Book Review
The Sins on Their Bones is about two lovers. One is a former ruler in hiding. The other is a ruler who stole the throne. And though there’s an entire fantasy world with heaven and hell, the real story is the love the two characters have for each other. It shapes their decisions and sets the stage. It’s the wants and the drive. And it’s probably the reason that you got sucked in, in the first place.
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In a strange little home built into the branches of a grove of trees, live three robots—fatherly inventor android Giovanni Lawson, a pleasantly sadistic nurse machine, and a small vacuum desperate for love and attention. Victor Lawson, a human, lives there too. They’re a family, hidden and safe. The day Vic salvages and repairs an unfamiliar android labeled “HAP,” he learns of a shared dark past between Hap and Gio–a past spent hunting humans. When Hap unwittingly alerts robots from Gio’s former life to their whereabouts, the family is no longer hidden and safe. Gio is captured and taken back to his old laboratory in the City of Electric Dreams. So together, the rest of Vic’s assembled family must journey across an unforgiving and otherworldly country to rescue Gio from decommissioning, or worse, reprogramming. - Goodreads
Read MoreValentine’s Day is almost upon us. It’s time to pull out the spicy books and warm up the bed. To help you find the right romance books this season, I’ve put together a list of books I’ve loved over the years. But be warned… some of these books aren’t for the faint of heart. I love the darker romances. I love a lot of steam. Viewer discretion is advised.
Read MoreA lot of kids have imaginary friends, but not all of them call them the Boy Under the Floor or come home from school reciting a rhyme about death. Tom can only hope that his son, Jake, will forget about his imaginary friends once they move into their new house. The house Jake became obsessed with when he saw the picture. What they don’t expect is the junk left in the garage or the town consumed with a missing boy. The last boy to go missing in town was twenty years ago. The killer was caught. Yet it’s happening again. As the case speeds up, Tom and Jake find themselves in the middle of it all when their house becomes the center of the activity. But can they figure out who the copycat killer is before Jake becomes the next victim on the list?
Read MoreWith the ratings dropping and no guarantee for a second season, Matt and his team of ghost hunters decide to attempt the most haunted house in America to round out their tv show. The kind of house that no one else has ever recorded after the scientist running their sydo-science experiments went missing in the 70s. And they might have hit the jackpot after their first night. Problem is, their tech guy decided to play a hoax to help save the show. Now Matt’s wife is talking about quitting and his dreams are beginning to slip through his fingers. But are they… What’s that sound coming from upstairs? Why did the temperature just drop? And who broke the ouaji board?
Read MoreIf you’re looking for books to start 2024 reading challenge, then this is the list for you. I’ve compiled my favorite books from 2023, including some honorable mentions that are still taking up space in my brain.
Read MoreAfter a near-death experience, Cassidy Blake has a new talent and a new best friend who happens to be a ghost. Well… the new talent is more of a distraction. Whenever there’s a ghost nearby, she feels a tap tap tap that won’t go away until she crosses the veil to witness what happened. Now her parents are telling her that instead of a quiet summer at the beach – where she can barely hear the ghosts – they’re going to be traveling to the most haunted places in the world to film their new television series. Begrudgingly, Cassidy packs her suitcase and tries to make the most out of the constant pull from the viel. At least her new best friend gets to come along. The ghost that saved her from dying. The ghost that makes sure she doesn’t spend too long in the veil. But the longer Cassidy is in these haunted locations, the stronger the pull becomes, leading Cassidy to discover that her gift is for more than playing the observer. She’s meant to help the souls cross over. This also means that she needs to right the unbalance she created when her best friend saved her.
Read MoreWhat could a war with the gods, a magical typewriter, and a rival journalist have in common? Well, Iris… When her brother, Forest, is compelled to fight in the war the god, Dacre, started, Iris is left to fend for herself and her mother. She even dropped out of school, going to work in the city’s newspaper. But when there’s only one slot for a full-time columnist available, Iris is pitted against a rival employee, Roman. Iris copes with her brother's leaving by writing letters to him and slipping them under her closet door. Every time she opens the door they’re always missing and she doesn’t question the small wink of magic, hoping they could be getting to her brother, until someone responds. This isn’t Forest. Iris’s world begins to fall apart, taking her to the front in search of her brother. But the magic continues and Iris soon learns what the war really means and who might be her mysterious correspondent.
Read MoreIn a world where the monsters are real, Dr. Henry Jekyll is trying to bring the arcane science back to life. That is… if he can get the funding to keep his community of scientists alive. He hopes the community’s outlook will change with his upcoming exhibition, but after bringing a new scientist into the fold, things go very wrong. First, Mr. Hyde wants to take a spin in the real world. Then Dr. Frankenstein turns out to be very much alive, bringing with her a very real Mad scientist that might just happen to set the city on fire… with a little help from Mr. Hyde. Now Jekyll is left trying to right what’s been wronged while keeping his dark secret to himself.
