"I believe one day you will understand that I was forced to make an impossible choice. A life in this death camp is no life at all. I chose to fight back, to find freedom in my resistance, to find liberation in the emancipation of others." Goodreads Notice: Solis is a companion book to Sanctuary, whose…
Continue reading ➞ ARC Review: Solis by Paola Mendoza and Abby Sher
"I am Deka, the Angoro. And I am coming for the gods." Goodreads Notice: This is the second book in the Deathless trilogy. Read my review for book one here. It's been six months since Deka freed the goddesses in the ancient kingdom of Otera and discovered who she really is... but war is waging across the…
Continue reading ➞ Review: The Merciless Ones by Namina Forna (The Gilded Ones #2)
"Peace is still worth fighting for." Goodreads Notice: thank you to Penguin Teen for sending an advanced reader’s copy of this book through the Penguin Teen Partner Program. This does not affect my opinion. Notice: this is the sequel and finale to the Chaos & Flame duology. Read my review for book one here. Blood magic.…
Continue reading ➞ ARC Review: Blood & Fury (Chaos & Flame #2) by Tessa Gratton and Justina Ireland
"'I want to live,' I said, replacing Ye Eun's lily behind my ear, 'because life is...life is worth it. Because as long as we can imagine a better world, we should stick around to see it. Even if it doesn't exist yet. Even if we have to build it from scratch, brick by muddy brick.'"…
Continue reading ➞ Review: Redemptor by Jordan Ifueko (Raybearer #2)
"You are a queen, and this is your game." Goodreads By day, seventeen-year-old Kiera Johnson is a college student, and one of the only black kids at Jefferson Academy. By night, she joins hundreds of thousands of black gamers who duel worldwide in the secret online role-playing card game, SLAY. No one knows Kiera is…
Cierra's Cynosure 