The Golden Raven by Nora Sakavic This book definitely suffers from middle book syndrome and just didn’t hit as hard as the previous ones because it’s just way too long. I’m glad we got a lot of domestic scenes, of Cat and Laila and spending more time and getting to know the rest of the … More Mini Reviews #59: August 2025| The Literary Huntress
Our Infinite Fates by Laura Steven ★★ Ooof as someone who love fated connection stories, this rating pains me. On paper, this book should be everything that I love. Doomed soulmates, especially rei…| The Literary Huntress
Wen-yi Lee’s debut novel, The Dark We Know, is a unique horror that explores childhood trauma, the harm of religious dogma, and unbreakable bonds. Isadora Chang never expected to return to her hometown of Slater after she all but ran from it two years ago. But with the passing of her father, she is forced … Continue reading Mini-Reviews: The Dark We Know + The Cottage Around the Corner| A Kernel of Nonsense
Liselle Sambury’s Delicious Monsters uses the haunted house trope to explore the many ways that Black girls are forgotten, disregarded, and exploited. The novel is divided between two protagonists, Daisy and Brittney, who are separated by ten years and many unanswered questions. As part of her internship Brittney and her partner are pitching a web … Continue reading Mini-Reviews: Delicious Monsters + Even Though I Knew the End| A Kernel of Nonsense
Hello all! Party time! It’s the end of the summer, but the beginning of my favourite time of year! And that makes it super appropriate to share my new CELEBRATIONS and PARTY ANIMAL designs! I… More| the orang-utan librarian
Title: Bunny Author: Mona Awad Series: Bunny, #1 Pages: 305 Publisher: Penguin Books Release Date: June 9, 2020 TW: suicide ideation, animal death “‘We were just these innocent girls in…| A Kernel of Nonsense
Graveyard Shift by ML Rio ★★★★ I know this book has pretty low rating on goodreads, but as someone in microbiology I am SO excited when I realized how this book will go into detail about some weird…| The Literary Huntress
Welcome welcome to another individual + series review! Today we are going to talk about Heaven Official’s Blessing, aka Tian Guan Ci Fu (天官赐福 – TGCF for here onwards), which is the late…| The Literary Huntress
I’m back and I’ve got so many excellent romances to tell you about today! Some are pure historical, some add magical elements, and all are very good reads. All of these were ebooks sent to me free of charge through NetGalley or by the author, but as always my opinions are my own. Empire of… Continue reading Quickfire Historical Romance Round Up!| A Cat, A Book, and A Cup of Tea
This is my last batch of books I read in 2024! Unfortunately, December was not a good reading month as I started and ended my month with DNFs, fell into a reading slump, and only managed to read 2 …| The Literary Huntress
The Plague Year by Lawrence Wright ★★★ I had to read the first 2 chapters for one of my class and thought it was interesting, so I decided to pick up the whole book. The rest of the book turned out…| The Literary Huntress
Jade City by Fonda Lee ★★★★ This book was such an amazing series opener and I can see why so many people loved it! Jade City immediately got me in its chokehold from straight from its very first ch…| The Literary Huntress
I am meant to be reading through Dark Apostle with the usual suspects, but, I just cannot get into it. I’ll save that rant for when I am finally finished with it, but because I was doubting m…| Tragic Fangirl
Witch King by Martha Wells ★★ Oof this was rough. I had such a struggle in the beginning, since the author really threw us into deep water and expect us to swim and i drowned 😅😭. The world building…| The Literary Huntress
Prince of Blue Flowers by Ryu Zhong DNF at 52% I received an eARC of this book in exchange for an honest review from Netgalley. This is an independently published book about this trickster-like cha…| The Literary Huntress
