March Favorite Read

This month there was no contest to my favorite read. From the first page, I knew that Legends & Lattes would be the favorite this month! It's inspired a whole shelf on my Kindle of cozy fantasy and has made it hard to go back to reading a large number of Horror books on my TBR. In order to avoid that stack, I dove into my Library TBR for some fun graphic novels to read. All because of this one book. 

From the characters, the world-building, and the writing style, Travis Baldree had all of my attention. The only thing that me putting down this book was a head cold that made it hard to do anything but sleep and eat. But, that didn't matter because the second I was feeling better I was able to dive back into this book. I loved how wholesome and full of hope this book was. There are so many great things about this book. Personally, I love a book with fun side characters and a morally grey main character. Which I got in spades with Legends & Lattes.

Add on, the short story of Viv first discovering coffee, that explosive first page, and the absolutely wholesome ending. I cannot wait for another book in this series. I don't care if it's a prequel or a sequel, I'd adore both. But, really I'd read another three hundred and plus pages of just Viv and her customers. Even after a long day of working in my own restaurant.

My review of Legends & Lattes can be found here, and its Goodreads profile can be found here!

HAPPY READING!!

Wynd Vol 2 - Review

Author: James Tynion IV

Genre: Graphic Novel

Format: Paperback

Pages: 117

I'm enjoying this series, even if this one was a punch right in my feelings. Wynd is one of those series where I'm tempted to buy the issues instead of waiting for the third volume to come out. Even though I prefer to normally read the volumes instead of waiting for each issue. I know that's not sound logical since that usually means I wait longer, but it's usually worth it to get the whole installment in one go. But, I'm attached to Wynd and others. 

Maybe I'm a sucker for a young adult, chosen one, trope. Because Wynd follows several tried or true fantasy tropes. James Tynion IV warps this tropes into a wonderful story in this magical land. I love that Oakley tries to be the voice of reason because she sees how dangerous this path is getting. I love that Thorn isn't just some big dumb muscles, but he has this huge heart. And, the Prince, he's trying, but he's not very good with people.

And, while I definitely liked Teek, I'm not totally sure I like the cousin. He's an eager beaver, and full of knowledge, but a little too eager in my opinion. No one wants to rule that bad. 

Volume Two picks up just a few days after the last volume is left out, and we don't get a second to breathe. The plot moves quickly two a double cross that ties back to the Bandage Man. We also finally get a look more of Wynd's backstory. I'm really glad we aren't really dragging it on who, and what, Wynd is. He may not know it yet, but the reader has been given enough clues through the panels to know what is what.

I like the story is telling us enough that we can start to put the pieces together. Do I know what's about to happen in the next volume? No, no I don't. Am I glad we didn't drag out Wynd and Thorn into this will they won't they situation? Yes, I am. Because that is one fantasy trope that I hate. Things are really dire and you have zero control, but that is one place you have control. Don't make me smoosh your faces together!

What I do know about the next volume is that isn't going to hurt. Oakly's father is probably involved somehow, though I'm not sure if it's the way I think. If it is, just so much pain. My feelings will go right into a wood chipper. But, I'm so excited for the third volume.

Between the story, the beautiful artwork, and the characters I'm hooked! I'm glad I finally jumped into this series.

HAPPY READING!!

Waiting on Wednesday

Can't-Wait Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by Wishful Endings to spotlight and talk about the books we're excited about that we have yet to read. Generally, they are books that have yet to be released but don't have to be. It is based on Waiting on Wednesday, hosted by the fabulous at Breaking the Spine.

An anthology of fictional short stories that imagines dark events in the life of Marie Curie as a teenager. This collection includes stories and poems by headline authors, six of whom are New York Times bestsellers including Jane Yolen, Scott Sigler, Alethea Kontis, and Jonathan Maberry.

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New Release Tuesday

Discover everything about vampires in this laugh-out-loud nonfiction handbook packed with spooky legends, fascinating history, and weird facts perfect for middle-grade readers and mythology fans!

Are vampires real? Who was Vlad the Impaler? Do vampire bats ever feed on humans? Find out in Hanging with Vampires, a field guide for the curious and the adventurous. Crack open the lid on this guide and you’ll get:

Bloodcurdling vampire mythology! What exactly is a vampire, anyway?
Spine-chilling history and science! Uncover how the vampire legend got its start in the medieval ages.
A who’s who of vampires! Get to know classic, iconic, and terrifying vampires in pop culture, from Dracula to Adventure Time.

