Pick this book up if you love dark stories that crawl into your heart and lodge themselves in firmly, endings like Illuminae, and antiheroes you won't soon forget.

A Raven story is great but the art is what stands out in this book. The art style. The use of color. The flow of the panels and how the page space is used. This is a work of beauty!

This would have been a 5 star read for me except for the language around substance use disorders. In a time when we are working to destigmatize the work, it's important we use people centered language and also avoid inappropriate labels (like "clean").

I guess I’m just reading all my favorite books this fall. Pick this one up if you love history we should have learned in school but didn’t, This is Us, and an intense desire to pick up an author’s entire backlist when you’re done.

Well, that was dark.

Shaped like a trapper keeper, Will Byers’ Secret Files gives you a few tidbits within his mind. Nothing new or astonishing here but fun for collectors!

Add His Hideous Heart to your TBR if you love a modern twist on classic stories, authors who narrate their own audiobooks (a treat!), and the opportunity for a little whimsy while being terrified!

The Great Abandonment could have been prevented. But it was not.

– When She Reigns

We’ve seen Mira and her found family go from the worst imprisonment in history to running for their lives and now we watch as their worlds crumble before their eyes. Their gods are abandoning them as the people have abandoned their commitments to protecting their world…and their dragons.

Dang, does it hurt.

Before She Ignites. As She Ascends. When She Reigns. There are no more perfect titles for where Mira is along this journey. This is the book where Mira finds her voice. Where she finds her purpose.

Where everything falls apart.

I wish I could say that Mira easily puts everything back together again wrapped in a shiny dragon tail but this is still a finale by Jodi Meadows and you know she’s going to give you reality. Rebellion is hard. Leading people is hard. Knowing what the right thing to do is hard. So much of the story mirrors our current world politics and the discrimination many people face.

Endings make the way for beginnings…

I won’t give away the big twist in this book but let’s just say each book brings dragons more and more into the forefront. If As She Ascends was all dragons, all the time then When She Reigns is just living in dragon town. Yes, we see all of the dragons we’ve met before and yes we meet even more dragons. Dragons are the heart of this land and they remain a main source of conflict. Be prepared for all the feels and an ending that leaves you satisfied and knowing that hope and love truly do win.

Read this if you love: Interior stories that match exterior covers, USS Callister, and twists audiences will either love or hate.

Read this if you love: non-spooky ghost stories with a lot of heart, Ghost (yes, Patrick Swayze!), and a sisterly bond that transcends the plane of life and death.