1. THE CLINIC BY KATE QUINN (Adult Thriller) WHAT IT’S ABOUT: Meg decides to become a patient at a remote clinic in order to investigate her sister Haley’s death. WHY IT’S HERE: The ending of this book goes completely off the rails in a way that was too outlandish and unnecessary. It spoiled the book for me, to be honest. I liked the dual perspectives of a patient and a worker at the clinic, but the worker, Cara, was painfully naive and useless. Also, as tends to be the case

NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER READS   1. Three Shattered Souls by Mai Corland (Adult Fantasy) (439 pages) (4.5⭐️) This is the conclusion to the Broken Blades trilogy following a group of morally grey characters who, in the first book (Five Broken Blades), engage in a high stakes heist. I have grown attached to the characters throughout the series and it was emotional to bid them farewell. This trilogy is one of my favorite fantasy series to date – it has well developed characters and

I want to start this blog by acknowledging I am very lucky to have a family who gift me books and gift cards to buy them for Christmas. I love my local library and use it frequently, but I also love collecting books (which I of course read) to own. BOOKS I RECEIVED PHYSICALLY   1. The Road of Bones by Demi Winters (Adult Romantasy) This novel is about Silla Nordvig who is fleeing a queen's assassin and joins a band of mercenaries known as the Bloodaxe Crew on a perilous journ

GENRE: Adult Romantasy LENGTH: 511 pages   PLOT Princess Odessa lives in a land of five kingdoms infested with deadly monsters. She is married off in an arrangement with a foreign prince, Zander, and finds herself stranded and alone in a new and dangerous land.   CHARACTERS Odessa is a wonderful protagonist. She may be a princess, but she’s humble, kind, determined, and tough. She’s no damsel in distress (though she IS a terrible spy). She has a slowburn romance with the Gu