Hanging with Vampires is the first book in the Totally Factual Field Guide to the Supernatural series, a hilarious and haunting exploration of how myths and legends shape our lives. Sink your fangs into vampire lore and literature with enchanting illustrations and fun activities, like making garlic bread. It’s a spooky world out there–grab your guide, and let’s go!

 

HAPPY READING!!

Cover Runway Sunday

  

They say don't judge a book by its cover, but we all know we do it. Sometimes it's the cover that originally catches our eye, drawing us to give a book a closer look. It's the first thing we see, our first impression. Every Sunday I'm going to post some of my favorite covers of books coming soon!

Blythe and her friends—Gabrielle, and brother and sister Tucker and Tanya—have always been a tight friend group, attending a local high school and falling in and out of love with each other. But an act of violence has caused a rift between Blythe and Tucker . . . and unexpected bursts of aggression and disturbing nightmares have started to become more frequent in their lives.

The strange happenings culminate in a shocking event at school: Gabrielle is found covered in blood in front of their deceased principal, with no memory of what happened.

Cracks in their friendship, as well as in their own memories, start appearing, threatening to expose long-forgotten secrets which could change the group’s lives forever. How can Blythe and her friends trust each other when they can’t even trust their own memories?

HAPPY READING!! 

The Crows - Review

Author: Anders Fager

Genre: Graphic Novel

Format: Hardback

Pages: 104

I've struggled with this review. Not because The Crows was a bad read. It's very well done, and I think the setup of this book is perfect. The mix of storytelling and illustrations all work together really well. It's one of those times when one feeds the others. And, I felt this story would be lacking without these illustrations. 

They give a visual of what's going on in our main character's mind.

My struggle has been how to review this book without giving away too much information about the story, no one likes spoilers. But also, there is a lot to unpack about this book. A lot of struggles happen in a short amount of time.

I thought it was a beautifully done book. It was a sad book and left me reeling after I finished it. While I've been fortunate enough to not have gone through what our main character has. The author still wrote this in a way my heart hurt for them. 

This book made me feel a lot more than I thought it would. It was less scary in a jump scare sense and more trauma thriller maybe. I'm not sure. 

But it's beautifully written and illustrated. If you see this one, don't pass it up. I thinkit willl stay with me for a little while.

HAPPY READING!!

Sugar Hill - Review

Author: Autumn Barnes & Tom Lyons

Genre: Horror

Format: Kindle Read

Pages: 106

I found this while I was skimming through Kindle books on my Amazon. What started as me just unplugging from work for a second, turned into my snagging a few new books, Sugar Hill was one of those books. The simple, yet very creepy, cover caught my attention, and the premise had my attention.

I love a good ghost story, even more so when it's a haunted house. 

Sugar Hill doesn't sugarcoat anything. Right from the first page, it drops you straight into the story, and with horror novels, that's my favorite thing authors do. Especially with haunted house books. With Sugar Hill, you meet Autumn and her 'imaginary friend', who is very clearly a ghost who only she can see.

From there the story goes along the route you think it's going to go. Of course, the overworked parents don't believe her. Enter the kindly neighbors who want to give them advice and protect Autumn. But, again, they don't listen.

Until, all of a sudden they have no other choice but to listen. 

What I didn't expect from this book was how many actual jump scares there would be. I started this book while home alone stopped reading, and slept with twinkle lights on. Because I was done the second the Shadow Man made his first appearance. 

No, no thank you!

Now all of this is told through Autumn's point of view, who is five. So Sugar Hill isn't gory, but it is spooky. While the little ghost girl is tame and really does seem like she wants to be Autumn's friend. The Shadow Man is downright spooky. Like even days later it makes me twitchy. The idea of shadow people creep me out, it's worse when it's all stalker and watches you sleep. Just no.

I really liked the ending as well because it sucks in that way that doesn't really actually suck. By the time you get to the last, maybe twenty pages, you're in the thick of it. Focused on the downhill slide of bad things about to happen. The mother has seen something, the house is alive, and everything is amped up to eleven. Then right when it gets good when you know something terrifying is about to happen. No more books. No more!

I was so mad, but at the same time I was like, 'well, now I'm gonna buy Book Two because I gotta know!'

