THE RED PALACE by JUNE HUR A REVIEW by ALEXA DUNCAN I knew I wanted to read The Red Palace as soon as it was announced. June Hur has written two other books, The Silence of Bones and The Forest of Stolen Girls, each of them historical mysteries set in Joseon Era Korea.…
THINGS WE COULDN’T SAY by JAY COLES A REVIEW by ALEXA DUNCAN Things We Couldn’t Say by Jay Coles is a moving YA contemporary novel following Gio Zander, a high schooler who was abandoned by his mother when he was nine. Not only is he dealing with lingering abandonment issues,…
COLD THE NIGHT, FAST THE WOLVES by MEG LONG A REVIEW by ALEXA DUNCAN When Cold the Night, Fast the Wolves by Meg Long first crossed my radar, I was instantly excited because I’m a lifelong wolf girl. Ask anyone who knew me when I was a kid and they’ll tell…
THE KEEPER OF NIGHT by KYLIE LEE BAKER A REVIEW by ALEXA DUNCAN The Keeper of Night by Kylie Lee Baker is a dark fantasy novel that explores race, identity, Japanese culture, and what happens when you can freeze time because you’re a literal child of Death. Here we have Ren…
CITY OF SHATTERED LIGHT by CLAIRE WINN A REVIEW by ALEXA DUNCAN City of Shattered Light by Claire Winn is an exiting YA sci-fi novel following two very different girls. The first is Asanna Alameida, a tech heiress set to inherit a dangerous artificial intelligence program called Project Winterdark. The…
THE BETROTHED by KIERA CASS A REVIEW BY ALEXA DUNCAN I’m going to be honest with you, dear readers. I’ve kind of lost my steam here at the end of the year. According to GoodReads, I’ve read exactly 100 books this year and that’s probably what’s contributing to my burnout.…
LORE OLYMPUS 1 by RACHEL SMYTHE A REVIEW by ALEXA DUNCAN I’d like to start this review off with an apology to Rachel Smythe: Dear Rachel, I’m very sorry I’ve never read Lore Olympus before now. I regret my decision immensely. Okay, now that I’ve gotten that out of my system,…
LIFE AS WE KNEW IT by SUSAN BETH PFEFFER A REVIEW by ALEXA DUNCAN Life As We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer is one of those books I’ve thought about rereading for a long time. Initially, I’d read the book way back in 2007. I was thirteen at the…
JADE FIRE GOLD by JUNE CL TAN A REVIEW by ALEXA DUNCAN When I first heard about Jade Fire Gold by June CL Tan, I knew I wanted to read it. This Chinese-inspired fantasy story has all the hallmarks of the genre: A lost prince, a peasant girl who’s actually a…
BOOK OF SHADOWS by CATE TIERNAN A REVIEW by ALEXA DUNCAN I already know I’ll be showing my age with this one, dear readers, but every so often, I feel the urge to pick up a book (or series) I loved in high school (or earlier) to see if it…