Review of Check Please by Ngozi Ukazu

Goodreads Synopsis:  Helloooo, Internet Land. Bitty here!

Y’all... I might not be ready for this. I may be a former junior figure skating champion, vlogger extraordinaire, and very talented amateur pâtissier, but being a freshman on the Samwell University hockey team is a whole new challenge. It’s nothing like co-ed club hockey back in Georgia! First of all? There’s checking. And then, there is Jack—our very attractive but moody captain.

A collection of the first half of the megapopular webcomic series of the same name, Check, Please!: #Hockey is the first book of a hilarious and stirring two-volume coming-of-age story about hockey, bros, and trying to find yourself during the best four years of your life. 

My Thoughts: Bitty I love you so much. He has to be one of my favorite characters of all time. I was smiling from ear to ear and sometimes laughing out loud from start to finish. I never read a story that is surrounded by hockey and I have to say it wasn't that bad. Im more of a football girl. GO STEELERS! 
I adored the art work and the flow of the comic. Bitty's blog internet format was very creative but I felt like there were too many gaps between his post like months later he would update us about his life.
I just wanted more updates about his cooking and his love life. UGHHHH that ending sent me straight to bed lol I was so upset. Hopefully there will be more comics to come.

Review of Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik

Goodreads Synopsis: Miryem is the daughter and granddaughter of moneylenders... but her father isn't a very good one. Free to lend and reluctant to collect, he has loaned out most of his wife's dowry and left the family on the edge of poverty--until Miryem steps in. Hardening her heart against her fellow villagers' pleas, she sets out to collect what is owed--and finds herself more than up to the task. When her grandfather loans her a pouch of silver pennies, she brings it back full of gold.

But having the reputation of being able to change silver to gold can be more trouble than it's worth--especially when her fate becomes tangled with the cold creatures that haunt the wood, and whose king has learned of her reputation and wants to exploit it for reasons Miryem cannot understand.






My Thoughts: I'm giving this a solid 4 stars.
Look I'm going to need some names labeled some where for the POV change like come on there are three main characters. Sometimes while reading I would have no idea who was speaking it was a bit frustrating most of the time. I will say I absolutely loved this story if you are a big fan of fantasy stories I think you would love every moment of this. I would have to say Wanda was my favorite character out of the three but Irena and Miryem are also amazing. I have a soft spot for Wanda and her brothers I truly cared about them so much. I have no idea how they managed for so long with the jerk of a father they have. Okay enough said I almost slipped up with a spoiler there lol lol . Please if you have the time to read over 400 pages of high fantasy with amazing writing give this one a try.

Review of Strange Grace by Tessa Gratton

Goodreads Synopsis: Long ago, a village made a bargain with the devil: to ensure their prosperity, when the Slaughter Moon rises, the village must sacrifice a young man into the depths of the Devil’s Forest.

Only this year, the Slaughter Moon has risen early.

Bound by duty, secrets, and the love they share for one another, Mairwen, a spirited witch; Rhun, the expected saint; and Arthur, a restless outcast, will each have a role to play as the devil demands a body to fill the bargain. But the devil these friends find is not the one they expect, and the lies they uncover will turn their town—and their hearts—inside out.


My Thoughts:

3.5 WOW! I would have gave it a 4 but the audiobook confused me. Definitely read the physical book because there are tons of flashbacks and you can’t tell when the switch is happening on audio. The writing was superb and the story was so entertaining and original. Thanks to the publisher for approving my E-ARC request on Edelweiss