And, honestly, my only real issue with this book was the voice that the authors gave to a five-year-old Autumn. I kept forgetting how young she was through the first half, or so, of the book. She just sounds so grown up when she's in her own mind that I kept thinking maybe this book was being told by her older shelf. Only I don't think it was. So that threw me for a little bit because kept going this must be years later. Then someone would mention her age, and I'd get a little thrown off.

As a whole, this was a super spooky book, with smooth writing that kept me engaged, and packed those hundred and six pages with some quality scares. Book Two, Coffin Pond, is definitely going on my TBR. Because I really do need to know how it all plays out. I need to know how the Shadow Man is and why he's so creepy, and what happened to that poor little girl.

HAPPY READING!!

Waiting on Wednesday

Can't-Wait Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by Wishful Endings to spotlight and talk about the books we're excited about that we have yet to read. Generally, they are books that have yet to be released but don't have to be. It is based on Waiting on Wednesday, hosted by the fabulous at Breaking the Spine.

In post–World War I England, a young woman inherits a mysterious library and must untangle its powerful secrets…

With the stroke of a pen, twenty-three-year-old Ivy Radcliffe becomes Lady Hayworth, owner of a sprawling estate on the Yorkshire moors. Ivy has never heard of Blackwood Abbey, or of the ancient bloodline from which she’s descended. With nothing to keep her in London since losing her brother in the Great War, she warily makes her way to her new home.

The abbey is foreboding, the servants reserved and suspicious. But there is a treasure waiting behind locked doors: a magnificent library. Despite cryptic warnings from the staff, Ivy feels irresistibly drawn to its dusty shelves, where familiar works mingle with strange, esoteric texts. And she senses something else in the library too, a presence that seems to have a will of its own.  

Rumors swirl in the village about the abbey’s previous owners, about ghosts and curses, and an enigmatic manuscript at the center of it all. And as events grow more sinister, it will be up to Ivy to uncover the library’s mysteries in order to reclaim her own story—before it vanishes forever.

HAPPY READING!!

Wynd - Review

Author: James Tynion IV

Genre: Fantasy

Format: Paperback / Graphic Novel

Pages: 256

One of my favorite graphic novel series right now is Something is Killing the Children by James Tynion IV. So I was excited to see he had another series out, something a little more hopeful. Where SiKtC is dark, gory, and full of doom and gloom, Wynd is kind of the opposite of that. It's full of color, hope, and adventure. 

Though it's chalked full of trauma.

What I've come to like about Tynion's writing are the characters that he creates for his stories. Wynd was no expectation. Right from the start I adored Wynd. He's just the cute, fumbling, main character that you instantly fall in love with. He's not perfect, but he's a good guy who's just trying. Oakly is the definition of the big sister, best friend combo. And, every story like this needs a heartthrob, and we find that in Thorn, but he's not just a pretty face. He's a sweet kid with a lot of feelings. And, then of course there's the Prince. He kind of grew on me, but I still want to smack him in the face. He's alright I guess. We'll see if he grows, or just stays annoying.

He did the right thing this time, but I'm unsure if he'll continue to do so. I'm dubious. Though, maybe I shouldn't be because this graphic novel is geared toward younger readers. So everyone we met are probably the heroes of this story, but you can never be sure, no matter who the target readers are. 

I will say I do love the world of Esseriel. The world-building isn't always my favorite part of the fantasy genre. I'm usually more here for the characters and the sword fights. One of the upsides of this being a graphic novel, the world-building is done right in front of you between each panel. We're seeing the world expand for our main characters, so you're learning about this world right along with them. Because all of them have lived a sheltered life in the last colony of humans. 

And, I cannot say how much work went into these panels. I spend so long just looking at them, searching every corner of every detail. Wynd is done up in such bright colors, especially when our crew leaves Pipetown, which is done mostly in brown, tan, and very beige colors. Outside their colony is so bright and full of these weird little creatures that almost seem to glow. It's cool. 

Also, I liked how the history of this world was told. It fits perfectly into the story, as a tale Wynd and Oakly are being told. So it doesn't fill disjointed or misplaced, nor does it pull from the main story. It's also very important to Wynd's journey.

