Shelf Quest

This book started out strong for me, which I started while reading The Minotaur Sampler, Volume 18. This was one of three previews I read and I was so into it I immediately requested the full version to review. Detective Inspector Samantha Hansen has been gone from work for six months after an assault from a co-worker and a breakdown. Sam is brought back to work when a fourteen-year-old girl is found and Sam feels compelled to find her killer….

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I love The Once and Future Queen so much that I’m having a hard time settling on what to say. I’m realizing a newfound obsession with Arthurian-legend books. They are all so different that it’s like reading completely different books but the characters all have the same names. Kinda confusing if you think about them all together, but this one stands out due to it being from Guinevere’s point-of-view. So I already know that I love medieval settings, especially Camelot,…

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Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy 3/5 StarsThis book started extremely slowly for me, so much so that I almost stopped listening to the audiobook. It didn’t have the same pull as McConaghy’s other books had for me. This one is set slightly in the future and really harped on climate change rather than having a more balanced medley of themes as her other books have had. It ended up feeling like a soft thriller once it picked up, between…

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The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches by Sangu Mandanna 4/5 Stars I liked a lot about this book. The witch rules (and curses) in this particular world are unique and well thought out. There’s a full cast of characters and they’re all distinct enough to stand out and on their own. I really enjoyed reading it and plan to read the next one but it didn’t “wow” me in a way that has me giving it high praise and…

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The Alchemy of Flowers by Laura Resau 4/5 StarsI really like all of the tidbits about France and the French language in this book. The idea of a secret garden in France is an absolute dream. I love how this garden was described, the individual living spaces, the intricacies of their daily lives. One thing that was hard for me to believe is how easily the French language came back to Eloise after last using it fifteen years earlier in…

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A Curse Carved in Bone (Saga of the Unfated #2) by Danielle L. Jensen 3/5 StarsUnfortunately I was underwhelmed by this one, as well as my reread of A Fate Inked in Blood in preparation for the sequel. I absolutely loved the first book when it came out and I don’t know why I didn’t like it as much the second time around. This one felt like Freya was sulking and bratty for most of the book. I found her…

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