The Art of Reading

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  • Review: Among the Beasts and Briars by Ashley Poston

    Review: Among the Beasts and Briars by Ashley Poston

    ~Summary~ The Kingdom of Aloriya has long been a safe haven amidst the darkness of the wood that surrounds it. Cerys, who lost her friends and mother to the wood, now carries a small bit of its curse with her, a constant reminder of everything she’s lost. When the encroaching darkness finally spills over on…

  • Review: Waking Fire by Jean Louise

    Review: Waking Fire by Jean Louise

    ~Summary~ Lagusa, a quiet village on the edge of a vast desert, is the only home Naira Khoum has ever known. Nothing exciting ever happens in Lagusa, that is until a woman calling herself the Mistress arrives with a hoard of Dambi, undead monsters under the control of Sothpike, a power hungry warlord. Naira doesn’t…

  • Review: We Were Liars by E. Lockhart

    Review: We Were Liars by E. Lockhart

    ~My Thoughts~ “Do not accept an evil you can change.” I haven’t included a summary because I think it’s best to go into this book without knowing too much about it. That might be hard to do though because this book is everywhere right now! I’m not on Tiktok or Instagram but I still managed…

  • Anticipated YA Releases 2023!

    Anticipated YA Releases 2023!

    With 2022 coming to a close it can feel very bittersweet, but one thing to look forward to is, with a new year comes new books! I will be highlighting my top 6 in this post but these are by no means all the books I am anticipating for next year. If you’d like to…

  • Review: We Deserve Monuments by Jas Hammonds

    Review: We Deserve Monuments by Jas Hammonds

    ~Summary~ “Seventeen-year-old Avery Anderson is convinced her senior year is ruined when she’s uprooted from her life in DC and forced into the hostile home of her terminally ill grandmother, Mama Letty. The tension between Avery’s mom and Mama Letty makes for a frosty arrival and unearths past drama they refuse to talk about. Every…

  • Review: Thorn by Intisar Khanani

    Review: Thorn by Intisar Khanani

    ~Summary~ Alyrra feels trapped. Her family is cruel and it seems her only option for escape is through an arranged marriage to a prince from a neighboring kingdom. However, on the way to her new life, she is robbed of her identity and forced to become a lowly goose girl. Instead of letting this get…

  • Top 5: Fairy-tale Retellings!

    Top 5: Fairy-tale Retellings!

    Hello everyone! Today I’m going to be sharing some of my favorite fairy-tale inspired retellings. Fairy-tales have been retold for centuries now and, whether it be for their morals, creativity or uniqueness, something about them still reaches us today. So here it goes with my top 5! (All covers link to Goodreads 😊) This is…

  • Review: Strike the Zither by Joan He

    Review: Strike the Zither by Joan He

    ~Summary~ Zephyr is a strategist under the leadership of Xin Ren. Their goal is to take down the puppet empress on the throne and restore order to the realm which was broken into three factions when Miasma seized power. But with opposition on every side, will Zephyr be willing to sacrifice everything she has for…

  • Review: Vengeance Road by Erin Bowman

    Review: Vengeance Road by Erin Bowman

    ~Summary~ Kate Thompson has just discovered her father dead. He was killed by the notorious gang, The Rose Riders and now Kate is out for revenge. As it turns out, her father was keeping secrets from her and the reason he was killed was for a journal in his possession which leads to a hidden…

  • Review: Small Favors by Erin A. Craig

    Review: Small Favors by Erin A. Craig

    ~Summary~ Ellerie Downing lives in a secluded mountain village called Amity Falls, where life is quiet and uneventful. That is, until the day one of their supply runs goes missing. Now some of the townspeople are saying that the monsters their ancestors talked of, the ones that had caused them to uproot their lives and…