The Nanny’s Handbook for Magic and Managing Difficult Dukes
“Her supernatural skills can’t compete with the power of love.” Mary Poppins meets Bridgerton in The Nanny’s Handbook for Magic and Managing Difficult Dukes by Amy Rose Bennett. I absolutely adore both those titles, so I knew I’d immediately fall in love with this. The story follows Emmeli...
Alchemised
Alchemised by SenLinYu is a grim, tragic, bordering on horror, gothic fantasy. Even though it comes with a long list of trigger warnings, within its darkness lies one of the most breathtaking and beautiful stories I’ve ever read. This book doesn’t just tug at your emotions; it absolutely...
You’ve Found Oliver
You’ve Found Oliver by Dustin Thao is a touching and thoughtful story about love, loss and the courage to heal. The book takes readers on an emotional journey that feels both personal and universal. It deals with relationships, self-discovery and the complicated feelings that come when life does n...
Coven of the East: Reimagining Asian Women’s Magical Histories
Every anthology has to choose its organizing principle, but few feel as alive as the one guiding Coven of the East: Reimagining Asian Women’s Magical Histories. Editors Angela Yuriko Smith and Pauline Chow map the 22 entries against the 22 Major Arcana of the Rider–Waite–Smith tarot. It’s a ...
We Love You, Bunny
Hi Bunny! You didn’t think we were going to miss the chance to review Mona Awad’s highly anticipated We Love You, Bunny, did you? Well, don’t worry! Whether you loved Mona Awad’s Bunny and are excited to learn more about this companion novel or have never even heard of Bunny,......
If the Dead Belong Here
“The intruders enter as quiet as light. They come through the windows, the doors. Slipping in easily, as if their girl left this house open for them. They have been here before …” In Carson Faust’s If the Dead Belong Here, it is 1996, in the town of Jordan, Wisconsin,......
Warrior Princess Assassin
Brigid Kemmerer’s Warrior Princess Assassin is a young adult fantasy that combines danger, betrayal and the struggles of survival with themes of family and self-discovery. This book follows the journey of a princess who finds herself caught between loyalty to her crown and the desire to live her o...
The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny
The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny is Kiran Desai’s first novel to be published since her 2006 Booker Prize-winning The Inheritance of Loss, and it is well worth the wait. Its sprawling nearly-700 pages are packed with the best that contemporary fiction has to offer. There’s especially plenty for...
A Spell for Midwinter's Heart
In A Spell for Midwinter’s Heart, author Morgan Lockhart whisks the reader away into a small mountain town filled with magic. This book hits all the marks I want from a romance for the holiday season: cozy, fantastical, and filled with eclectic characters and local business owners rising up agains...
