A Virtual Diary, A Writing Journey, and Book Reviews
“Do you stare at everyone like that, or just me?” Jacks, The Prince of Hearts Synopsis: How far would you go for happily ever after? For as long as she can remember, Evangeline Fox has believed in true love and happy endings…until she learns that the love of her life will marry another. Desperate to…
Hello, hello my favorite literarians, academics, and rhetoricians! 2021 was full of wonderful books (and maybe some not-so-good-but-totally-helped-my-seasonal-depression ones). It was difficult to narrow it down to my top 5 of the year out of 50, but here’s my list! Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor Genre: YA FantasyPage Count: 418 Rating: 5…
By Chloe Gong
By Casey McQuiston Synopsis: First Son Alex Claremont-Diaz is the closest thing to a prince this side of the Atlantic. With his intrepid sister and the Veep’s genius granddaughter, they’re the White House Trio, a beautiful millennial marketing strategy for his mother, President Ellen Claremont. International socialite duties do have downsides—namely, when photos of a…
By Hafsah Faizal Synopsis: Zafira is the Hunter, disguising herself as a man when she braves the cursed forest of the Arz to feed her people. Nasir is the Prince of Death, assassinating those foolish enough to defy his autocratic father, the sultan. If Zafira was exposed as a girl, all of her achievements would…
Maas’s first installment of her standalones in the A Court of Thorns and Roses series! We get to see the long awaited story of Nesta Archeron! Synopsis: Nesta Archeron has always been prickly-proud, swift to anger, and slow to forgive. And ever since being forced into the Cauldron and becoming High Fae against her will,…
This is the second installment of Maniscalo’s thrilling murder mystery series, Stalking Jack the Ripper. Synopsis: Following the horror of her discovery of Jack the Ripper’s true identity, Audrey Rose Wadsworth has no choice but to flee London and its memories. Together with the arrogant yet charming Thomas Cresswell, she journeys to the dark heart…
This fascinating and creepy horror novel is inspired by the Ripper murders of London in 1888. It’s the first of a four book series that had the perfect mix of suspense, romance, and unexpected twists. Synopsis: Seventeen-year-old Audrey Rose Wadsworth was born a lord’s daughter, with a life of wealth and privilege stretched out before…
Kingdom of the Wicked is the first book in Maniscalco’s new fantasy series. The sequel, Kingdom of the Cursed, is scheduled to be released on October 26th of 2021. Synopsis: Two sisters. One brutal murder. A quest for vengeance that will unleash Hell itself… And an intoxicating romance. Emilia and her twin sister Vittoria are…
This standalone book was a unique combination of Greek Mythology and the modern world. Synopsis: Every seven years, the Agon begins. As punishment for a past rebellion, nine Greek gods are forced to walk the earth as mortals, hunted by the descendants of ancient bloodlines, all eager to kill a god and seize their divine…