The plot moves very quickly as well, and I felt like it told the individual stories of our main characters very well before they came together. It allowed us to get a look at all of their backstories, without drawing them out through the volumes. We have most of the facts going into the second volume, though I'm sure some missing pieces of information await us in Volume 2. Something we weren't shown. Like what happened to Miss Molly?

Also, I liked how easy it was to start to put the story together as we moved along. As we learn more about the world and its history, it was pretty easy to figure out who the Bandaged Man was. Through those same stories, I've also maybe, hopefully, started to piece Wynd's backstory together a little more. I at least have thoughts. The only wildcard for me is the Prince. While they were very clear on why the Prince was on this journey, I don't trust it a hundred percent. Just something about the last panel got me thinking. 

Maybe I'm wrong, but there was a lot of trauma in this first book. So, I know there's more coming in the second one as well! Which I already have on hold at my local library. Because I did enjoy this first volume. Wynd was adorable, easy to read, and has the cutest main characters. 

HAPPY READING!!

Worth Her Weight in Gold - Review

Author: Sarah Gailey

Genre: Alt History

Format: Kindle Book

Pages: 18

I talk a lot about the River of Teeth series. It combines two of my favorite things: heists and hippos. Bonus points for it being based on one of my favorite little fun facts in history. So I knew I was going to love this short story because I'm already in love with Houndstooth and Rosie. This series introduced me to Sarah Gailey's writing style, and I fell in love with the wild west world they created.

Worth Her Weight Gold kicks off with Houndstooth up to his usual tricks. Wrapping a heist by the skin of his teeth, only to find his ride, Rosie the Hippo, refusing to move. Thus starts the story of how Rosie got her gold tusk.

The story itself is just eighteen pages, but in those short pages, you see just how much Houndstooth loves Rosie. While also giving a little hint at the two novellas set after this story. Just a little foreshadowing of the trauma that we learn about in the River of Teeth series.

My favorite part about this book, is we learn a little more about the type of hippo that Rosie is. If you come into this after reading the original series, you know Rosie is the last of her breed, and Houndstood is the reason behind her bloodline. But, I don't remember that we got the comparison on what exactly makes Rosie so different.

But, this book is, after all, all about Rosie. So we finally find out what makes her so special. 

It doesn't matter what order read these in. Whether you start with this book, or with River of Teeth. One doesn't spoil the other. This is just a fun little story inside the River Teeth series. Honestly, I'd love more books in this universe. I feel like there are so many more bungled heists in Houndstooth past I'd love to read about it.

Plus, Rosie is always a delight. Who wouldn't want to ride a hippo through the swamps? Apex predator or not, it would be cool as hell!

Anyhow, if you like heists, Westerns, hippos, and some amazing sass and banter. Please just out this series by Sarah Gailey, and any other books by them. Even if you're not sure, dip your toes into Worth Her Weight in Gold. It's eighteen quick pages of delight! 

HAPPY READING!!

Cover Runway Sunday

  

They say don't judge a book by its cover, but we all know we do it. Sometimes it's the cover that originally catches our eye, drawing us to give a book a closer look. It's the first thing we see, our first impression. Every Sunday I'm going to post some of my favorite covers of books coming soon!

“As Albert Einstein almost certainly never said, everyone is a genius – but if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.” So begins Katie Spalding’s spunky takedown of the Western canon, and how genius may not be as irrefutably great as we commonly understand. While most of us may never become Einstein, it may surprise you to learn that there’s probably a bunch of stuff you can do that Einstein couldn’t. And, as Spalding shows, the famous prodigies she explores here were quite odd by any definition. For example:
 
Thomas Edison, inventor of the lightbulb, believed that he could communicate with the undead and built the world’s very first hotline to heaven: the Spirit Phone.
Marie and Pierre Curie, famous for discovering radioactivity, slept next to a lump of radioactive material for years and strapped it to their arms to watch it burn them in real-time.
Lord Byron, acclaimed British poet, literally took a bear with him to university.

Isaac Newton discovered the laws of gravity and motion, but he also looked up at the sun without eye protection. The result? Three days of blindness.
Tesla, whose scientific work led to the invention of the AC unit, fell in love with a pigeon.

Edison's Ghosts is filled with examples of the so-called best of humanity doing, to put it bluntly, some really dumb shit.  You’ll discover stories that deserve to be told but never are: the hilarious, regrettable, and downright bafflingly lesser-known achievements that never made it into our history books, until now.

