ARC review: Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldree

I was sent this book as an advance copy by author for reviewing purposes, but all opinions are my own. High Fantasy with a double-shot of self-reinventionWorn out after decades of packing steel and raising hell, Viv the orc barbarian cashes out of the warrior’s life with one final score. A forgotten legend, a fabled …

ARC review: D’Vaughn And Kris Plan A Wedding by Chencia C. Higgins

I was sent this book as an advance copy by the publisher via NetGalley for reviewing purposes, but all opinions are my own. D’Vaughn and Kris have six weeks to plan their dream wedding.Their whole relationship is fake.Instant I Do could be Kris Zavala’s big break. She’s right on the cusp of really making it as …

ARC review: Cheer Up: Love and Pompoms by Crystal Frasier and Val Wise

I was sent this book as an advance copy by the publisher via NetGalley for reviewing purposes, but all opinions are my own. A sweet, queer teen romance perfect for fans of Fence and Check, Please!Annie is a smart, antisocial lesbian starting her senior year of high school who’s under pressure to join the cheerleader squad to make …

ARC review: The Jasmine Throne by Tasha Suri

I was sent this book as an advance copy by the publisher for reviewing purposes, but all opinions are my own. Author of Empire of Sand and Realm of Ash Tasha Suri's The Jasmine Throne, beginning a new trilogy set in a world inspired by the history and epics of India, in which a captive princess and a maidservant in …

ARC review: Malice by Heather Walter

I was sent this book as an advance copy by the publisher via NetGalley for reviewing purposes, but all opinions are my own. A princess isn’t supposed to fall for an evil sorceress. But in this darkly magical retelling of “Sleeping Beauty,” true love is more than a simple fairy tale.Once upon a time, there …

ARC review: Dangerous Remedy by Kat Dunn

I was sent this book as an advance copy by the publisher via NetGalley for reviewing purposes, but all opinions are my own. Camille, a revolutionary's daughter, leads a band of outcasts – a runaway girl, a deserter, an aristocrat in hiding. As the Battalion des Mortes they cheat death, saving those about to meet …

Mini review: Nottingham: The True Story of Robyn Hood by Anna Burke // sapphic retellings are always superior

Robyn Hood didn’t set out to rob the rich, but in Nottingham, nothing ever goes according to plan.... After a fateful hunting accident sends her on the run from the law, Robyn finds herself deep in the heart of Sherwood Forest. All she really wants to do is provide for her family and stay out …

ARC review: Glorious Day by Skye Kilaen // sapphic romance, revolution and gorgeous writing

I was sent this book as an advance copy by author for reviewing purposes, but all opinions are my own. The bodyguard is a traitor. The princess is her one true love. And the revolution is almost here. Elsenna Hazen left spaceport security and ended up a royal bodyguard. She should have known better than …

ARC review: The Care and Feeding of Waspish Widows by Olivia Waite

I was sent this book as an advance copy by the publisher via NetGalley for reviewing purposes, but all opinions are my own. When Agatha Griffin finds a colony of bees in her warehouse, it’s the not-so-perfect ending to a not-so-perfect week. Busy trying to keep her printing business afloat amidst rising taxes and the …

ARC review: Girl, Serpent, Thorn by Melissa Bashardoust

I was sent this book as an advance copy by the publisher via NetGalley for reviewing purposes, but all opinions are my own. A captivating and utterly original fairy tale about a girl cursed to be poisonous to the touch, and who discovers what power might lie in such a curse... There was and there …