3 stars Overall, this was a good book with an interesting story. I think the main problem was the book suffered from terrible marketing. Reading the blurb gave me the general impression that it was somehow related to fairy tales and that the stepdaughters would seek revenge on their wicked stepmothers. However, as I was…

8/1/2020 Dragon Soul Press’ newest novel, These Darker Streets by Abigail Linhardt, is now available! What a stunning cover! So, what’s it about? Tragic loss. Eternal love. Ancient magic. Brigit is dealing with the loss of her mother and brother while trying to run her mother’s shop of magical oddities. She used to believe in magic…

Featuring poems from Amy Ledford, J.E. Feldman, Datura Lily, Vanessa Bane, McKenzie Richardson, Sydnie Beaupré, Gabriella Balcom, Vanessa Caraveo, Joshua E. Borgmann, Beth W. Patterson, Zoey Xolton, Jennifer Carr, and Joshua Lupardus What makes this collection so great is that there is a little something for everyone. It showcases a variety of poets with different…

7/25/2020 Hello fellow book lovers! Dragon Soul Press has revealed the new cover of their book, Mafia University, by Jordan Petrarca! Awesome cover! So, what’s it about? Leo Coletta does what most young men do when they graduate high school, and that’s go to college to further his education. He attends a remote University in the…

4 stars This book is weird, creepy, and unexpected in all the right ways. I’ll admit, at first I didn’t really like Hoodoo’s narration and was just going along with things. However it quickly grew on me and, as the plot picked up, I was hooked. I flew through reading this faster than I’d anticipated….

5 stars An absolutely fantastic read! Beautifully-written with gorgeous illustrations. This is a lovely book. One of the aspects of the book that I really liked is that the hijab is not presented as an obstacle of any sort in the story. It is not something the characters are embarrassed by or learn to accept….

2 stars For the most part, the book was good. In comparison to the first book, the plot is much faster as there is not as much buildup and world building needed. There is quite a bit of explanation as to what happened in the first book so this could be read as a standalone…

3 stars A nice collection of fairy tales. It contains the stories, “Snow White”, “The Frog Prince”, “Three Wishes”, “Toads and Pearls”, “Red Riding Hood”, “The Three Great Noodles”, and “Hansel and Gretel”. The book does not adhere strictly to the originals nor are they reinvented into completely new tales. Instead, as Jenkins writes in…

3 stars While I love reading Neil Gaiman’s work, sometimes I am left with something I don’t entirely know what to do with. This is one of those times. As I’ve only read the graphic novel format, I don’t know if all of the text is included in this adaptation, however at times I felt…