Abbreviations #112: An Enchantment of Ravens, A Song Below Water + Dark and Deepest Red

I had initially decided not to read An Enchantment of Ravens after the mixed response it garnered from my usual group of trusted book pals. But after really liking Margaret Rogerson’s sophomore novel Sorcery of Thorns , I decided to backtrack and give this one a shot! An Enchantment of Ravens is a y…

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Book Review: Kingdom of the Wicked

It is always lovely to discover that a novel you’ve been highly anticipating lives up to your hopes, and that’s definitely what happened with Kingdom of the Wicked ! Kerri Maniscalco’s newest series starter centers around Emilia, a streghe (witch) who is determined to use all the resources at her di…

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Abbreviations #111: The Vanishing Half, How the Duke Was Won + Destiny's Embrace

I don’t read a lot of literary fiction novels, so The Vanishing Half isn’t something that would have been on my TBR were it not for the book club I do with my sisters and cousin. The novel centers around black twin sisters who can pass as being white, a characteristic highly prized in the small tow…

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Book Review: The Lost Book of the White

It won’t be a surprise to those of you who have followed me since early 2019 that I loved The Lost Book of the White . This is the second novel in The Eldest Curses , which is a Shadowhunters series that centers around two of my favorite people in this universe, Magnus Bane and Alec Lightwood. It tak…

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November 2020

November started out with a very tense week while the presidential elections took place in the United States (and the relief I felt when results were announced was unparalleled, truly). It's been an otherwise quiet month, although I did get the chance to virtually meet James Bay (!), went out o…

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