An interesting (and hot) collaboration between Lise Gold and Madeleine Taylor
Review of The Next Life by Lise Gold and Madeleine Taylor Reina has been mourning the end of her marriage for about a year, and when her friend Sasha suggests she enjoys her newfound freedom instead of seeing the breakup as the end of her life, she can’t deny she has a point. Enters Belle, […]
This was another fun book in Kelley’s Shift series
Review of Guin the Emerald by Louisa Kelley This was another fun book in Kelley’s Shift series. While I enjoyed the first book, I felt like this one was even better. While this could be read as a standalone, I would suggest reading Fianna the Gold first. There are multiple characters that are in both […]
I get this warm happy feeling when I pick up a Hill book
Review of Red Tide at Heron Bay by Gerri Hill Like most WLW readers out there, I’m a big Gerri Hill fan. I will happily read anything she writes and I am rarely if ever, disappointed. While Hill’s name on a book is enough to get me to read it, there is something about her […]
A powerful and thought-provoking read
Review of The Tender Grave by Sheri Reynolds The Tender Grave opens in a dramatic fashion. Seventeen-year-old Dori and her boyfriend are suspects in a hate crime committed against a gay classmate. Her mother gives her enough money to leave town and hands her the address of a half-sister she has never met. Right away […]
This book was a ton of fun
Review of The Noble and the Nightingale by Barbara Ann Wright This was a ton of fun. While I’m a Wright fan, I went into this book with my expectations lowered a bit. I noticed that some of the reviews were a bit mixed and for some reason, the cover bothered me. I can’t even […]
Fighting the patriarchy one heist (or one concert) at a time
Review of The Hellion’s Waltz by Olivia Waite, narrated by Morag Sims Courage isn’t the absence of fear, it’s acting despite the fear, as many famous men – and probably as many overlooked women – have said over the years. Since she and her family were victims of a swindler, Sophie Roseingrave has been living […]
I will remember these characters for a long time
Review of Skye Falling by Mia McKenzie This was a good read. It took me a little while to get into the book -more on that later- but once I did, I was hooked. My plan was to read half the book one night but I read it all in one sitting since I was […]
Solid writing but I struggled too much with the story
Review of Pyotra and the Wolf by Elna Holst Pyotra and the Wolf is the first Elna Holst story I couldn’t get a real connection with. Not being a real fan of the whole wolf-shifter genre, I was still hoping there would be enough Holst magic to keep me happy. And I can’t deny the […]
Black girl magic and killer plants make this Young Adult fantasy book fascinating
Review of This Poison Heart by Kalynn Bayron Not all gifts are welcome. Briseis is bright and determined and if keeping herself in check didn’t require so much of her energy, she’d be an excellent student. But as it is, trying to stop plants – flowers, trees, grass – from reacting to her presence takes […]