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Realm of Ash (The Books of Ambha #2)Tasha SuriPublished: Nov. 12, 2019 (Orbit) Purchase: AmazonReview Source: copy provided by publisher in exchange for an honest review Reviewed by: Beth Rating (out of 5): 4.5 stars Arwa has survived a massacre with the aid of those she refuses to acknowledge. Her husband is dead, killed in the same massacre by a nightmare that shouldn’t exist. She refuses to go home,... 
Grave Importance (Dr. Greta Helsing #3)Vivian ShawPublished: Sept. 24, 2019 (Orbit)Purchase: AmazonReview source: Copy provided by publisher/author in exchange for an honest review Reviewed by: Beth Rating (out of 5): 4 stars Greta Helsing has had, well, quite a year. From murderous monks to being kidnapped by some crazy vampires while in Paris for a work conference, it’s been…a lot. Things have finally... 
Dark Alchemy (Dark Alchemy #1) Laura Bickle Published: March 24, 2015 (Harper Voyager Impulse) Purchase: Book Depository or Amazon Review source: copy provided by publisher in exchange for an honest review Reviewed by: Beth Rating (out of 5): 4 stars When Petra arrives in Temperance, Wyoming, she is running away from one death and about to barrel into even more. While trying to find information about her... 
This Cruel Design (This Mortal Coil #2) Emily Suvada Published: Oct. 30, 2018 (Simon Pulse) Purchase: Book Depository or Amazon Review source: copy provided by publisher in exchange for an honest review Reviewed by: Beth Rating (out of 5): 5 stars Note: While this review will be spoiler free it will reference the previous book. If you haven’t started this series yet, check out VBC’s review of book 1,... 
Muse of Nightmares (Strange the Dreamer #2) Laini Taylor Published: Oct. 2, 2018 (Little Brown Books for Young Readers) Purchase: Book Depository or Amazon Review source: copy provided by publisher in exchange for an honest review Reviewed by: Beth Rating (out of 5): 4.5 stars Lazlo Strange is no longer himself. Or rather he is, but he’s also so much more. And Sarai, well…she has changed as well. While... 
Shadow of the Fox (Shadow of the Fox #1) Julie Kagawa Published: Oct. 2, 2018 (Harlequin Teen) Purchase: Book Depository or Amazon Review Source: copy provided by publisher in exchange for an honest review Reviewed by: Beth Rating (out of 5): 3.5 stars Yumeko is a kitsune, a fox with magical powers. Well…sort of. She’s half-human as well, and has lived her entire life in a monastery with monks, getting... 
The Night Crossing Robert Masello Published: Sept. 18, 2018 (47North) Purchase: Book Depository or Amazon Review source: copy provided by publisher in exchange for an honest review Reviewed by: Beth Rating (out of 5): 4.5 stars Bram Stoker is managing a theatre with his friend the great actor Henry Irving. He’s also writing, though getting more and more frustrated by his inability to write the story that... 
Rule (Rule #1) Ellen Goodlett Published: Sept. 11, 2018 (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers) Purchase: Book Depository or Amazon Review Source: copy provided by publisher in exchange for an honest review Reviewed by: Beth Rating (out of 5): 3.5 stars Three half-sisters from three different places in the kingdom with three different mothers. All with secrets that could be considered treason—and all... 
Hidden Sun (Shadowlands #1) Jaine Fenn Published: Sept. 4, 2018 (Angry Robot) Purchase: Book Depository or Amazon Review Source: copy provided by publisher in exchange for an honest review Reviewed by: Beth Rating (out of 5): 4 stars Rhia is…unconventional, to say the least. She is a noble lady—but one who spurns the idea of a conventional marriage, because she knows that a conventional man would not... 
Blind the Eyes (Threads of Dreams #1) K.A. Wiggins Published: June 1, 2018 (Snowmelt & Stumps) Purchase: Book Depository or Amazon Review Source: copy provided by publisher in exchange for an honest review Reviewed by: Beth Rating (out of 5): 3 stars Cole lives a dreamless life—both sleeping and awake. Dreams are not allowed, for they will call the Mara, who will first eat the dreams—and then kill the... 
