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: 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
Genre: Middle Grade Fantasy Graphic Novel Publisher: Random House Children's BooksPublishing Date: July 23, 2024 Synopsis: Meesh the Bad Demon is no stranger to saving the world—but she never thought she’d have to do it twice! Can she defeat the darkness once and for all in this sequel of epic proportions? When Meesh banded together … Continue reading The Secret of the Fang : Meesh the bad Demon #2 by Michelle Lam | Blog tour | Book Review
Genre: Middle GradePublisher: Random House Books for Young Readers Publishing Date: June 4, 2024 Synopsis: All that stands between ten-year-old Beatrice and an amazing life are five wishes…and she’s got a plan to make them all come true! A magical and heartfelt adventure about grief, hope, and the power of human connection. Beatrice Corwell has a … Continue reading The Wonderful Wishes of B by Katherin Nolte | Blog tour | Book Review
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