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Legends & Lattes - Review

Author: Travis Baldree

Genre: Fantasy

Format: Paperback

Pages: 294

I was dubious about this cozy fantasy genre, and a little nervous to jump into this one considering all the hype around this book. Still, the idea of a cozy fantasy had my attention. Add on the fact my roommate loved this book, and I really needed to pick it up. So, I did it, I cracked it open.

And, honestly, it works. It was a little awkward in the beginning because I kept expecting Viv to grab that sword off the wall and deal with her problems. She never did, and the farther into this book you get, the more I fell in love with the characters and the idea.

I loved watching Viv grow her cafe and learn to have a quiet life. Every single side character is easy to love, and to villains of this story are easy to hate. And, who doesn't want a direcat? 

I spent three-fourth of this book wanting to push Viv and Tandri's faces together. After a hundred pages of their dance your just like, for the love of all just kiss or something! Though, watching them fall for each was absolutely adorable. Because Tandri was also teaching Viv he deserves things.

Like a bed. Honestly, it shouldn't have taken Viv that long to get a freaking bed. That might have thing that frustrated me the most with Viv. You built this amazing thing and found this amazing family. Get yourself a bed!

I do love how they handed the Madigral situation. It was clever and I can say that I also can be bought that way. I would very much like all of Thimble's recipes, please, and thank you. 

I will say not everything about this book is wholesome. That ending, was, bless, it was perfect. Not just with the explanation of what Viv's Scalvert Stone really did, but how it gave me the best ending. I knew Amity was a good cat, in fact they were the best cat. That ending mixed with the explosive first line, make this book everything I didn't know I needed.

Am I a little obsessed with cozy fantasy now? Sure am! I'm also really excited for Bladree's next book in this universe, Bookshops & Bonedust. Which will hit shelves this November! 

HAPPY READING!!

Book Mail

Another month, another Night Worms package! This month's theme is: Once Upon a Nightmare, and is going to include one of my most anticipated releases of 2023! 

It's not just the books that I get excited about with Night Worms. The goodie bags that Sadie and Ashley put together are always great. I can never have enough stickers, and I'm determined to cover our fridge in horror-themed magnets at this point. But, also the hot beverages are great!

I've been introduced to some great local places and some not-so-local places. And, no, not all the beverages have been to my liking, but it allows me to share them with friends. So that's also fun! 

This month I was so excited about the coffee we got in the box! This is one of the companies Night Worms has introduced me to that I love, and I'm always excited to see the Pioneer Joe name when I open that goodie bag!

HAPPY READING!!

Beast and the Bethany #3 - Review

Author: Jack Meggit-Phillips

Genre: Middle Grade

Format: Kindle

Pages: 277

This is the third book in the Beast and the Bethany series. Just a few short weeks after the second book ends, Bethany and Ebenzeer are still trying to be good. Only now they babysit a Beast who has forgotten its old ways and wants to be good as well.

It was great to see Ebenezer and Bethany continuing the do-gooding from the last book. And, I loved seeing both characters growing from book to book. It was also great to see more of the Wintarlion parrots and Claudette finally makes her way home. 

I loved that Bethany was finally finding herself, and I love that Geoff kept trying to ask her on a not date, date. That was super cute. And, I love spending with Miss Muddle in the candy shop. That's always controlled chaos, and I'd love to try some of her confections.

However, as much as I liked this book and how it ended with Bethany's parents. Also with the hint of maybe a fourth book. This was not my favorite book in the series. While the message of second chances is always a good one, no matter what age of readers books are designed for.

And, Bethany and Ebeenzeer are trying their best to deserve that second chance. I hate how D.O.R.R.I.S. was treated by Ebenezer and Bethany. Ebenezer wasn't given a choice about the Beast. In fact, Nick bullied him into helping the Beast despite the fact that Ebenzeer was trying to distance himself from the influence of the Beast. 

And, to try to saddle Bethany into helping was unfair. The Beast tried to eat her... Why would you ask her to help The Beast be good? Particularly when you have zero proof it's actually changed a leaf.

So I don't blame Bethany for what she did. Kudos to Ebenezer for trying in his own way. But, honestly, I feel like the Beast shouldn't have been their problem. I had a hard time finishing this one because I was just frustrated with the story.

And, maybe it's because I'm an adult trying to rationalize a book meant for kids. Maybe I'm putting too much emotion into it. 

