Within these Wicked Walls by Lauren Blackwood

My Rating: 4/5 Stars Good reads rating: 3.56/5 stars Cover description: “Andromeda is a debtera—an exorcist hired to cleanse households of the Evil Eye. When a handsome young heir named Magnus Rochester reaches out to hire her, Andromeda quickly realizes this is a job like no other, with horrifying manifestations at every turn, and that …

Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn

My Rating: 5/5 Stars Goodreads rating: 4.00/5 Stars Cover description: “Fresh from a brief stay at a psych hospital, reporter Camille Preaker faces a troubling assignment: she must return to her tiny hometown to cover the unsolved murder of a preteen girl and the disappearance of another. For years, Camille has hardly spoken to her …

The Nature of Witches by Rachel Griffin

My Rating: 4/5 Stars Good reads rating: 3.89/5 stars Cover description: “For centuries, witches have maintained the climate, their power from the sun peaking in the season of their birth. But now their control is faltering as the atmosphere becomes more erratic. All hope lies with Clara, an Everwitch whose rare magic is tied to …

Turtles All The Way Down by John Green

My Rating: 4/5 Stars Good reads rating: 3.91/5 stars Cover description: “It all begins with a fugitive billionaire and the promise of a cash reward. Turtles All the Way Down is about lifelong friendship, the intimacy of an unexpected reunion, Star Wars fan fiction, and tuatara. But at its heart is Aza Holmes, a young woman navigating …

Wilder Girls by Rory Power

My Rating: 4.5/5 Stars Good reads rating: 3.49/5 stars Cover description: “It's been eighteen months since the Raxter School for Girls was put under quarantine. Since the Tox hit and pulled Hetty's life out from under her.It started slow. First the teachers died one by one. Then it began to infect the students, turning their …

Where the Little Birds Go by B. Celeste

Rating: 4/5 stars Goodreads Rating: 3.96/5 Stars Overview: A small town couple faces the reality of the romance they left behind in search of stardom when they meet again on the set of a film.  She wrote it, but he is the star, and all the emotions they thought they left behind boil to the …

Winterkeep by Kristin Cashore

My Rating: 5/5 Stars Good reads rating: 4.05/5 stars Cover description: “Something is rotten in the heart of Winterkeep...Four years after Bitterblue left off, a new land has been discovered to the east: Torla; and the closest nation to Monsea is Winterkeep. Winterkeep is a land of miracles, a democratic republic run by people who like each …

Children of Virtue and Vengeance by Tomi Adeyemi

My Rating: 4/5 Stars Good reads rating: 3.87/5 stars Cover description: “After battling the impossible, Zélie and Amari have finally succeeded in bringing magic back to the land of Orïsha. But the ritual was more powerful than they could’ve imagined, reigniting the powers of not only the maji, but of nobles with magic ancestry, too.Now, …

Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens

My Rating: 4.5/5 stars Good reads rating: 4.46/5 star Cover description: “For years, rumors of the “Marsh Girl” haunted Barkley Cove, a quiet fishing village. Kya Clark is barefoot and wild; unfit for polite society. So in late 1969, when the popular Chase Andrews is found dead, locals immediately suspect her.But Kya is not what …

The Ladies of the Secret Circus by Constance Sayers

My Rating: 3.5/5 Stars Good reads rating: 3.83/5 Stars Cover description: “Paris, 1925: To enter the Secret Circus is to enter a world of wonder-a world where women tame magnificent beasts, carousels take you back in time, and trapeze artists float across the sky. But each daring feat has a cost. Bound to her family's strange …