Cover Reveal! Banished Tides by Catherine Downen
I'm so glad to be a part of Catherine Downen's cover reveal team for her YA Fantasy, Banished Tides!
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Story Eater
- Nov 3
- 3 min
eARC Review: Compass Points by Jillian Witt
Jillian Witt's Compass Points releases 7 November 2023! Check out my review here!
Story Eater
- Oct 26
- 3 min
ALC Review: It Happened One Christmas by Chantel Guertin
Release Date: 31 October 2023 Rating: 3/5 Narration: 4/5 Narrator: Amelia Sargisson Synopsis: A charming and rollicking holiday...
Story Eater
- Sep 28
- 3 min
eARC Review: Lumen by J.J. Fischer
J.J. Fischer's new book, Lumen will be out on 5 December 2023! See my post for a review!
Story Eater
- Sep 21
- 3 min
Review: Radiant Origin by Dawn Husted
Release date: 11 August 2023 Rating: 3.75/5 Synopsis: Phyre Brown is just an ordinary teenager searching for love and adventure. But...
Story Eater
- Sep 19
- 3 min
ALC Review: Inheritance (The Lost Bride Trilogy #1) by Nora Roberts
Release date: 21 Nov 2023 Book Rating: 3/5 Narration Rating: 4/5 Narrators: Brittany Pressley; Nora Roberts Synopsis: Inheritance is...
Story Eater
- Sep 15
- 6 min
Review: Starling House by Alix E. Harrow
Release date: 3 October 2023 (31 October 2023 UK) Rating: 4/5 Book boxes: OwlCrate October Adult, Illumicrate November Synopsis: ...
Story Eater
- Sep 11
- 3 min
ALC Review: The Forest Grimm by Kathryn Purdie
Release date: 19 September 2023 (US), 26 October 2023 (UK) Rating: 4/5 Narrator: Sarah Ovens Book boxes: FairyLoot October YA...
Story Eater
- Sep 7
- 4 min
eARC Review: The Hurricane Wars by Thea Guanzon
Read a review for Thea Guanzon's upcoming highly anticipated The Hurricane Wars!
Story Eater
- Sep 5
- 3 min
Review: Peterkin and the First Dog by Simon King-Spooner
Release date: 25 June 2023 Rating: 4.5/5 Synopsis: In an ancient world of peasant farmers an orphan boy befriends a wolf. The two...
Story Eater
- Aug 16
- 3 min
ALC Review: After the Forest by Kell Woods
Release date: 3 October 2023 Rating: 5/5 Synopsis: After the Forest is a dark and enchanting fantasy debut from Kell Woods that...
Story Eater
- Aug 15
- 3 min
ALC Review: Cunk on Everything: The Encyclopedia Philomena by Diane Morgan
Release date: 1 November 2018 (Original); 26 September 2023 [Grand Central (Hachette) Audio Release] Rating: 3/5 Narrator: Diane Morgan...
Story Eater
- Jul 31
- 3 min
eARC Review: The Library of Shadows by Rachel Moore
Release date: 5 September 2023 Rating: 3.5/5 Synopsis: Radcliffe Prep. The third most haunted school in the country, where a student...
Story Eater
- Jul 17
- 3 min
ALC Review: Still Beating by Jennifer Hartmann
Release date: 10 July 2023 Rating: 0/5 Narrator(s): Laurie West, Christian Black Synopsis: When Cora attends her sister's birthday...
Story Eater
- Jul 10
- 2 min
ARC/ALC Review: Hello Stranger by Katherine Center
Book Review for Katherine Center's upcoming release, Hello Stranger.
Story Eater
- Jun 22
- 3 min
eARC Review: Realms of Wrath and Ruin (Gate Chronicles #2) by Alli Earnest
Review for Realms of Wrath and Ruin, Alli Earnest's wonderful sequel to Cities of Smoke and Starlight! 5 stars from me!
Story Eater
- Jun 12
- 3 min
ALC Review: The Happy Life of Isadora Bentley by Courtney Walsh
Release date: 13 June 2023 Rating: 3/5 Narrator: Jorjeana Marie Tropes: Who hurt you, You’re not like other girls/guys, Workplace...
Story Eater
- Jun 6
- 4 min
ALC Review: The Antiquity Affair by Lee Kelly and Jennifer Thorne
Release date: 6 June 2023 Rating: 3.5/5 Narrators: Brittany Pressley and Holly Linneman Synopsis: An archaeologist’s estranged...
