The Book Shire

Book reviews

They Both Die at the End by Adam Silvera

Of course I went and got attached to Mateo and Rufus DESPITE the fact that this book literally screams at you from the cover that this is not a book with [...]

The Librarian of Auschwitz by Antonio Iturbe (Translated by Lilit Thwaites)

I knew that this book was going to break my heart by the time I had finished the first page. I mean, for one thing, I had absolutely NO IDEA about the family [...]

Blog Tour: The Adventurer’s Guide to Dragons (And Why They Keep Biting Me) by Wade Albert White

Whoa. That is one mouthful of a blog post title, isn't it? But I seriously couldn't NOT include the parenthesis, because that's like my favorite part of this [...]

Spotlight: One Dark Throne by Kendare Blake

Last year's Three Dark Crowns was one of my favorite new fantasy novels, and this month the sequel, One Dark Throne is coming out! I thought I'd give you [...]

North of Happy by Adi Alsaid

North of Happy by Adi Alsaid 1 cup likeable protagonist 2 ½ cups grief-induced hallucinations 3 cups food porn ½ cup diversity   6 TB forbidden [...]

Ash and Quill by Rachel Caine

Okay, I’m sorry but WHAT?!?!?!?!? WHY IS THERE NOT A RELEASE DATE FOR BOOK FOUR YET?!?!? WHY? It should be ABSOLUTELY ILLEGAL to withhold said information [...]

Saints and Misfits by S.K. Ali

Saints and Misfits is a pretty solid contemporary with some truly extraordinary components. Let me dive right in. Here’s what I liked: Janna is a bright [...]

Saint Death by Marcus Sedgwick

It’s very hard to review this book because I WANTED to love it the way I loved Blood Red Snow White and while I think that Saint Death is every bit as [...]

Bang by Barry Lyga

I wasn't really sure what to expect when I started reading this one, and it hit me like a punch to the gut basically on page one. Sebastian Cody accidentally [...]