turned into lions ––> HEA?

I would describe The Guest by Emma Cline as atmospheric and quietly upsetting (in a good way).

I was lucky enough to get an ARC of Pathogenesis by Jonathan Kennedy through Netgalley. I was very excited to read it and was not disappointed.

Enola Holmes vibes and I’m not mad about it.

Really Good Actually is equally funny and heartbreaking. It has the vibe of a modern divorced Bridget Jones of Toronto.

I sped through R. F. Kuang’s catalogue in the year of 2022 (and a few days into 2023) and I have no regrets. I am ready for more of her clever and poignant torture.

An absolutely astonishing waste of my time. I had high hopes for An Almond for a Parrot by Wray Delaney. The synopsis had hints of The Crimson Petal and the White, however, it was not to be.

Babel* by R. F. Kuang is what dark academia *should* be.

I have many opinions about the genre in general and I will need to get a paperback copy of *Babel* so I can liberally annotate the text upon my re-read of it.

Hays’ writing style flows and successfully builds suspense in this dark academia-adjacent unsettling mystery.

The Weather Woman by Sally Gardner falls into one of my favorite sub-genres: early modern creepy fantasy, alongside The Mermaid and Mrs. Hancock, The Familiars, and The Miniaturist.

I have been slowly starting to read more books set in Australia, as it seems Australian authors are not well-represented in the bookshelves of British booksellers. All That's Left Unsaid has joined Moonlight and the Pearler's Daughter, Feeling Sorry for Celia, and Three Wishes, as one of my favorite stories set in Australia.

I would recommend this book to anyone still struggling to make sense of Brexit or anyone feeling warmth for the Empire.

The mystery in The Family Remains is a continuation of the events in The Family Upstairs. A murdered woman’s skeleton is found in the Thames; dumped there recently, even though she has been deceased for over two decades.

I love a story about family drama, sisters, and intergenerational houses, so The Halfways was a must.

Amara won her freedom from the violent Felix at the end of The Wolf Den, and now she has to come to terms with her new life and leave her former colleagues behind.

Olwen Malkon is a young woman taken in by her uncle’s family, but had vivid visions and dreams of an early medieval king of Northumbria. Her family are convinced she is possessed by demons, but she finds a progressive young doctor who offers her real help.