Story Eater
- Apr 28
- 3 min
ALC Review: A Crown of Ivy and Glass by Claire Legrand
Advance review for Claire Legrand's A Crown of Ivy and Glass
Story Eater
- Apr 17
- 4 min
ARC Review: Fractal Noise (Fractalverse #0) by Christopher Paolini
Reviewing the upcoming SciFi release from NYT Bestselling Author, Christopher Paolini: Fractal Noise.
Story Eater
- Apr 4
- 4 min
ALC Review: Silver in the Bone by Alexandra Bracken
Release Date: 4 April 2023 Rating: 3.5/5 Narrator: Sophie Amoss Book Boxes: FairyLoot YA April 2023, OwlCrate April 2023 Synopsis: A...
Story Eater
- Mar 25
- 3 min
ARC Review: Infinity Gate (Pandominion #1) by M.R. Carey
Release date: 28 March 2023 Rating: 3.5/5 Book Boxes: Inkstone Books Quarter 1 Synopsis: From the author of the bestselling The Girl...
Story Eater
- Mar 15
- 1 min
Cover Reveal and Kickstarter Announcement!: Fugitive of Talionis (Talionis #2) by C.J. Milacci
Cover Reveal and Kickstarter Announcement for C.J. Milacci's Fugitivie of Talionis (Talionis #2)!
Story Eater
- Mar 6
- 2 min
ARC Review: Untethered Sky by Fonda Lee
Release date: 11 April 2023 Rating 5/5 Synopsis: Ester’s family was torn apart when a manticore killed her mother and baby brother,...
Story Eater
- Mar 4
- 3 min
ALC and ARC Review: Weyward by Emilia Hart
Release date: 7 March 2023 (2 Feb 2023 UK) Rating: 4/5 Narrators: Aysha Kala, Helen Keeley, Nell Barlow Synopsis: KATE, 2019 Kate...
Story Eater
- Feb 7
- 3 min
ALC Review: The God of Endings by Jacqueline Holland
Release date: 7 March 2023 Rating: 4.5/5 book I 5/5 narration Narrator: Saskia Maarleveld Synopsis: By turns suspenseful and...
Story Eater
- Feb 3
- 3 min
ARC Review: Time's Orphan by Hayley Reese Chow
Release date: 8 February 2023 Rating: 5/5 Synopsis: Speak of pain, and I’ll tell you of the Time who stole it away… Besieged by war,...
Story Eater
- Jan 29
- 3 min
Book Review: City of Nightmares (City of Nightmares, #1) by Rebecca Shaeffer
Release Date: 10 January 2023 (23 February 2023 UK) Rating: 2.5/5 Book Box: FairyLoot YA February 2023 Synopsis: Face your fear . ....
Story Eater
- Jan 27
- 4 min
ARC and ALC Review: Divine Rivals by Rebecca Ross
Release date: 4 April 2023 (13 April 2023 UK) Rating: 2.75/5 Narrators: Alex Wingfield, Rebecca Norfolk Book boxes: Maaayyybbeeee...
Story Eater
- Jan 26
- 4 min
ARC and ALC Review: Immortality: A Love Story by Dana Schwartz
Release Date: 28 February 2023 Rating: 2.5/5 (book)/ 5/5 (narration) Synopsis: Hazel Sinnett is alone and half-convinced the events of...
Story Eater
- Jan 6
- 6 min
The Big 2022 Bookish Review
2022 was a huge reading year for me. I read over 150 books, and I’ve only ever been able to get a smidge past 80 in any year before. ...
Story Eater
- Jan 5
- 4 min
ARC Review: Emily Wilde’s Encyclopaedia of Faeries (Emily Wilde #1) by Heather Fawcett
Release date: 10 January 2023 (19 January 2023 in UK) Rating: 4/5 Book Boxes: FairyLoot Adult December 2022 Synopsis: A curmudgeonly...
Story Eater
- Jan 4
- 3 min
ARC Review: Well of Eida (The Fallen Kingdoms #1) by K.B. Benson
Release date: 3 Feb 2023 Rating: 3.75/5 Book boxes: None yet (fingers crossed for a spiffy, signed edition) Synopsis: Two years have...
Story Eater
- Dec 5, 2022
- 6 min
Recent Release/Audio Review Copy Review: Wizard’s Masquerade by Jay Pellegrin
Release date: Print copy: 30 September 2022 Audio copy: 1 December 2022 Rating: 4.5/5 Synopsis: **Note: there are two different...
