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 …

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, …

Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi

My Rating: 4/5 Stars Good reads rating: 4.10/5 stars Cover description: “They killed my mother.They took our magic.They tried to bury us.Now we rise.Zélie Adebola remembers when the soil of Orïsha hummed with magic. Burners ignited flames, Tiders beckoned waves, and Zélie’s Reaper mother summoned forth souls.But everything changed the night magic disappeared. Under the …

The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides

My Rating: 5/5 Stars Good reads rating: 4.15/5 stars Cover description: “Alicia Berenson’s life is seemingly perfect. A famous painter married to an in-demand fashion photographer, she lives in a grand house with big windows overlooking a park in one of London’s most desirable areas. One evening her husband Gabriel returns home late from a …

Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel

My Rating: 5/5 Stars Good reads rating: 4.06/5 stars Cover description: “Set in the days of civilization's collapse, Station Eleven tells the story of a Hollywood star, his would-be savior, and a nomadic group of actors roaming the scattered outposts of the Great Lakes region, risking everything for art and humanity.One snowy night a famous Hollywood actor …

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 …

The Thousandth Floor by Katharine McGee

My Rating: 3/5 Stars Good reads rating: 3.68/5 Stars Cover description: “NEW YORK CITY AS YOU'VE NEVER SEEN IT BEFORE.A thousand-story tower stretching into the sky. A glittering vision of the future where anything is possible—if you want it enough.WELCOME TO MANHATTAN, 2118.A hundred years in the future, New York is a city of innovation …

Skin of the Sea by Natasha Bowen

My Rating: 5/5 Stars Good reads rating: 3.87 Stars Cover description: “A way to survive.  A way to serve.  A way to save. Simi prayed to the gods once.  Now she serves them as a Mami Wata – a mermaid – collecting the souls of those who die at sea and blessing their journeys back …