Hollywood in 1926 was a place where actors and actresses tried to get their big break. When a well-known producer is shot and killed, someone has to be blamed for it. Rosie’s boyfriend Eddie is blamed for killing producer Harris, but Rosie knows that he had nothing to do with it. It is only a …
The Duke’s Secrets Review
Mary Eldrige is of age to be married, but she has no one willing to court her. Mr. Haskett comes along to try to woo her, but he has some secrets of his own. He even admits to courting other women to try to find the perfect wife for himself. Mary starts to fall for …
The Leopard Child Review
Kadogos has never wanted to go with the traditions of her tribe, which include only the males being able to be warriors while the females are cut and forced to be married. At fifteen, she keeps arguing with her mother, but she knows that she will be forced into it. On the day when she …
The Inventor’s Son Review
Ethan Stanwood is the son of a brilliant inventor. He has been sickly since his youth, and so his whole world revolves around his father and his work. When his father disappears one morning, Ethan is devastated. Then, he finds a secret message hidden inside one of his father’s inventions, asking Ethan to bring an …
The Fourth Age Shadow Wars: Assassins Review
Men, Elves, and Dwarves are struggling to rebuild their land of Nostraterra after the Great Wars. Currently, the Elven and Dwarven connections to a plot to murder the prince Alfrahil. His brother Daerahil has also been blamed, but he denies a connection. Mergin, the First Minister, ignores clues that the attacks may have been related …
Snow on Cinders Review
Even though this book is the second in a series, I read it as a standalone, and it was perfectly fine. I did not feel lost, nor did I feel like I needed to read the first book to understand this one. Anyone can read this one! This novel takes place in a world where …
WWW Wednesday
WWW Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by Taking on a World of Words. What are you currently reading? Reading a mix of review/ARC books and regular YA/Adult novels this week! Hopefully, I will get through plenty of other books in what is left of my spring break. What have you recently finished reading? Get ready… …
A Brush With Vampires ARC Review
Lila wants to escape her family, so she decides to go to boarding school with her best friend Val. Val is outgoing, and Lila simply wants to lie low while at the school. Instead, Lila is swept up into all of the boarding school drama, and she has to run around all day with her …
The Outcasts Review (Blood Dagger Volume 1)
Larna’s father abandoned her and her mother when she was 12 years old. She never knew why, but she started to turn to food even more for comfort. Now she is in her senior year of high school, and her only friends are Corinth and Amber. Everyone else in her school makes fun of her …
The Belles Review
Camellia is a Belle. The Belles are in charge fo making people beautiful and setting the standards of beauty for all of Orléans. In Orléans, the people are born ugly, with gray skin and matted hair. It is the job of the belles to shape them into the people they want to be, for a price. Camellia …