Being a lifelong Nessie enthusiast, when I saw Under Loch and Key, a romance novel where the main male character is under a curse that turns him into the Loch Ness Monster at night, I knew I had to pick it up. Unfortunately, even with the very original premise, the execution of Under Loch and Key just didn’t work for me. Perhaps it was my high expectations that mainly left […]
I have a lot going on in my life right now and I needed a light and fluffy read, especially after my frustrations with Iron Flame, and A Lady’s Guide to Fortune-Hunting is exactly that—and fun, too. I was hooked from the very first page, enjoying this Austen-esque work with a more modern lens, and which unfolds at a comfortable pace. Main character Kitty Dashwood, er, Talbot, is the […]
Hearing the hype about Iron Widow, and loving the idea of the story, which marketing boldly proclaimed is Pacific Rim meets A Handmaid’s Tale, I picked up this young adult novel. To put it bluntly, Iron Widow, and books like it, are the very reason I have mostly stopped reading young adult novels. In a nutshell, Iron Widow reads worse than some Wattpad stories, and despite having a good core […]