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I’ve been a John Jackson Miller fan since I finished reading the first page of Star Wars: Kenobi. By the end of the last page, I was in awe of his talent at creating one of the best character studies I’d ever read. And all with hardly even using that character’s POV. A New Dawn… Continue reading Q&A With “Star Wars: The Living Force” Author John Jackson Miller
In the wake of the Nihil destruction of Starlight Beacon and their subsequent creation of the Stormwall barrier, the galaxy is in chaos. Jedi Knight Vernestra Rwoh is hiding away on a secluded planet, grieving the loss of her former Jedi Master and her Padawan. Engineering genius (and daughter to a Republic traitor) Avon Starros… Continue reading Review: The High Republic: Defy the Storm By Tessa Gratton and Justina Ireland
Jyn Erso will die a hero of the Rebellion. But once upon a time, she wass just a little girl, hiding in a tunnel, waiting for someone to save her. When eight-year-old Jyn Erso follows Saw Gerrera into the vast galaxy, she knows that her mother is dead and that all she has to rely… Continue reading Review: Rebel Rising by Beth Revis
Thank you to Angry Robot for sending me an advanced copy for review. Lulabelle Rock isn’t just a person, she’s an industry. And she has thirteen copies of herself to prove it.When copy thirteen wakes up in the world, she’s surprised to find that her purpose in this star-studded industry is to kill the other… Continue reading Review: Thirteen Ways to Kill Lulabelle Rock by Maud Woolf
In the wake of destruction of Starlight Beacon, darkness and despair have spread across the Republic. With Marchion Ro and his Nihil controlling a large portion of Republic space, hope is scarce. But it is not completely gone. Even as Ro grows in his determination to sow fear across the galaxy, others begin to question… Continue reading Review: The Eye of Darkness by George Mann
Many thanks to Pushkin Press for sending me a copy for review. Set during two formative times of her life, Mary; or the Birth of Frankenstein reimagines Mary Shelley's journey to the creation of her first and most brilliant monster. (It's also one of the most beautiful books I've ever owned!)I remember distinctly the first time I… Continue reading Review: Mary; or the Birth of Frankenstein by Anne Eekhout
Many thanks to Hodder & Stoughton for sending me a copy for review. One night in 1977, five people are invited to the isolated Lady Anderson's home for what she promises to be a lovely dinner; only four of them leave the house alive. Some forty years later, podcast host Felix Caerphilly walks listeners/readers through… Continue reading Review: Supper for Six by Fiona Sherlock
Many thanks to Hodder & Stoughton for sending me a copy for review. Nancy Lockaby has spent her life dreaming of the galaxy. When she witnesses an event that could change the face of astronomy forever, she dedicates the next eight years of her life to pushing against the eighteenth-century boundaries for women that threaten… Continue reading Review: The Wayward Sisters by Kate Hodges
Many thanks to Disney Books and Netgalley for sending me an ARC for review. After her failed attempt to escape Corellia with Han Solo, Qi'ra finds herself alone and forced even further back into the dark depths of the criminal underworld. From Scrumrat to the leader of Crimson Dawn, she must remember what it takes… Continue reading Review: Crimson Climb (Star Wars) by E. K. Johnston
RIP to Amy Winehouse, gone too soon but giver of October Song. My TBR list has gone off the rails, truly. I've been fortunate enough to get quite a few ARCs and review copies of upcoming books and that's literally all I've ever wanted from life, but it does mean I'm having to create a… Continue reading Today, My October TBR List Flew Away
Many thanks to Titan Books for sending me a copy for review! In the ever-growing lands of the Imperium, there is a woman with stolen magic in her veins. Across the northern reaches of the isolated island of Brittletain, there is a human girl who was raised by griffins. Travelling to the dark shadows of… Continue reading Review: Talonsister by Jen Williams
Apparently, I’m now very into naming my TBR posts after songs with the name of the month in either the title or the lyrics. I view this as a challenge, and I will win. I missed my August goal by one book, only because a review book came in that is so thick I needed… Continue reading Do You Remember? My Silly September TBR List?
