The Bone Orchard
Charm is a witch, and she is alone. The last of a line of conquered necromantic workers, now confined within the yard of regrown bone trees at Orchard House, and the secrets of their marrow. Charm is a prisoner, and a survivor. Charm tends the trees and their clattering fruit for the sake of her children, painstakingly grown and regrown with its fruit: Shame, Justice, Desire, Pride, and Pain. Charm is a whore, and a madam. The wealthy and powerful of Borenguard come to her house to buy time with the girls who aren’t real. Except on Tuesdays, which is when the Emperor himself lays claim to his mistress, Charm…
Escaping from Houdini
Summary The journey and the dynamic mystery duo of Audrey Rose and Thomas continues and this time might be the end. They start investigating a series of murders on an ocean liner featuring a magical carnival and Audrey Rose starts to question everything about her life. Will they survive this mystery or will it end it more murder and ruin? My Thoughts HOLY MAGIC CIRCUS WAS THIS BOOK AMAZING!! I’m obsessed with this series and these characters and these books just keep getting better and better! The mystery and the glamour of the age just never gets old and the characters get more and more hilarious and loveable with each…
Kingdom of the Wicked Review
Summary In Sicily, there lived two sisters. One day, one of them is murdered so the other asks Hell for help in finding out who killed her. My Thoughts: So my heart is broken and I don’t know what I am going to do until the next book. I mean this book came out like two weeks ago and I have no idea when the next book is going to come out so I’m dying inside. It was just so good. I stopped reading for moments in between to just absorb how amazing this book was. I am still in shock honestly. I just love every single thing about it…
The Turn of the Screw Review
Summary: A young girl takes her first job as a governess for two strange children in a house in the country. At first the job seems wonderful and the children delightful, but then she starts to see strange things and maybe the children are not so delightful. My Thoughts: So it has been a long while since I read classic literature so the writing style was quite an adjustment for me. Don’t get me wrong I love a good classic, but this one was a little questionable to me. I was expecting a much darker and much scarier story and it just fell very flat for me. I just thought…
My Favorite Reads of September
I unfortunately did not get a lot of reading done this month, but the books I did read were so good. It was really difficult to choose which five I was going to discuss in this post, but the ones I picked were necessary reads for me. This month has been a roller coaster of emotions and these books helped me through some hard times. Kingdom of Ash by Sarah J. Maas Well I have finally finished the Throne of Glass series and I am devastated. I wish I could always stay in the land of Terrasen, but this conclusion was absolutely perfect. There was some very depressing moments, but…
Mexican Gothic Review
Summary Noemi Taboada is a socialite and debutante that enjoys parties and dreams of getting her masters in anthropology. In order to achieve her dream, she has to travel to a remote city to visit her recently married cousin. Her cousin sent a disturbing letter questioning her happiness and sanity and Noemi must find out about the truth. When Noemi arrives at the house, she starts to question her own insanity and who she is. My Thoughts: So this was such a creepy book. I am still reeling from the details of this book and probably will never recover. The setting and the details of this book were amazing. The…
