back against the only life she’s ever known, and most of all, fight back against scrabs, the earth-dwelling monsters that are currently ravaging the world. So when … Continue reading Monsters #1
Burn by Patrick Ness Publication Date: June 2, 2020 Summary from Goodreads: On a cold Sunday evening in early 1957, Sarah Dewhurst waited with her father in the parking lot of the Chevron gas station for the dragon he’d hired to help on the farm… Sarah Dewhurst and her father, outcasts in their little town … Continue reading Of Dragons and Prophecy
Hollow Kingdom by Kira Jane Buxton Publication Date: August 2019. “Listen; life is worth a fight. Expectation must be shed like winter leaves. Even in death, there is wondrous beauty. And death is not The End.” This is probably the most unusual story about the zombie apocalypse that I have ever read. Told exclusively by … Continue reading Mini-Reviews
