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The Penelopiad Review
GoodReads: Now that all the others have run out of air, it’s my turn to do a little story-making. In Homer’s account in The Odyssey, Penelope—wife of Odysseus and cousin of the beautiful Helen of Troy—is portrayed as the quintessential faithful wife, her story a salutary lesson through the ages. Left…
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Tiger Queen – Blog Tour
Synopsis: From Annie Sullivan, author of A Touch of Gold, comes Tiger Queen, a sweeping YA fantasy adventure that tells the story of a fierce desert princess battling to save her kingdom. Fans of Rebel of the Sands and Meagan Spooner will devour this retelling of Frank Stockton’s famous…
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War of Mist – Blog Tour
Synopsis: War is here. Toxic mist drives all life to the brink of destruction and the conqueror queen, Ines, has her talons in the kings of the realm. Bleak, having discovered her true heritage, must now scour the lands for the one thing that might save them all. But the…
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Second Skin – Blog Tour
Blurb: The moon was being devoured. Estranged from birth and raised on tales of the great mountain castle of Idrith-Core, where her distant father serves as Lord Commander and confidante of the King, Aledra Jewel-Wing was now going there to court. As one of the Drakkoni, a race of powerful shape-shifters…
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Charity Shop Haul
So… It’s been a minute with this. To be fair it’s because we go shopping so often for books in charity shops that it would be too repetitive on the blog, so, here we are, and I’ve just gathered up some of my favorite buys recently so that I can…
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Mini Review Day
On April 5th, 1948, Gold met Kennig… Inspired by the true story of a WWII marine and the love of his life, Christopher M. Struck has crafted a haunting tale of love, devotion, sacrifice…and betrayal. Daniel Kennig only has one ambition: to be the greatest singer to have ever lived.…
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Finer Things Review
**Thank you to Sandstone Press for sending me a copy of this book, below is my honest review in exchange for receiving the book.** GoodReads: London: 1963. The lives of a professional shoplifter and a young art student collide. Delia needs to atone for a terrible mistake; Tess is desperate…
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The Disappeared Blog Tour
Blurb: Winner of a Northern Writers’ Award Longlisted in the Bath Novel Award What if reading the wrong book could get you arrested? In a decaying city controlled by the First General and his army, expressing the wrong opinion can have terrible consequences. Clara Winter knows this better than anyone.…
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The Path Keeper Blog Tour
Hey everyone! That’s right, I implemented my new schedule, there was no post yesterday. It was pretty nice considering I was totally dead to the world after being in the car for a good chunk and picking one of my besties from the airport! I was also reading the last…
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Droknina eARC Review
GoodReads Blurb: As the consort of the Prince of the Vampiri, Saphrona resolves not to lose her identity in Gideon’s shadowy world. Though she feels ever more drawn to him and sympathizes with his people’s struggle to emulate human compassion, she refuses to allow anything to threaten her autonomy. Gideon…
The Caffeinated Reader 