Nghi Vo stories always find a way to sink their teeth into me and never let go. The Scarlet Ball is my favorite story yet. Vo’s mesmerizing prose and dark, magical world lured me right in and enticed me even further with demon lords who can make your every wish come true. The storm rolls…
Continue reading ➞ The Scarlet Ball – Put Nghi Vo On My Dance Card
BookTok-beloved debut The Demon Star, by Jesse Aragon, has been getting non-stop incredible reviews, to the point that I wondered if it was productive for me to review it. It’s an ambitious science-fantasy story set on an arid and desolate alien world, very reminiscent of genre behemoths Dune and Sun Eater in a lot of…
Continue reading ➞ The Demon Star – A Sad Demon Clown On Fire
I did a double-take when I saw the cover for The Invocations by Krystal Sutherland during a recent book date with my friend. The premise sounded interesting, but I was a little nervous about the YA energy it was bringing, so I put it back down and we carried on our way. The book must…
The Scarlet Throne, by debut author Amy Leow, is the first book in the The False Goddess series. It unapologetically combines a pretty immoral and traumatized protagonist with some pervasive unreliable narration to create a tale that is both captivating and atmospherically depressing. If you are looking for good vibes, look elsewhere; if you are…
Anyone who wants to put out any short-form content should be taking notes from Nghi Vo—her ability to put out consistently well-written and captivating stories at around the two-hundred-page mark. You might naively think that shorter books are easier to write than longer books, and I would think you are wrong. It takes extreme focus…
Continue reading ➞ The City In Glass – Break For A Good Time
I am not sure how we got here, but I find myself in the unenviable position of reviewing a book I simply did not enjoy at all. Today I am taking a look at the third and final entry in The Empire of the Wolf series, The Trials of Empire (by Richard Swan). I have…
