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The Resurrectionist

** I received an ARC for an honest review** ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Description Edinburgh, Scotland, 1828. Naïve but determined James Willoughby has abandoned his posh, sheltered life at Oxford to pursue a lifelong dream of studying surgery in Edinburgh. A shining beacon of medical discovery in the age of New Enlightenment, the city’s university offers everything James… Continue reading The Resurrectionist

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Black History Month Reads

Black History Month (1 February - 1 March) recognises and celebrates the struggles and vibrancy of African-American authors. Some of the issues tackled in the books I've read or currently reading include the slave trade, war, refugees, social inequality and marginalisation. So check out all these amazing books from gothic horror, speculative fiction, dark academia,… Continue reading Black History Month Reads

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Asylum

** I received an ARC for an honest review** ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Description Ashleigh and her little family of misfits are on the run, searching for a new home where they can rest and finally get clean. The police hot on their heels, they flee to the abandoned asylum at the top of the mountain, thinking it’s… Continue reading Asylum

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The Night Ends With Fire

** I received an ARC for an honest review ** ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Description The Three Kingdoms are at war, but Meilin’s father refuses to answer the imperial draft. Trapped by his opium addiction, he plans to sell Meilin for her dowry instead – but when she discovers that her husband-to-be is violent and ill-tempered, she decides… Continue reading The Night Ends With Fire

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This Ravenous Fate

** I received an ARC for an honest review ** ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Description SOMETIMES TRUE LOVE DEFIES DEATH ITSELF. New York, 1926. Reapers - once-human vampires - stalk the shadows.  The Saint family has reigned over the city for years, protecting its inhabitants through their thriving reaper-hunting enterprise. But reluctant heir Elise Saint faces a chilling… Continue reading This Ravenous Fate

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Twice-Spent Comet

** I received an ARC for an honest review ** ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Description The fall from hopeful revolutionary to prison laborer is a hard one. Fer’s world has shrunk from the whole damn universe to this anonymous asteroid and the four other convicts who share it with them. It’s a fitting end, for someone who used… Continue reading Twice-Spent Comet

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The Others of Edenwell

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Description Norfolk, 1917. Unable to join the army due to a heart condition, Freddie lives and works with his father in the grounds of the Edenwell Hydropathic, a wellness retreat in the Norfolk brecks. Preferring the company of birds – who talk to him as one of their own – over the eccentric characters… Continue reading The Others of Edenwell

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An Education in Malice

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Description Deep in the forgotten hills of Massachusetts stands Saint Perpetua’s College. Isolated and ancient, it is not a place for timid girls. Here, secrets are currency, ambition is lifeblood, and strange ceremonies welcome students into the fold.    On her first day of class, Laura Sheridan is thrust into an intense academic rivalry… Continue reading An Education in Malice

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A House with Good Bones

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Description "Mom seems off."  Her brother's words echo in Sam Montgomery's ear as she turns onto the quiet North Carolina street where their mother lives alone. She brushes the thought away as she climbs the front steps. Sam's excited for this rare extended visit, and looking forward to nights with just the two of… Continue reading A House with Good Bones

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The Secret History

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Description Under the influence of their charismatic classics professor, a group of clever, eccentric misfits at an elite New England college discover a way of thinking and living that is a world away from the humdrum existence of their contemporaries. But when they go beyond the boundaries of normal morality their lives are changed… Continue reading The Secret History