This is the sequel to All Systems Red. Murderbot left its guardian (a gentler way of saying owner), and is pretending to be a human. It meets a system named ART. At first Murderbot distrusts ART but they eventually become friends. Murderbot wants and needs to find out about its past, and to get to a certain area ART convinces it to take on a temporary job as a security consultant. The interaction between Murderbot and ART was so much fun to read and the few action scenes were well-written. I really adore Murderbot and really excited to read more of this series. :)

This is such an interesting and insightful book that analyzes romance novels. It has the author being interviewed by an unnamed person and in between their conversations about writing stories, there is a sapphic romance unfolding. I am definitely going to read more from this author.

Clara has a difficult time controlling her magic. All of her spells cause accidents and put people in danger. She grew up with just her father, because her mother left soon after she was born. When she accidently places a curse on her father that causes flowers to grow from his chest, she turns to her childhood friend Xavier for help. He agrees to help on the condition that she give him her magic after her father is healed.

At times I struggled to read this and almost decided to dnf but I'm glad I read to the end. It is very slow and some scenes that deal with substance abuse can be hard to read. I like that magic in this book serves as a metaphor for mental health and mental illness. Also the fact that being queer is considered a normal thing in this was nice to read. This is a pretty cottagecore fantasy romance book. :)

This is a fun middle grade fantasy book about a Palestinian girl named Noor who is chosen to save the world. With a ring left to her by her father she will travel through time to collect the feather of a phoenix before it goes up in flames. She has the help of a djinn and other friends. There is a lot of heart and compassion in this book and I am excited to read the sequel.

Wow, the images in this manga really creeped me out. Every scary image is going to stick in my head. This is perfect for anyone who likes manga by Junji Ito, especially Uzumaki and Tomie. :)

Waynoka and Mads have fled LA on motorcycles to get away from the effects of fire and drought, and have ended up in Wild West territory. Desperate for water, they go into a mine and there find a diary left by a woman who lived in the nineteenth century. While reading Lavinia's diary, Waynoka learns there are creatures that live in the mine.

This book had me so captivated the entire time I was reading it. The way it switched from the present to the past felt natural. Both timelines had an emphasis on found family which I really enjoyed reading. I look forward to reading more from this author.

This is about Holly, a librarian who's in an unfulfilling relationship with a woman who started a generic tech company. She enjoys going to renaissance fairs and reading fantasy romance books. One night a portal opens up in her backyard and out comes a really big lizardy beast and a gorgeous knight whose mission is to slay the beast. The beast escapes to the ocean to heal from its wounds, and Holly takes Virago, the gorgeous and muscular knight who also has great lips, into her home to treat her wound.

I've owned this since 2018 and finally got around to reading it. I'm surprised I liked it more than I expected to. The scenes of Virago learning about modern technology and grocery stores were funny. However I got tired of reading "oh, my god" in practically every chapter and got annoyed at Holly lusting after Virago, but thinking about how she can't break up with her inattentive girlfriend who later reveals she has been having sex with another woman when she finally does break up with her. Also at times Virago came across like a random video game knight character who says stereotypically knightly stuff if the player approached her, so some chapters through her perspective would have been nice to read. Furthermore while this book was fun, it would have benefitted from a good proofreader and editor. I also must mention Holly's best friend who is so supportive and sweet to her. The friendship between Holly and Carly was my favorite aspect of this book. Overall I still had fun with this fantasy romance book and I will read the sequel and more books by this author.

Winter is my favorite season so I knew I would end up enjoying this anthology. All of these stories are so atmospheric and unnerving. Some of these stories deal with grief, one is about the dangers of AI, and there's one about hunting werewolves. Also I've never read anything by any of these writers before so I'm excited to read more of their stuff. :)

Even if I didn't like every single story in this anthology I still had fun reading them all. Some of the creatures in this collection are trolls, vampires, werewolves, a tooth fairy, a blob, the banshee, and the Loch Ness Monster. This is a good read for anyone who likes monsters. :)

I liked this retelling of Jane Eyre. Jane Steele is definitely an interesting character. It is as gothic and dark as the original, but of course there are differences, the most obvious being the fact that in this book Jane is a serial killer. All the parts where she kills terrible men brought me a lot of joy. The romance between Jane Steele and Charles Thornfield bored me though. It would have been better if there was no Charles and instead she ends up with her childhood friend Rebecca Clarke, or she could have ended up with both of them, but whatever this is still a fine book. Also seeing "females" and "males" used as nouns really irritated me, and I also got tired of seeing of seeing non-English words being written in italics. Despite its flaws I would still recommend this to readers who like Jane Eyre and gothic novels.