Book reviews and recommendations
Synopsis: Liam has been dead for ten months, haunting the house he used to share with his family, and facing intermittent and terrifying encounters with an eldritch entity called The Beast, who seems determined to consume his soul. Besides that complication in Liam’s new existence, he’s actually adjusted well enough to boredom. But all of … Continue reading I, in the Shadows by Tori Bovalino | Blog tour | Book Review | Toppling Stacks Tours
Genre: Young Adult FantasyPublisher: Page Street YAPublishing Date: August 5, 2025 Synopsis: Witch apprentice Verity Vox has never encountered a problem magic can’t solve. So when a cryptic note invites her to Foxfire, she goes. With her apprenticeship limiting her services to a year, Foxfire will be her biggest challenge yet. The town has already … Continue reading Verity Vox and the Curse of Foxfire by Don Martin | Blog tour | Book Spotlight | Toppling Stacks Tours
Genre: Young Adult Horror Publishing Date: May 13, 2025 Synopsis: A trans teen who steals and ransoms body parts with magic investigates a string of missing girls—falling in love with one of them from afar. Wielding a magic that allows him to pop off limbs, con artist Phyllis steals body parts and his partner Lucent … Continue reading The Duke Steals Hearts & Other Body Parts by Elias Cold | Blog tour | Book Review | TBR and Beyond Tours
Genre: Young Adult ContemporaryPublisher: Tundra Books ( Penguin Random House Canada )Publishing Date: May 20, 2025 Synopsis: Better Than the Movies meets Olivia Rodrigo’s SOUR, a new YA romance from Something More author, Jackie Khalilieh. Seventeen-year-old Jamie Taher-Foster has big plans for Senior Year. She’s made a list of things and places in Toronto she and … Continue reading You Started It by Jackie Khalilieh | Blog tour | Book Review | TBR and Beyond Tours
Genre: Young Adult FantasyPublisher: HarperCollins PublishersPublishing Date: March 4, 2025 Synopsis: In a world invaded by demons, one girl will face the ultimate test when she is forced to enter into an ancient, deadly competition for the chance to save her mother’s soul… before she loses her forever. From the New York Times bestselling author of Song of … Continue reading The Scorpion and the Night Blossom (The Three Realms duology #1) by Amélie Wen Zhao | Blog tour | Book Review | TBR and Beyond Tours
Genre: YA FantasyPublisher: MacmillanPublishing Date: February 25, 2025 Synopsis: Why save the world when you can have tea? On the streets of White Roaring, Arthie Casimir is a criminal mastermind and collector of secrets. Her prestigious tearoom transforms into an illegal bloodhouse by dark, catering to the vampires feared by society. But when her establishment … Continue reading A Tempest of Tea by Hafsah Faizal | Blog tour | Book Review | TBR and Beyond Tours
Genre: Science fiction Synopsis: Named Finalist in the American Fiction Awards 2024 (category Science Fiction: Cyberpunk), The Logoharp describes the extraordinary journey of a young American journalist who chooses to work as an AI-driven propagandist—aka "Reverse Journalist" who foresees and reports the future for 22nd century China. Naomi is surgically transplanted, giving her extraordinary powers … Continue reading The Logoharp by Arielle Emmett | Book Spotlight | Blog tour |
Genre: Murder mystery Synopsis: Murder’s on the menu… Attorney Kyra Gibson has a lot on her mind this Thanksgiving. She’s been working long hours on a multi-billion dollar corporate merger, her family is visiting from London, and her relationship with former police detective Tarek Collins is heating up. When she and her companions are invited … Continue reading [Must-Read novel] Widow’s Walk by Raemi A. Ray (Martha’s Vineyard Murders #3)| Blog tour | Book Review
Genre: Young Adult FantasyPublisher: Page Street YAPublishing Date: October 8, 2024 Synopsis: Bridgerton meets The Bachelor in this queer regency romance of a vampire competing for the heart of a duke. After being run out of his castle by vampire hunters, Count Lucian encounters the god of vampires, Vrykolakas, while in hiding. Unhappy with how many vampires have … Continue reading A Vile Season by David Ferraro | Blog tour | Book Review | TBR and Beyond Tours
Genre: Young Adult Gothic HorrorPublishing Date: August 27, 2024 Synopsis: For over a century, the Blackwells have protected the town of Hollow Cliff from vengeful spirits. Seventeen-year-old Nev is ready to take over for her ailing grandmother as the town’s witch protector—unlike her mother, who left when Nev was a child and never looked back. … Continue reading The lies of Alma Blackwell by Amanda Glaze | Blog tour | Book Review
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