The Cerulean by Amy Ewing Review

The CeruleanAuthor: Amy Ewing Publication date: January 29, 2019 Genre: YA fantasy Pages: 496 Publisher: HarperTeen Synopsis Sera has always felt as if she didn’t belong among her people, the Cerulean. She is curious about everything and can’t stop questioning her three mothers, her best friend, Leela, and even the High Priestess. Sera has longed…

Four Dead Queens by Astrid Scholte Review

Four Dead Queens Author: Astrid Scholte Publication date: February 26, 2019 Genre: YA fantasy Pages: 432 Publisher: Putnam Synopsis A divided nation. Four Queens. A ruthless pickpocket. A noble messenger. And the murders that unite them. ​ Get in quick, get out quicker. These are the words Keralie Corrington lives by as the preeminent dipper…

February Anticipated Releases

I feel like February is a great month for new releases. These are all of the books (that I know of) that I'm looking forward to releasing in February. I normally don't include books I've already read (ARCs) but I figured I would, why not? Warrior of the Wild by Tricia Levenseller Publication date: February…

A Curse so Dark and Lonely by Brigid Kemmerer Review

A Curse so Dark and Lonely Author: Brigid Kemmerer Publication date: January 29, 2019 Genre: YA fantasy/retelling Pages: 496 Publisher: Bloomsbury YA Synopsis Fall in love, break the curse. It once seemed so easy to Prince Rhen, the heir to Emberfall. Cursed by a powerful enchantress to repeat the autumn of his eighteenth year over…

Five Star Reads of 2018

I'm going to go through all of the books I rated 5 stars in 2018 by month, some months there will be multiple books that I loved and other months there might be one or none. If you take a look at my Goodreads you might say "Hey, Ainslee what about this book that has…

Girls of Paper and Fire by Natasha Ngan Review

Girls of Paper and Fire Author: Natasha Ngan Publication date: November 6, 2018 Genre: YA fantasy Pages: 400 Publisher: Jimmy Patterson Books Synopsis Each year, eight beautiful girls are chosen as Paper Girls to serve the king. It's the highest honor they could hope for...and the most cruel. But this year, there's a ninth girl.…

Waiting on Wednesday

I AM SO EXCITED FOR THIS BOOK! So, I read The City of Brass at the beginning of the year and fell in love. So if you haven't read The City of Brass you should go do that: 18th century Egypt, djinn and other mythical creatures, magic, action, sassy MC, Middle Eastern culture and folklore,…