Blog Tour + Giveaway (INTL) : Crier’s War by Nina Varela

Hey all! So I ended up taking an unexpected hiatus these past two weeks, because life got busy and I got tired and also kind of sick, and I'm hoping to be back later this week and catch up on...uh, well, a hell of lot of things. *stares bleakly at my pile of draft posts* …

Reviews: Contagion & Immunity by Erin Bowman – Biological Space Horror and Maple Walnut Ice Cream

Title: Contagion (Contagion 1) Author: Erin Bowman Publisher: HarperTeen Release Date: July 24th, 2018 Genre(s): YA Sci-Fi, Thriller, Horror Subjects and Themes: Microbiology, LGBTQIAP+ Page Count: 432 (hardback) Rating: 7.5/10       After receiving a distress call from a drill team on a distant planet, a skeleton crew is sent into deep space to …

Review: Destroy all Monsters – Messy with a Chance of Dinosaurs

Title: Destroy all Monsters Author: Sam J. Miller Publisher: HarperTeen Release Date: July 2nd, 2019 Genre(s): YA Fantasy, Contemporary Subjects and Themes: Mental Health, LGBTQIAP+ Page Count: 400 (hardback) Rating: 4.0/10       Solomon and Ash both experienced a traumatic event when they were twelve. Ash lost all memory of that event when she …

Interview with Sam J. Miller – Destroy all Monsters

A crucial, genre-bending tale, equal parts Ned Vizzini and Patrick Ness, about the life-saving power of friendship. Solomon and Ash both experienced a traumatic event when they were twelve. Ash lost all memory of that event when she fell from Solomon’s treehouse. Since then, Solomon has retreated further and further into a world he seems …

Review: And the Ocean Was Our Sky – Moby Dick Inverted

Title: And the Ocean Was Our Sky Author: Patrick Ness Publisher: HarperTeen Release Date: September 4th, 2018 Genre(s) and Subject(s): YA, Fantasy, Retelling Page Count: 160 (hardcover) Goodreads Rating: 8.0/10         "Harpoon strapped to my back, swimming along the decks of the great hunting ship Alexandra, our sails catching the currents, the …

Review: Summer of Salt – Magical in Premise, Faulty in Execution

Title: Summer of Salt Author: Katrina Leno Publisher: HarperTeen Release Date: June 5th 2018 Genre(s): Contemporary, Fantasy, Young Adult Page Count: 272 (hardback) Goodreads Rating: 5.0/10       This is one of those "You could have been amazing, so what the hell happened?" books. The premise is fantastic. Described as Practical Magic meets Bone …

The Art of Starving – A Looking Glass into Myself (Personal Story + Review)

Title: The Art of Starving Author: Sam J. Miller Publisher: HarperTeen Release Date: July 11th, 2017 Genre(s): Young Adult, Contemporary, Fantasy Page Count: 384 pages Goodreads Rating: 9.0/10 (Champions of the Genre)     Trigger Warning (for the post and the book): Depression, self-harm, starvation, and eating disorder. I've gone back and forth on whether …