In the aftermath of Thrawn’s and the Expansionary Defense Fleet’s defeat of the Nikardun, an unseen and unknown threat continues to test the strength of the Chiss Ascendancy. Weaving its way through the cracks of the Ascendancy’s social and political structures, this new threat won’t settle until it’s ruined the Chiss once and for all.… Continue reading Review: Greater Good (Thrawn: Ascendancy #2) by Timothy Zahn
Many thanks to Hodder & Stoughton for sending me a copy for review When infamous hitman Agent Seventeen quits his job for a more settled life, he expects someone to try and kill him to take his place. What he doesn’t expect is for that someone to be a young girl hiding in the woods… Continue reading Review: Assassin Eighteen by John Brownlow
Many thanks to Del Rey UK for sending me a copy for review. Jedi Iskat Akaris has never felt like she belonged. Not with the Order to which she was brought as a child; not with her Jedi master; not even with her once-closest friends. When she's thrust into the chaos and confusion of the… Continue reading Review: Rise of the Red Blade (Star Wars: Inquisitor) by Delilah S. Dawson
One of the greatest things that could ever happen to a Swiftie who is also a Leo is for Taylor to name a song after their birth month. August Leo Swifties thrive during this month, and I hope the same will be true for my TBR list. Here's a rundown of what I've got planned!… Continue reading Salt Air and My August TBR List
In the far reaches of the Unknown Regions, where Republic forces never venture, lies the Chiss Ascendancy. Hidden away in the Chaos, the Ascendancy keeps to itself, never interfering with outside matters or peoples. But when outsiders attack Chiss forces, a new era for the Ascendancy rises, led by a man determined to save his… Continue reading Review: Chaos Rising (Thrawn: Ascendancy #1) by Timothy Zahn
No one in Panem can escape the aftermath of the dark days of war — not even those who reside in the upper crust of the Capital. Not even the once-powerful house of Snow. Snow lands on top. His family’s long-time adage is nearly all Coriolanus Snow has to hold onto as Panem enters the… Continue reading Review: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins
I started this blog two years ago, when we were still in and out of lockdowns and I was procrastinating on finishing my PhD thesis. Since then, there are no more lockdowns and I've actually finished that thesis! In the process, though, I stopped posting on here. That's something I'd like to change. During those… Continue reading Fresh Start
Young Adult: Concrete Rose by Angie Thomas Maverick Carter had a plan for his life. But when he finds out he’s a father at sixteen, he has to readjust those plans to fit within his new responsibilities. Life as a Black teenage father is not easy, but Maverick is determined to be the best he… Continue reading My Top Books of 2021
While the galaxy is still reeling from the recent Nihil attack at the Republic Fair on Valo, a freelance freighter and a young Jedi Knight face newly wrought issues in the depths of hyperspace. After the loss of her mother months earlier, Sylvestri Yarrow is barely holding herself, her ship, and her crew together. But… Continue reading Review: Out of the Shadows (Star Wars: The High Republic) by Justina Ireland
Thank you to Hodder & Stoughton and NetGalley for providing me with a free advanced digital copy in exchange for an honest review. At the beginning of March 2020, Diana O’Toole is right on track in her life and her career. She’s on her way to a prestigious promotion at only twenty-eight and her surgeon… Continue reading Review: Wish You Were Here by Jodi Picoult
Perpetually unsatisfied with the hand she was dealt in life, Ivy Lin will do anything to get what, and who, she wants. From engaging in a bit of sleight of hand at garage sales as a child to imitating the lifestyles of those she most wants to be as an adult, Ivy refuses to accept… Continue reading Review: White Ivy by Susie Yang
Determined to bolster a ‘spirit of unity’ throughout the ever-expanding Galactic Republic, Chancellor Lina Soh refuses to allow the seemingly quiet threat of the Nihil and the Drengir to prevent the success of the first ever Republic Fair. With Jedi forces spear-heading efforts to rid the Republic of such threats, everyone from Jedi High Council… Continue reading Review: The Rising Storm (Star Wars: The High Republic) by Cavan Scott
There's nothing I love more than reading a scary story when the seasons start to change from hot to cold. Something about a chill in the air, so similar to the chills that radiate down our spines when confronted with a good scare, lends itself to the telling of tales that we probably shouldn't enjoy,… Continue reading Book Recs for Spooky Season
Jade Daniels is not a final girl. As a resident loner and slasher film expert, ‘half-Indian’ Jade knows better than to think she could be anything other than a spectator to what she’s sure will be her small town’s big break into slasher history. When the perfect final girl arrives in town in the form… Continue reading Review: My Heart is a Chainsaw by Stephen Graham Jones
More at home in the archives than in the darkness of space, the last thing Jedi Padawan Reath Silas wants to do is join his Master, Jora Malli, in the recently colonised Outer Rim. But as he and a group of travellers make their way to the newly constructed Starlight Beacon, they encounter old terrors… Continue reading Review: Into the Dark (Star Wars: The High Republic) by Claudia Gray
I’d first like to thank NetGalley and Titan Books for sending me a free copy in exchange for an honest review. When Tess Matheson uproots her life to protect her little sister’s future, she never expected to meet someone like Eliot Birch, and she certainly never expected to accidentally release the devil with him. Set… Continue reading Review: The Devil Makes Three by Tori Bovalino
Chloe Brown does not take risks. Not with her health and not with her life. But when she has a near-death experience, Chloe decides that maybe she needs a change. Thus, her list on how to live a more extraordinary life is born. Redford Morgan, artist, building superintendent, and Chloe’s new enemy certainly isn’t on… Continue reading Review: Get a Life, Chloe Brown by Talia Hibbert
Set in an alternate version of Earth where space travel advancements occurred much earlier and interstellar travel is made possible by the year 2012, Do You Dream of Terra-Two? focuses on the preparation, travels and trials of six young adults who have been chosen to colonize Terra-Two, an Earth-like planet in a neighbouring solar system.… Continue reading Review: Do You Dream of Terra-Two? By Temi Oh
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