Nic Stone knows how to write a good book, and Chaos Theory is no exception. She doesn’t shy away from the tough topics like mental health and expresses it in a realistic light – if you’ve never read a Nic Stone book, do yourself a favor and pick up any of her many books – they’re all so good.
Title: Chaos Theory
Author: Nic Stone
Series: Standalone
Genres: Contemporary, Romance, Mental Health
I’ll be honest – the title is what drew me to this book, and the fact it sounds so close to My Chemical Romance, one of my favorite bands – how could I not pick this up?! I only later learned this is written by the author of The Atlas Six (under a penname), which many people rave about – so I knew this had to be good.
Title: My Mechanical Romance
Author: Alexene Farol Follmuth
Series: Standalone
Genres: Contemporary, Romance
This was my first book by Susan Dennard, an author I’ve heard many good things about and I’ve even met her at 2022 New York Comic Con and got a signed arc of this book! I heard this was based on the Twitter choose your own adventure thread she did but as I didn’t follow that, this was all new to me!
Title: The Luminaries
Author: Susan Dennard
Series: The Luminaries #1
Genres: Fantasy, Paranormal
This book has been on my TBR for literal years – I actually read Alix E. Harrow’s Fractured Fables series (A Spindle Splintered and A Mirror Mended) first but always wanted to go back to this one. I decided this January, I was going to read it! …I didn’t actually get to this book until February but hey, I finally did it. This book was weird but I think I enjoyed it?
Title: The Ten Thousand Doors of January
Authors: Alix E. Harrow
Series: Standalone
Genres: Fantasy, Historical Fiction, Magical Realism
Goodreads Summary
If you tell me a story is inspired by Moulin Rouge, I’m immediately interested. Add a magic system and make it a historical fiction with fantasy – I’m sold! I’ve been eagerly anticipating Revelle and it did not disappoint! It sparkled like the jewels used in this story.
Title: Revelle
Author: Lyssa Mia Smith
Series: Standalone
Genres: Fantasy, Historical Fiction, Romance
On Friday, February 17, I went to Books of Wonder for the Revelle by Lyssa Mia Smith launch event!
She was in conversation with Lauren Blackwood, Rochelle Hassan, and Meg Long. This event was so good, I loved the conversation and learning more about Revelle.
I recommend checking out Revelle as well as the books by the other authors as well!
After reading Blackout last year by this all star team of 6 authors, I couldn’t pass up reading Whiteout, especially when its cold out in January, perfect mood weather to read (and cuddle up) with!
Title: Whiteout
Authors: Dhonielle Clayton, Tiffany D. Jackson, Nic Stone, Angie Thomas, Ashley Woodfolk, and Nicola Yoon
Series: Standalone
Genres: Contemporary, Romance, Holiday
Goodreads Summary
The year is 2023 and Holly Black is bringing us back to faerie – this time with a story featuring Oak Greenbriar, younger brother of Jude Duarte – this review will contain spoilers for the Folk of the Air series so be warned!
Title: The Stolen Heir
Author: Holly Black
Series: The Stolen Heir #1
Genres: Fantasy, Urban Fantasy, Faeries
Thank you to Turn The Page Tours for having me on this blog tour!
My review is now live (although I never received a copy of this book, I listened to an audiobook from my library).
This book is a HarperCollins title. The HarperCollins Union is currently on strike and has been since Nov. 10, 2022, in hopes of living wages. I was scheduled to share a review today, but due to the ongoing Union strike I will be withholding my review until HarperCollins answers those on the picket line. I will revisit this post and update with my review once HarperCollins does something.
If you’re a fan of the Grishaverse, this is a must read! (And if you haven’t read any of the Grishaverse, this might not be the place to start – despite this being #0, you need to have some knowledge before reading this one to fully appreciate it.)
Title: Demon in the Wood
Author: Leigh Bardugo
Illustrator: Dani Pendergast
Series: Grishaverse #0
Genres: Fantasy, Graphic Novel
Frayed Books 