Hello Readers,
Today I thought I would share some books on my Goodreads to
be read list. I have gone on a bit of an adding binge dear Reader. For each
book I have mentioned I am including the number of pages, the blurb, and a link
to goodreads in case you want to the add the book to your TBR. I am using
poster images I have found through google I do not own any rights and am using
the image purely for review purposes (Fair use under the copyright act sections
29 and 30 under use for a review).
Evocation by S.T. Gibson
As a teen, David Aristarkhov was a psychic prodigy,
operating under the shadow of his oppressive occultist father. Now, years after
his father’s death and rapidly approaching his thirtieth birthday, he is
content with the high-powered life he’s curated as a Boston attorney,
moonlighting as a powerful medium for his secret society. But with power comes
a price, and the Devil has come to collect on an ancestral deal. David’s days
are numbered, and death looms at his door. Reluctantly, he reaches out to the
only person he’s ever trusted, his ex-boyfriend and secret Society rival Rhys,
for help. However, the only way to get to Rhys is through his wife, Moira.
Thrust into each other’s care, emotions once buried deep resurface, and the
trio race to figure out their feelings for one another before the Devil steals
David away for good…
Pages: 400 - Publication Date: May 28 2024 – Goodreads
Sleep Like Death by Kalynn Bayron
Only the truly desperate - and foolish - seek out the
Knight, an ancient monster who twists wishes into curses. Eve knows this
first-hand: one of her mothers was cursed by the Knight and trapped in the body
of a songbird. With the unique abilities to communicate with animals and
conjure weapons from nature, Eve has trained all her life to defeat him. With
more and more villagers harmed by the Knight's corrupt deals, Eve believes
she's finally ready to face him. But when Queen Regina begins acting strangely -
talking to seemingly no one, isolating herself, and lashing out at the
slightest provocation - Eve must question if her powers are enough to save her
family and her kingdom.
Pages: 352 – Publication Date: July 2 2024 – Goodreads
The Madness by Dawn Kurtagich
With one unexpected email from her estranged best friend,
Lucy, Mina Murray’s carefully curated life is turned upside down. Leaving
behind her psychiatric practice in London, along with her routine and the calm
it brings, she returns to the windswept shores of Wales. Faced with everything
she’s left behind, she soon discovers that Lucy’s symptoms mirror those of her
mysterious patient with amnesia hundreds of miles away. With nothing but an
untreatable sickness connecting the two women, and with Lucy’s life on the
line, Mina finds herself asking questions and being drawn ever-deeper into a
web of secrets, missing girls, and the powerful, nameless force at its
center—one that has been haunting her for years. As terrible, ancient truths
begin to reveal themselves, Mina prepares to confront her own darkest secrets,
and with them, an evil beyond comprehension. Together with a group of smart,
savvy women, Mina seizes one last, desperate chance to stop the cycle that
began so long ago. But there are dangers to inviting the attentions of what
might not be a man, but a monster…
Pages: 288 - Publication Date: August 27 2024 – Goodreads
Lucy Undying by Kiersten White
In this epic and seductive gothic fantasy, a vampire escapes
the thrall of Dracula and embarks on her own search for self-discovery and true
love. Her name was written in the pages of someone else's story: Lucy Westenra
was one of Dracula's first victims. But her death was only the beginning. Lucy
rose from the grave a vampire and has spent her immortal life trying to escape
from Dracula's clutches--and trying to discover who she really is and what she
truly wants. Her undead life takes an unexpected turn when, in
twenty-first-century London, she meets another woman who is also yearning to
break free from her past. Iris’s family has built a health empire based on a
sinister secret, and they’ll do anything to stay in power. Lucy has long
believed she would never love again. But she finds herself compelled by the
charming Iris, while Iris is mesmerized by the confident and glamorous Lucy.
But their intense connection and blossoming love is threatened by forces from
without. Iris's mother won't let go of her without a fight, and Lucy's past
still has fangs: Dracula is on the prowl again. Lucy Westenra has been a
tragically murdered teen, a lonesome adventurer, and a fearsome hunter, but
happiness always eluded her. Can she find the strength to destroy Dracula once
and for all, or will her heart once again be her undoing?
Pages: 480 - Publication Date: September 10 2024 – Goodreads
Inkheart by Cornelia Funke
One cruel night, Meggie's father
reads aloud from a book called INKHEART and an evil ruler escapes the
boundaries of fiction and lands in their living room. Suddenly, Meggie is smack
in the middle of the kind of adventure she has only read about in books. Meggie
must learn to harness the magic that has conjured this nightmare. For only she
can change the course of the story that has changed her life forever.
Pages: 563 – Goodreads
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