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May 23, 2024

Little People

Sure enough, her dolls were still there, some slumped and others standing tall. Inspired by this quote from The Nightingale, Kristin Hannah, 2015. The…

May 19, 2024

Elven Dance

Table after table of food had been lined up along the far edge of the plateau, and I lost Tamlin while I waited in…

May 18, 2024

Atonement

Atonement, Ian McEwan, 2001 (Spoilers) In a novel so honest it unsettles me, Ian McEwan’s Atonement gives the full and complete narrative of Briony…

May 13, 2024

Permanence/Diffidence/Fatal Embrace/Thoughts After You’ve Left Me With Myself/Thaw

Published in Contemporary Jo Literary Magazine Issue Vl (can be purchased through amazon or online site, contemporaryjo.com/shop) Content Warning: Young love, Body Image, Suicidal…

May 4, 2024

A Court of Frost and Starlight

A Court of Frost and Starlight, Sarah J. Maas, 2018 (Spoilers) ACOTAR’s A Court of Frost and Starlight is different than the rest of…

April 22, 2024

A Court of Wings and Ruin

A Court of Wings and Ruin, Sarah J Maas, 2017 (Spoilers) And now for the war! In ACOTAR’s first installment, A Court of Thorns…

April 21, 2024

Reflection/Flawless/Shed

Published in Death Wish Poetry Magazine Issue #1: Birth Pangs https://deathwishpoetry.com/magazine/# (Check out the online magazine to see some really cool cover art they’ve…

April 12, 2024

Birthday Girl

Birthday Girl, Penelope Douglas, 2018 (Spoilers) This review is PG-14! Apologies to those who aren’t fans of reading smut but I liked this book…

April 6, 2024

Jane Eyre

Jane Eyre, Charlotte Brontë, 1847 (Spoilers) You know that get-to-know-you question, “if you could have dinner with any famous person, dead or alive, who…

March 29, 2024

A Court of Mist and Fury

A Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J. Maas, 2016 (Spoilers) Bear with me while I attempt to summarize and comment on ACOMAF…