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Saeris Fane is a thief who is a thief to survive. She steals from the wrong person and gets arrested by the Evil Queen, but wouldn’t you know it, she has special powers that save her. She then discovers there are other worlds when she is taken to a land of fairies and meets Kingfisher, our hero with a dark past. This is pretty much your typical Romantasy. Human girl, supernatural love interest.…

Version 1.0.0 Things didn’t turn out as planned for Rae in Long Live Evil, and she kind of made things worse. What happens now?

The sequel to This Will be Fun is just as cute. This time, we are following Galwell, recently back from the dead, Queen Thessia, tired of being the damsel in distress, and River, an assassin with a moral code. The mystery starts when River is assigned to kill Galwell. The Guild she works for only supports targeting villains, but what evil deed could Galwell have committed? He is, after all, the…

I wished I liked this more. For one thing, it was way too long. Secondly, over the course of the novel, I started to get really annoyed with Helena. Kaine clocked her when he said that she made so many promises that she gets to pick the ones she wants to keep so she can feel better about herself. She often goes back on her word once she gets what she wants. Her hero complex of wanting to save…

Last book of my marathon library haul.

In the first book, Butcher and Blackbird, Sloane and Rowan are serial killers who fall in love. Leather and Lark follows Sloane’s best friend, Lark, and Rowan’s older brother, Lachlan, who is a serial killer and contract killer, respectively. Interesting group of people. I have to wonder if everyone they know is a killer. I am starting to think so. Anyhoo, Lachlan and Lark get married in an…

So I didn’t know this started as a Hermione/Draco fanfic until I went looking for a photo to post. This should interesting.

The sequel to This Will be Fun, but following new heroes.

People online were not kidding when they said the show is a pretty faithful adaptation of the book. As I was reading it, I was seeing the scene play out in the show, and it was still great. The advantage that books have over shows or movies is that they can go deeper into characters’ thoughts. It wasn’t that I didn’t understand Shane’s own personal homophobia from Hudson Williams’ performance in…

How far would you go to get a recommendation letter? Alice Law would go to Hell and back. So would Peter. Both Alice and Peter are post-grad students whose professor and advisor died. He’s the best in the field, and a recommendation letter from him would guarantee any job they want. But he’s dead, and they only have to traverse hell to get it. They take a Dante-inspired trip to try to find their…

It’s happening! And because life is funny. Two more books I had on hold became available this week. So now I have 5 books checked out.

I have been on the waiting list for 4 books for months, and now they have all become available in the past two weeks. So I have to double up on my books. I am almost done with Katabasis, and I started reading Leather and Lark during work yesterday. (a benefit of working from home). I don’t think I could have picked two different books to read at once.

Harry Hole is such a ridiculous protagonist that carries on mostly at this point (I’m on book 7), through luck and sheer dgaf energy. Oh, and substance abuse. A shocking amount of substance abuse.

We all know the stories of the heroes who finally win over their adversaries after years of fighting with each other. What happens after they succeed? Go back to regular life? For Elowen, Beatrice and Clare they each handled it differently. Elowen retreated to her treehouse and became a recluse. Clare reveled in his new celebrity, and Beatrice got married and lived a life as a rich wife. It’s…

I’ve been on the waiting list at my library for three months. This better be as good as people say it is.

I am not sure where to begin with this one. It’s a satire that follows Nina, a sophomore pledging to a sorority, and Sloane, an adjunct professor who is asked to be the Academic Advisor for the sorority. Nina is an ambitious student who hopes that joining The House will open doors because it has an abnormally high success rate of alumni who have become successful. Sloane is going back to work…

I’m fascinated by stories of what happens to heroes after they have defeated the villains. This book was described as The Princess Bride meets People We Meet on Vacation. I haven’t read the latter, but the former is not only one of my favorite movies but also a great book, so I’m stoked about this one.