Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Rating - 4.38 out of 5
In Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Noemí Taboada is an unlikely heroine. When her beloved cousin reaches out for help, Noemí braves the Mexican wilderness to find what has happened to her. Once at the estate of her cousin’s new husband, High Place, it becomes obvious that her physical maladies...
The Glass Hotel by Emily St. John Mandel
Rating - 4.63 out of 5
In the time before the 2008 financial crash, there is a hotel in Western Canada. Life at this hotel is disrupted one evening when the words ‘Why don’t you swallow broken glass?’ are scrawled on a window in acid. This one act brings together some of the...
The Girl in the Tower by Katherine Arden
Rating - 4.7 out of 5
Having run away from her family, Vasya is looking to be a traveler far and wide, but only as she pretends to be a boy. While she still courts danger at every turn, she often has help from the supernatural on her journey. With everything in Moscow...
The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue by Mackenzi Lee
Rating - 4.25 out of 5
In The Gentleman’s Guide to Vice and Virtue by Mackenzi Lee, Henry "Monty" Montague is looking for adventure. With things being tense at home and a future of taking care of the family money not his cup of tea, Monty is looking for an adventure...
The Bear and the Nightingale
Rating - 5 out of 5
The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden opens deep in the forests of Russia; there lives a girl, Vasya, and her family that are caught in a world between the christian God and the gods of old. While there is mostly a peace between these two opposing forces, the...
