Pretending
By: Holly Bourne
I hate men.
So the novel starts. April goes into far greater detail than I will here but suffice it to say I was a little worried at the start of the book. And I was completely unsure what to expect, as I heard of but never read Holly Bourne before this, and maybe I didn’t get what I thought I would.
But I got a good and interesting read.
The Hollow Places
By: T. Kingfisher
So I have been reading a lot of eh books recently I worried I was taking too much of a chance on this arc by an author I’ve never read before but I was pleasantly surprised by how much fun it was.
It was a nice little bit of something different and out there thank you Netgalley for the ARC.
Machine
By: Elizabeth Bear
After finishing this book I found myself a bit torn on the rating. I liked a lot of it. Liked the ideas but I also felt very cold overall and I think it comes down to the main character in the end.
The Last Story of Mina Lee
By: Nancy Jooyoun Kim
Mina Lee is a story about mothers/daughters, the immigrant experience, extreme grief, disconnection and regret.
So it is a bit of a bummer really.
Fable
By: Adrienne Young
I suppose I should preface this by saying 1. I did like the book while reading it or at least didn’t find anything particularly bad about it.
2. I probably wouldn’t write a review if this wasn’t an ARC.
Crossings
By: Alex Landragin
At times I was absolutely going to DNF this book on account of it feeling like it was never going to end, among other things. But then I got to thinking if I didn’t finish I would never know if it ended or not or just kept running on and on.
And I felt like I had to finish. It was a vicious circle.
Things in Jars
By: Jess Kidd
When going over what did and didn’t work for me about Things in Jars I hit upon something I don’t think I’ve ever said before… this should have been two books.
The Widow of Pale Harbor
By: Hester Fox
When I read the synopsis of The Widow of Pale Harbor about a man with a secret past, a woman living in a big old mansion scorned by the town for fear she’s a witch and a series of escalating crimes based on the writings of Edgar Allen Poe I was like sign me up!
More than anything else I would classify this book as a romance and… do not sign me up.
I received a copy of Mooncakes from Netgalley in exchange for my honest opinion. It’s scheduled to be released October 15th per Goodreads.
I was really looking forward to this one: witches and what seemed like cooking. No it doesn’t take much to make me happy but after thinking on it for a couple of days I’m very torn on Mooncakes.
Soul of the Sword
By: Julie Kagawa
Publishes on: June 18th
Just want to give fair warning Soul of the Sword is the sequel to Shadow of the Fox which was one of my favorite reads last year. So there will be spoilers for that book but not this one 🙂
Also I received a copy of Soul of the Sword from Netgalley in exchange for an honest opinion.
