Author Archives : Nicole Taft

I Want One: Pet by Akwaeke Emezi


Pet (2019) Written by: Akwaeke Emezi Genre: Fantasy/Young Adult Pages: 204 (Paperback) Publisher: Random House Why I Chose It: We get a lot of Advance Reader Copies at the bookstore — this happened to be one of them. But if you dangle a book featuring a blood-summoned monster from a painting in front of me, I’m going to read it…

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Diving In: Our Bloody Pearl by D.N. Bryn


Our Bloody Pearl (2018) Written by:  D.N. Bryn Genre: Fantasy Pages: 230 Series: These Treacherous Tides Publisher: Avos Publishing Why I Chose It: I received a copy of this book in return for a fair review. However, I accepted the book in the first place because I enjoy a good siren story and they’re so hard to come by these days.…

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Full Steam Ahead: LIMBO


For the year of 2019, both Erin and I have come to realize that we have way too many games hanging out in our Steam library that we still haven’t played. Our resolutions? To whittle that number down to something much smaller. Given that 2020 is only a handful of months away, I think it’s safe to say that neither…

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Falling Through Time in The Little Shop of Found Things


The Little Shop of Found Things (2018) Written by: Paula Brackston Genre: Historical Fantasy Pages: 307 (Hardcover) Series: Found Things Publisher: St. Martin’s Press Why I Chose It: When you work at a bookstore you see a lot of titles, and often you end up giving them a peek. This one sounded interesting, kind of chill, kind of cute, a bit…

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Fresh Manga: A Review of Yu Tomofuji’s Sacrificial Princess and the King of Beasts


Sacrificial Princess and the King of Beasts (2018 — 2019) Written by:  Yu Tomofuji Series: Sacrificial Princess and the King of Beasts (Vol. 1-5) Genre: Manga (Fantasy) Publisher: Yen Press Why I Chose It: Working in a bookstore, I’ve read a lot of things based off what customers ask for (not what they recommend — no disrespect, but everyone recommends…

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When You Have The Need: A Review


The Need (2019) Written by: Helen Phillips Genre: Science Fiction Pages:  260 (Paperback) Publisher: Simon and Schuster Why I Chose It: This book is an Advance Reader’s Edition that, in all honesty, I plucked off the shelf while on lunch at work. I started to read and got to a point where I figured I might as well finish the whole thing…

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