4.5 stars Category

A BiblioSanctum Co-Review: Dark Matter by Blake Crouch

A review copy was provided by the publisher in exchange for an honest review. All opinions are  our own. Dark Matter by Blake Crouch Mogsy’s Rating: 5 of 5 stars Genre: Science Fiction Series: Stand Alone Publisher: Crown (July 26, 2016) Length: 352 pages Author Information: Website | Twitter If nothing else, this novel gets high marks from me because […]

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Book Review: Lost Stars by Claudia Gray

Lost Stars by Claudia Gray Genre: Space opera, Children-Tweens Series: Journey to Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Star Wars Canon Publisher: Disney Lucasfilm Press (September 2015) Author Info: ClaudiaGray.com Wendy’s Rating: 4.5 of 5 stars “Look through my eyes.” I’d heard the praise about this book and knew that it involved a pair of star-crossed lovers, […]

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Book Review: Stiletto by Daniel O’Malley

A review copy was provided by the publisher in exchange for an honest review. All opinions are my own. Stiletto by Daniel O’Malley Mogsy’s Rating: 4.5 of 5 stars Genre: Fantasy, Paranormal Series: Book 2 of The Checquy Files Publisher: Little, Brown and Company (June 14, 2016) Length: 583 pages Author Information: Website | Twitter I must confess, I only finished […]

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Book Review: Age of Myth by Michael J. Sullivan

A review copy was provided by the publisher in exchange for an honest review. All opinions are my own. Age of Myth by Michael J. Sullivan Mogsy’s Rating: 4.5 of 5 stars Genre: Fantasy Series: Book 1 of The Legends of the First Empire Publisher: Del Rey (June 28, 2016) Length: 432 pages Author Information: Website | Twitter Any new […]

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Audiobook Review Bites: Here Be Dragons

A Natural History of Dragons by Marie Brennan Series: Memoir by Lady Trent #1 Genre: Fantasy Publisher: Tor Books (February 5, 2013) Tiara’s Rating: 2.5 of 5 stars Lady Isabella Hendemore discovers a lifelong love of natural science, especially the study of dragons, at the tender age of seven-years-old. In her polite society, academics are […]

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Backlist Burndown: The Rook by Daniel O’Malley

As book bloggers, sometimes we get so caught up reading review titles and new releases that we end up missing out on a lot previously published books. As a result, one of my goals this year is to take more time to catch up with my backlist, especially in my personal reading pile. And it […]

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Book Review: The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin

“Tell them they can be great someday, like us. Tell them they belong among us, no matter how we treat them. Tell them they must earn the respect which everyone else receives by default. Them them there is a standard for acceptance; that standard is simply perfection. Kill those who scoff at those contradictions, and […]

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Book Review: Star Wars: Bloodline by Claudia Gray

Star Wars: Bloodline by Claudia Gray Mogsy’s Rating: 4.5 of 5 stars Genre: Science Fiction, Media Tie-In Series: Star Wars canon Publisher: Del Rey (May 3, 2016) Length: 336 pages Author Information: Website | Twitter I fell in love with Claudia Gray’s Star Wars: Lost Stars last year, and so you can imagine my excitement when I learned that she would […]

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Book Review: The Voodoo Killings by Kristi Charish

A review copy was provided by the publisher in exchange for an honest review. All opinions are my own. The Voodoo Killings by Kristi Charish Mogsy’s Rating: 4.5 of 5 stars Genre: Urban Fantasy Series: Book 1 of Kincaid Strange Publisher: Penguin Random House Canada (May 10, 2016) Length: 352 pages Author Information: Website | Twitter I want to say […]

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Book Review: HEX by Thomas Olde Heuvelt

A review copy was provided by the publisher in exchange for an honest review. All opinions are my own. HEX by Thomas Olde Heuvelt Mogsy’s Rating: 4.5 of 5 stars Genre: Horror Series: Stand Alone Publisher: Tor (April 26, 2016) Length: 448 pages Author Information: Website | Twitter Oh, how scary could this be, I asked myself. It can’t be as […]

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