Reviews written by Stephanie Augustine, Staff Reviewer

All Hail, the Queen of the Freaks is a book unlike others. With a unique writing style and eccentric characters, this book is definitely one for its intended audience. What I loved about this book was the way it was written. It was easy to...

This might get rambly in the best possible way - let's do this WHAT A BOOK!!! First, literally - what a book. This book is over 700 pages long but not once does it ever feel boring or long. Every page is important. Every page...

Hi. Did I devour this book? Yes. Yes I did. I get real iffy about picking up YA contemporary because I'm well over the age for it and sometimes it's just hard to connect. But this book? I loved this book. While it was definitely meant to be young adult,...

Disciples of Chaos takes a different approach than Seven Faceless Saints. The first book focuses the murders happening throughout the city. While this mystery is solved, their troubles aren't over quite yet. Disciples of Chaos focuses more on the lore of the Gods and the world itself. The setting took...

Paper Dragons follows a predictable story structure for middle-grade fantasy. This formula is perfect for younger audiences. There were engaging elements such as a young main character who has a lot of potential but needs to learn it. You have a bully that the main character needs to deal with,...

When this book was announced I was so excited to read it. Unfortunately, it took me longer than I care to admit to finally pick it up. But I'm glad I did. Honestly, the beginning was a little slow for me which is why I couldn't give it fully 5...

Omg I finally finished this. Not because I didn't enjoy it but because I have such a struggle with physically reading books. And I tried to do this on audio but I hated the narrator so physical copy it was. And I enjoyed this book so much. I loved the...

This book was interesting. Looking at the plot alone, I thought it was a very interesting concept. Every time they dug a little deeper into the past and what was going on, I was completely enthralled. I do wish this book would have been a tad bit longer just so...

I had a hard time rating this book. I enjoyed it. I did. But there was something about it that also irked me. Maybe it was the academia setting as I'm finding this really aren't for me - however, I don't know if I'd classify this as a "dark academia"....

I'm not a big webtoon reader - more so because I don't like serialized reading. To get a little bit a time and then have to wait just isn't fulfilling to me and then I find myself judging the content too harshly, which isn't fair. So, to say that I'm...

I enjoyed this book way more than I thought I was going to. I've been loving these Spanish/Puerto Rican/Cuban stories so much lately - and this one has been the best so far! Our story covers 3 Bruja's whose stories are interconnected throughout two timelines. Delfi and Lela are twins...

Kalothia had grown up in the forest her whole life. She was told it was for her protection. Kalothia's parents were supporters of the traitorous queen and she had to be tucked away for safety. During her time in the forest, she was taught by Teacher and cared for by...

I have such mixed reviews about this book. Before I really dive in though I want to say holy insect horror. With a book called "Infested" and a bunch of cockroaches on the cover - I'd assume it was going to have some insect horror. But I was not ready...

I'll be honest and say that any book that has an interesting relationship with a persona of Death, is almost going to suck me in immediately. And Belladonna was no exception. Right from the very beginning, I was drawn into Signa's story. The beginning of the book did a great...

If you read the Kyoshi installments then you’ll be familiar with how Yee writes these amazing women. If you haven’t, then get ready to fall in love with his writing. I absolutely loved Kyoshi and her story but honestly, Yangchen has definitely stolen my heart. This story was intriguing right...