Read MoreViolet was never supposed to be a dragon rider. Her future was meant for the words, to live in the archives as a scribe. But then her father dies and she’s left to the will of her mother — the Commanding General – who sends her to the dragon riding academy instead. The problem is, you either graduate or you die. Violet isn’t ready for the first challenge just to enter the school, the boy that calls her Violence, or the physical strain put on her already fragile body. Violet takes it one day at a time, surprising herself until the dreaded moment when the dragons get to pick their riders. Will they see her as the weak person she is, or give her a chance?
Read MoreThey say parents shouldn’t have to say goodbye to their kids, but best friends shouldn’t have to say goodbye either. Bailey can’t stop blaming herself. It was her house that her best friend left in the middle of a snowstorm. She was the one who didn’t ask Vanessa about the text message that made her frown. Now Vanessa is dead and Bailey wants to know why she was driving through the mountain pass instead of heading for home. Stealing her mother’s chatbot, Bailey compiles every piece of information she has about Vanessa, asking the bot questions in hopes that it can explain everything to her. But sometimes the truth is worse than your imagination.
Read MoreSam Porter might just be looking at his nemesis. The serial killer was said to have jumped in front of a bus that very morning. But why did he commit suicide after alluding Porter’s team for so long? Porter does know that they’re short on time. The man was carrying one of his signature white boxes meaning that he took another victim. Down to the wire, Porter and his team rush to find the missing girl while also piecing together the killer’s allusive past from the journal found in the dead man’s pocket. Can Porter finally put to rest the man that’s been haunting his life for five years, or will there be more questions left unanswered?
Read MoreHell Bent continues the story of Alex Stern. But this time, she’s trying to find her way into hell. Returning to Yale after a summer of relaxing and becoming the muscle for her former drug dealer, Alex has one thing on her mind – finding a way to save Darrington. It’s not going to be easy, though. She’s got a new head of Lethe to contend with, her job as a Dante, and a new set of murders to help solve. And let’s not forget that there’s a new monster in town.
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FML is the story of two brothers in search of getting their original bodies back. From losing an arm and a leg for one brother to the full body of the other one, the pair had to pay an equivalent exchange when attempting to resurrect their mother. Edward uses his connections as a State Alchemist to search for the mysterious Philosopher’s Stone, a magic-enhancing device that could just give them the power they need for the task. But they’re not the only ones on the hunt and the people supposedly wielding the stones aren’t really human. Their search has them stumbling into the middle of a conspiracy that’s been going on for decades, leading them to the real source of the Philosopher’s Stones.
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Looking for that perfect dark book for the beach? Look no further. I’ve compiled a list of the best summer reads for all sorts of reasons.
Read MoreChildren can have a cruel, absolute sense of justice. Children can kill a monster and feel quite proud of themselves. A girl can look at her brother and believe they’re destined to be a knight and a bard who battle evil. She can believe she’s found the thing she’s been made for.
Hazel lives with her brother, Ben, in the strange town of Fairfold where humans and fae exist side by side. The faeries’ seemingly harmless magic attracts tourists, but Hazel knows how dangerous they can be, and she knows how to stop them. Or she did, once.
At the center of it all, there is a glass coffin in the woods. It rests right on the ground and in it sleeps a boy with horns on his head and ears as pointed as knives. Hazel and Ben were both in love with him as children. The boy has slept there for generations, never waking.
Until one day, he does…
As the world turns upside down, Hazel tries to remember her years pretending to be a knight. But swept up in new love, shifting loyalties, and the fresh sting of betrayal, will it be enough?
The City Beautiful is about a Jewish immigrant named Alter living in Chicago during the World’s Fair. All he’s trying to do is keep his head down and earn enough money to bring the rest of his family to America. What he’s not prepared for is being possessed by his friend’s dybbuk after his friend is found dead in the fair. Led to believe that the death was no mere accident, Alter reconnects with someone from his past while searching to find who might have killed his friend.
Read MoreFeyre’s one job is to keep her family alive during the harsh winter, but when she kills a wolf to get the prey that they’re both after, she finds out that she killed no ordinary wolf but a Faery. Her punishment… either forfeit her life or spend the rest of it in the faery realm. What she doesn’t expect to find there though, is a caring faery who plans to let her live out her life in peace. A faery that has provided for her family while she’s gone. And a faery trying to keep the faery realm together. Now Feyre, a mere human, might be the last chance at saving what’s about to be destroyed.
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Phil Lord and Christopher Miller, the creative minds behind The Lego Movie and 21 Jump Street, bring their unique talents to a fresh vision of a different Spider-Man Universe, with a groundbreaking visual style that's the first of its kind. "Spider-Man(TM): Into the Spider-Verse" introduces Brooklyn teen Miles Morales (Shameik Moore), and the limitless possibilities of the Spider-Verse, where more than one can wear the mask. - IMDB
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