First off, I would like to state that I recently finished another one of van Praag's novels for an advance review from Netgalley called The Witches of Cambridge, which I loved. For that full review, please click here. That being said, The Dress Shop of Dreams is a very different story from van Praag's most recent offering. … Continue reading Menna van Praag’s “Dress Shop of Dreams”
Van Allen's The Wishing Thread follows the three Van Ripper sisters and their magical house in Tarrytown called the Stitchery. When matriarch Mariah dies, the three sisters must come together to decide what is best for their home and their family's legacy as the stitch witches of the town, sewing spells for suspicious but desperate … Continue reading Lisa Van Allen’s “The Wishing Thread”- finding magic in the mundane
I received this advanced copy from Penguin's First to Read and could not be happier. Soundless follows the story of a young woman named Fei Jing who works as an artist in an alternative universe where an Asian mountain community is all deaf. This community must rely on the towns down from them for food, … Continue reading Rachel Mead’s “Soundless”-The Art of Silence
Thank you Netgalley and Random House for the pleasure of reading this novel. The Witches of Cambridge follows the stories of Kat, George, Amandine, Noa, Heloise, and Cosima, all witches of a different flavor, as they go about life in modern-day Cambridge. Their lives are all entwined at the college, where they have magical meetings … Continue reading “The Witches of Cambridge”- A bewitching read
Thank you, Netgalley for this wonderful read. Readers of the Broken Wheel Recommend follows a young woman named Sara that travels from Sweden with books and dreams to meet her pen-pal Amy, who lives in a small town in Iowa called Broken Wheel. Upon arriving to USA, she quickly discovers that Amy has passed away and … Continue reading “The Readers of Broken Wheel Recommend”- a love story to reading
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