Story Eater
- Nov 28, 2022
- 3 min
ARC Review: Nocturne by Alyssa Wees
Release date: 21 February 2023 Rating 5/5 Synopsis: In this haunting, lyrical fantasy set in 1930s Chicago, a talented ballerina finds...
Story Eater
- Nov 24, 2022
- 3 min
ARC Review: A Mystery of Mysteries: The Death and Life of Edgar Allan Poe by Mark Dawidziak
Release date: 14 February 2023 Rating: 1/5 Synopsis: A Mystery of Mysteries is a brilliant biography of Edgar Allan Poe that examines...
Story Eater
- Nov 16, 2022
- 3 min
New Release Review: Under the Earth, Over the Sky by Emily McCosh
Release date: 8 November 2022 Rating: 5/5 Synopsis: In the woods where human lands meet fae, an ancient king born before the history...
Story Eater
- Nov 14, 2022
- 4 min
Late Approval ARC Review: Children of Ragnarok (Runestone Saga #1) by Cinda Williams Chima
Release date: 8 Nov 2022 Rating: 4.5/5 Book boxes: LitJoy November 2022 Synopsis: Ever since Ragnarok—the great war between the gods...
Story Eater
- Nov 6, 2022
- 4 min
ALC Review: The Cloisters by Katy Hays
Release date: 1 November 2022 Rating: 2.75/5 Narrator: Emily Tremaine Book Boxes: BOTM Synopsis: When Ann Stilwell arrives in New...
Story Eater
- Oct 24, 2022
- 3 min
ARC Review: Raven Unveiled by Grace Draven
Release date: 8 Nov 2022 Rating 3/5 Synopsis: A woman with the gift to speak to the dead—and the assassin pursuing her—may be the only...
Story Eater
- Oct 12, 2022
- 4 min
Better Late Than Never Review: Cinder by Marissa Meyer
Release date: 3 January 2012 10th Anniversary Edition Release Date: 15 March 2022 Rating: 3.5/5 Book boxes: FairyLoot Special Edition...
Story Eater
- Oct 8, 2022
- 4 min
Recent Release Review: These Twisted Bonds by Lexi Ryan
Caution: This review may be snarky, though it does not have language. It also may contain spoilers. If you have not read These Hollow...
Story Eater
- Sep 26, 2022
- 4 min
ARC Review: One Dark Window (Shepherd King #1) by Rachel Gillig
Release date: 27 September 2022 Rating: 3.5/5 Book Boxes: FairyLoot October YA Synopsis: Elspeth Spindle needs more than luck to stay...
Story Eater
- Sep 14, 2022
- 6 min
Book Radar: My Most Anticipated Indie Releases for Fall and Spooky Season 2022
September 2022 Wishtress by Nadine Brandes Release date: 13 September 2022 Format: Hardcover, eBook, Audiobook Available at: Everywhere...
Story Eater
- Aug 28, 2022
- 4 min
ARC Review: Wishtress by Nadine Brandes
Release date: 13 September 2022 Rating: 4/5 Synopsis: She didn’t ask to be the Wishtress. Myrthe was born with the ability to turn her...
Story Eater
- Aug 13, 2022
- 5 min
Special Edition Review: Daphne Press Sabriel by Garth Nix
Hold onto your seats, bookish folk, I’m going to be incredibly nitpicky with a small amount of snark for this one. Daphne Press'...
Story Eater
- Jul 25, 2022
- 5 min
ALC and Pre-Release Review: The Undertaking of Hart and Mercy by Megan Bannen
Release date: 23 August 2022 Rating: 3/5 Narrators: Michael Gallagher and Rachanee Lumayno Book boxes: FairyLoot July 2022 Adult...
Story Eater
- Jul 22, 2022
- 3 min
Recent Release Review: The Murder of Mr. Wickham by Claudia Gray
Release date: 3 May 2022 Rating: 2.5/5 Synopsis: A summer house party turns into a whodunit when Mr. Wickham, one of literature’s most...
Story Eater
- Jul 14, 2022
- 4 min
ALC Review: Thank You for Listening by Julia Whelan
Release date: 2 August 2022 Rating: 3.75/5 Narrator: Julia Whelan Book boxes: None yet—if this isn’t in one, I’ll be shocked. Synopsis:...
Story Eater
- Jun 27, 2022
- 3 min
ARC Review: The Song that Moves the Sun by Anna Bright
Release date: 28 June 2022 Rating: 2/5 Indie: No Publisher: HarperCollins Synopsis: This sweeping YA fantasy romance full of...
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