Still, this was everything I came to expect from this series. It was great to see all the characters we've come to enjoy making throughout the last two books. Though I'd be fine with the Beast no longer being a part of this book. I feel like Bethany and Ebenezer could have held the story together without him.

But, I'm excited to see if we get a fourth book about Bethany's parents and where they've been all this time.

HAPPY READING!!

Waiting on Wednesday

Can't-Wait Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by Wishful Endings to spotlight and talk about the books we're excited about that we have yet to read. Generally, they are books that have yet to be released but don't have to be. It is based on Waiting on Wednesday, hosted by the fabulous at Breaking the Spine.

 

When Charlie was eleven, she created a monster…

In the seaside town of Hithechurch, England, eleven-year-old Charlotte meets Emily, a clever and secretive girl her own age with a dark family history. In an attempt to get rid of Emily’s abusive father, Charlie and Emily perform a ritual to try and summon the spirit of a Hithechurch girl of urban legend—named Stitch Face Sue by Charlie—who was killed by pirates and supposedly haunts the town in a quest for revenge. When it appears that the macabre game they've invented is working, Emily becomes obsessed with Stitch Face Sue, and ropes in another girl—but the game goes tragically wrong when the new girl is killed. Charlie and Emily are caught trying to hide the body, and both are carted away to institutions.

Past meets present when Charlie returns to Hithechurch as an adult to research a book on the folklore of the area, but is drawn into the cases of several girls who have mysteriously vanished. And she has other motives for coming back as well. Emily has published a bestselling memoir on the fateful incident from their childhoods, one that lays the blame squarely at Charlie’s feet. Outraged, Charlie scours the town for evidence to back up her side of the story—and in doing so exposes an older, even darker tale.

Charlie is set on discovering the truth about the girls’ disappearances, but someone is watching, and her own past is nipping at her heels. In a town haunted by tragic disappearances and unrelenting urban legends, Charlie's determination for truth is laced with secrets buried deep in Hithechurch's past.

Why I'm Waiting: This sounds like it will be hard to put down. 

HAPPY READING!!

New Release Tuesday

A Head Full of Ghosts meets Hereditary in Piñata, a terrifying possession tale by author and artist Leopoldo Gout.

Carmen Sanchez is back in her home country of Mexico, overseeing the renovation of an ancient cathedral into a boutique hotel. Her teen daughters, Izel and Luna, are with her for the summer and left to fill their afternoons unsupervised in a foreign city.

The locals treat the Sanchez women like outsiders, while Carmen's contractors openly defy and sabotage her work. After a disastrous accident at the construction site nearly injured Luna, Carmen's had enough. They're leaving.

Back in New York, Luna begins acting strange, and only Izel notices the chilling changes happening to her younger sister. But it might be too late for the Sanchez family to escape what's been awakened...

Piñata is a bone-chilling story about how the sinister repercussions of our past can return to haunt us.

HAPPY READING!!

Cover Runway Sunday

  

They say don't judge a book by its cover, but we all know we do it. Sometimes it's the cover that originally catches our eye, drawing us to give a book a closer look. It's the first thing we see, our first impression. Every Sunday I'm going to post some of my favorite covers of books coming soon!

The Lilac. The bard songs say that she’s the world’s most fearsome bounty hunter. That there’s no criminal she can’t catch, no mystery she can’t solve.

None of that is true. Yet.

In reality, the Lilac is just a kid, and the bard who wrote all that is her best friend, Dulcinetta. But the Lilac has set her goals on becoming the best bounty hunter in the Thirteen Kingdoms—and when a priceless artifact goes missing from the home of famed monster hunter Baron Angbar, the Lilac and Netta are eager to apprehend the thief and make a name for themselves.

But when their investigation brings them to a dinner party at Castle Angbar, and they meet the Angbar family and their servants and guests—an unsavory group of nobles, mages, and assorted creatures, each more shady than the last—the Lilac begins to wonder if the reward is worth the trouble.

And that’s before the dead body is discovered.

Now everyone is magically sealed inside the castle—and there is a murderer among them. If the Lilac wants to make it out with her reputation intact, it’s going to be up to her to figure out who the killer is. But everyone in the castle—even the Lilac herself—has secrets to hide, and as the walls literally start to close in around them, the Lilac worries that her first job as a bounty hunter may be her last. . . .

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