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Atlas of Unknowable Things: A Book Review
I love a good suspense. Bonus points if there’s a bookish main character. Even more bonus points if it feels reminiscent of Gothic literature. Atlas of Unknowable Things gets all the bonus points because it features a young woman, hoping to finish her doctoral thesis and ends up getting caught up in the supernatural. The fact that she is a skeptic and refuses to accept it at first adds a bit of levity to the narrative. This novel also has quite a cozy feel. I received an ARC

Chyina Powell
Jan 262 min read


A Pretender's Murder
I love a good mystery. All the better when there are moments of suspense and when there are reveals one after the other. In A Pretender’s Murder by Christopher Huang, we get just that. Eric is, was, a soldier in the Great War, a war that he and millions of others are still reeling from seven years later. And as he pieces his life back together, he finds himself with a new job in a gentleman’s club as the secretary, the old one gone after a murder. And yet only weeks into Eric

Chyina Powell
Jan 263 min read


A Far Better Thing
Have you ever wondered what happened to the kids who were switched with changelings? A Far Better Thing is an adult fantasy novel by H.G. Parry that focuses on a man named Memory, who at the age of two was whisked away to the fairy world, known as the Realm. But at the age of thirteen he was dropped off back in the mortal world to act as a mortal servant, seeing that the will of fairies be done. His tasks range from collecting bones, to kidnapping babies and swapping them wit

Chyina Powell
Jan 263 min read


Anji Kills A King: A Review
Anji Kills A King is an adult fantasy novel that centers on a girl named Anji, who as the title suggests, kills a king. This action is...

Chyina Powell
Apr 15, 20252 min read


Drop Dead Sisters: A Review
I received a digital ARC of this novel for exchange for an honest review. Drop Dead Sisters is a cozy mystery by Amelia Diane Coombs that...

Chyina Powell
Jan 20, 20252 min read


Elphie: A Wicked Childhood Book Review
Firstly, want to say that I received Elphie: A Wicked Childhood free from the publisher in exchange for an honest review! I received an...

Chyina Powell
Jan 20, 20252 min read


Best Books So Far!
Books have always been a lifeline for me. A place to escape when things got too real, too rough, too complicated. They were also the...

Chyina Powell
Sep 18, 20244 min read


How To Kill Your Darlings
Editing can be hard, getting rid of those scenes that you love can be hard. And sometimes, you just don't know where to go to learn more...

Chyina Powell
Aug 5, 20243 min read


An Old Lady Solves A Murder
Okay, first things first. I read this book for a book club I am a part of and I am so glad that I did. It was funny and cringey in all...

Chyina Powell
Jan 11, 20242 min read


Upgrade: A Book Review
Upgrade is a science fiction novel by Blake Crouch that features a would-be scientist turned government agent named Logan Ramsey. Logan...

Chyina Powell
Dec 8, 20232 min read


My Favorite Scar: A Review
I received an advanced reader copy of the novel My Favorite Scar free from the publisher in exchange for an honest review. My Favorite...

Chyina Powell
Nov 24, 20232 min read


How Lucky: A Book Review
How Lucky is a novel by author Will Leitch that centers Daniel, a man with SMA, who is regulated to a wheelchair and using technology to...

Chyina Powell
Nov 18, 20233 min read


Tomorrow and Tomorrow and...What Else?
Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow is a contemporary novel by Gabrielle Zevin that centers two game developers (Sam and Sadie) through...

Chyina Powell
Oct 20, 20233 min read


Could You Hide Your Identity?
The Personal Librarian is a historical fiction novel that tells what may be an account of the life of Belle Marion Greener, better known...

Chyina Powell
Oct 6, 20232 min read
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