Everybody cries, even if you don't show it. All it takes is a little happiness. Or a little hurt. Right now, I've had a little of both. After years in exile, Aaron Guillermo returns to his hometown, Bacolod City. But home is no longer the place he once knew. As he steps back onto familiar … Continue reading Pages Review | Bittersweetland by R. Torres Pandan
"We were one unit of two souls, free and united by our own choice. This way, in the positive force of the universe, love wins. That easy road other couples travel on, it leads only to mediocrity…ours was the path walked by the greatest lovers in history." What would you do for a secret love? … Continue reading INTL Blog Tour: “Everything That Was Us” by E. Graziani (eARC)
"There's a kind of freedom in defiance." Sirscha Ashwyn comes from nothing, but she’s intent on becoming something. After years of training to become the queen’s next royal spy, her plans are derailed when shamans attack and kill her best friend Saengo. And then Sirscha, somehow, restores Saengo to life. Unveiled as the first soulguide … Continue reading INTL Blog Tour: Forest of Souls – Shamanborn #1 by Lori M. Lee (ARC)
"Words empowered by justice can never be silenced." A lush tapestry of magic, romance, and revolución, drawing inspiration from Bolivian politics and history. Ximena is the decoy Condesa, a stand-in for the last remaining Illustrian royal. Her people lost everything when the usurper, Atoc, used an ancient relic to summon ghosts and drive the Illustrians … Continue reading INTL Blog Tour: Woven in Moonlight by Isabel Ibañez (ARC)
"Refraction. The way fog scatters the lightning. The way a prism breaks sunshine apart into a rainbow. How a lens can focus light to make things seem bigger, or smaller, or distorted." After an attack on earth, all reflective surfaces become weapons to release monsters, causing a planet-wide ban on mirrors. Despite the danger, the … Continue reading INTL Blog Tour: Refraction by Naomi Hughes
