June 1, 2024 Cleopatra and Frankenstein Cleopatra and Frankenstein, Coco Mellors, 2022 Apologies if anybody takes issue with this comparison but the themes in Mellors’ Cleopatra and Frankenstein—hard truths about… Continue reading
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… Continue reading
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… Continue reading
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… Continue reading
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… Continue reading
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… Continue reading
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… Continue reading
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… Continue reading
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… Continue reading
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… Continue reading
