The Wandering Jellyfish Bookshop has come through again, y'all! This week, I read Madeleine Roux's paranormal adventure, romance, all-around intriguing new novel The Book of Living Secrets. It was a ride. (And vlogs are back!) So, we start off with two friends, Adelle and Connie, it's the Sadie Hawkins dance and Connie chickens out. See, [...]
Tag: fantasy
Wonder-ful
The narrator of Robert Graham's The Former Boy Wonder is so relatably raw that I almost forgot that I was reading a fiction novel. It's also somewhat of a fantasy... but not in the way you'd think, though I'll get to that later. We first meet Pete as a young, unnamed boy who's obsessed with [...]
Rose Gold
Y'all. Jessica Olson's upcoming book A Forgery of Roses (coming out next month) is DELIGHTFUL. It's funny, it's dramatic, it's romantic, it's magical... I cannot tell you how much I liked it! (and here's a link to my vlog so you can hear me fangirl too) This is a complex book--it's fantasy, it's romance, it's [...]
Keeping It Interesting
I knew I was in for a treat when I saw AD Wills pop up in my inbox, and I was right! His new book, The Keeper's Codex was engaging, adventurous, and fun, so read on for more. (Or watch--I'm going to make sure to have vlogs for authors who reach out to me, but [...]
Absinthe, Fairies, Fantasy…Oh my!
What a story! I thoroughly enjoyed Sharon Lynn Fisher's The Absinthe Earl, much more than I thought I would. While I love fantasy like Harry Potter, it's not a genre that I generally go for, but I'm glad I picked up this book. Indeed, I thought it was going to be like one of those froo-froo, cheesy [...]