Category: Book Reviews


  • Air Awakens by Elise Kova

    Rating: ★★★★★ Quick Take This book made me feel like I was falling—slowly, beautifully, and then all at once. Air Awakens is everything I want in a fantasy: elemental magic, forbidden knowledge, simmering tension, and the kind of slow-burn romance that turns a library apprentice into a storm. It’s about power, choice, and the terrifying…

  • Boys in the Valley by Philip Fracassi

    Rating: ★★★★★ Quick Take This book didn’t scare me — it unnerved me. Boys in the Valley is the kind of horror that crawls under your skin and settles behind your ribs. It gave me that same feeling I get watching The Witch or Sinister: breath caught, shoulders tense, every page a dare. Fracassi doesn’t…

  • Lola and the Millionaires: Part Two by Kathryn Moon

    Rating: ★★★★½ Quick Take This one’s less about healing and more about reclaiming. Lola and the Millionaires: Part Two cranks up the heat, drops the outside world in her lap, and dares her to choose herself — over fear, over trauma, over guilt. It’s messier, spicier, and yeah, not as emotionally precise as Part One……

  • Lola and the Millionaires: Part One by Kathryn Moon

    Rating: ★★★★½ Quick Take Kathryn Moon delivers a consent-forward, high-heat Omegaverse adjacent romance that breaks genre habits in the best way. Lola is a Beta, not the typical fragile Omega heroine, and that shift changes everything: agency, boundaries, and emotional pacing all feel fresher and more grounded. Why Lola Works (and Why She’s Not Your…