Title: Author: Mel West Release Date: May 19, 2026 Blurb:A sharp, darkly funny novel capturing a generation raised on achievement and self-optimization, only to discover that visible success doesn’t guarantee fulfillment—from a debut novelist to watch. Jess appears to be doing everything right. But when her best friend falls in love, the cracks in Jess’s […]
Julie’s Review: : I kept trying to turn to the next page but my kindle was stuck! What was that ending? This series continues to get more and and more intense. Book 4 leaves off with Guardian Neil captured and taken to fae court to pay for his… sins? Book 5 here finds our heroine […]
We’re chatting about covers on Chapter Break. ‘Cause you know we all judge books by covers, whether we admit it or not. We judge the style, the color and font choices, and just the overall look. That might not keep us from reading the book, but we do still judge. Oohhhh what an interesting […]
Children’s Fantasy Adventure, Educational Fiction / Learning Adventure Date Published: February 27, 2026 In this imaginative and heartwarming picture book, Tilly and the Wisdom Trials introduces young readers to a world hidden beneath the prairie – a place where learning is a magical adventure and knowledge is the key to unlocking ancient secrets. […]
For this discussion post, we are joining the Fantasy With Friends discussion with Pages Unbound. This week’s prompt: Do you like reading fairy tale retellings? What, in your opinion, makes a good retelling? Julie: I enjoy a good twisting up of a well known story. Give me an origin story that paints the […]
Julie’s Review of : In this “Beauty and the Beast” reimagining, where the princess is both beauty and beast, we have a story focused on the race to find a cure to save her sister, and a love that cannot be denied. The MMC in this book is all green flags. Completely a cinnamon roll […]
by Stacy Carlson Release Date: May 19, 2026, Alternating Current Press Blurb: ***Winner of the 2025 Electric Book Award*** An atmospheric journey into the far northern wilds, The Gyre spins one man’s search for meaning into an astonishing saga where adventure, folklore, and the Arctic converge. Arkady Afanasyev is a nineteenth-century Russian monk who aims to be […]
Julie’s Review: I am having some feelings… and most of these feelings are confusion. What in the actual was that ending? I know this book gets a lot of hype and maybe I had my expectations higher than they should be. I did enjoy this book, I listened to it quickly and for many […]
Historical Fiction Date Published: 05-16-2016 Publisher: She Writes Press Celebrating the 10th Anniversary After the tragic death of her husband and son on a remote island in Washington’s San Juan Islands, Eliza Waite joins the throng of miners, fortune hunters, business owners, con men, and prostitutes traveling north to the Klondike in the spring of […]
Julie’s Review of : This book was a fun ride! Described as a dark paranormal rom-com, it is a spiiiicy enemies to lovers monster romance with a meddling goddess, riddles to solve, and family drama. In a word, it was delicious. Avery is a witch with no magic and has failed again and again […]