Here are some of the latest book reviews and blog posts that I’ve shared on my reading blog, Amanda’s Book Corner.
- by AmandaMy favorite surprise of the week: Once Swindled by Laura Sebastian! The first in her new Lack and Luster series, this novel introduces a Gilded Age world in which the aristocrats (Lusters) don’t just have more money and power; they also have magical abilities that the others (the Lacks) don’t. Once such Lack is Mavis,… […]
- by AmandaRobert de la Chevotière has just released his second adult novel, The Twelfth House. Set mainly between the 1770s and 1830s in Dominica, this book gives voice to the people stolen from their home in Dahomey (in present-day Benin) and enslaved by a cruel white man in the Caribbean. But an unborn soul is witness… […]
- by AmandaArt, magic, and mystery collide in K.S. Shay‘s debut novel, Portrait of a Witch Undone, out today. Maeve was powerful witch on track to become the next matriarch until a spell gone wrong left her unable to use her magic. Now, a year later, her friend and casting partner Ash is determined to figure out… […]
- by AmandaEarlier this year, Amy DuBois Barnett released her debut novel, If I Ruled the World. Set mainly between 1999 and 2001, it follows Nikki Rose in her career in magazines. Despite just getting a promotion at a prominent fashion magazine, Nikki wants to work somewhere that uplifts Black people, so she makes the risky move… […]
- by AmandaThis week sees the release of Kailee Pedersen‘s sophomore novel, The Minimalist. Mia Voss is a composer, long mentored by the brilliant but harsh Ryder Wakefield. But then Ryder’s son Oliver (also Mia’s former boyfriend) dies by suicide; Ryder passes away not long after, leaving Mia to finish his final orchestra composition, titled Death Fugue…. […]
- by AmandaThese past three years I have been loving Liana De la Rosa‘s historical romances, so I was intrigued that she was going to step into the contemporary romance category. Mutual Discord follows Sofia Mendoza, a 31-year-old who has been successful in her marketing career up until now. Recently laid off, she’s spending her newfound free… […]
- by AmandaAlexandra Vasti has quickly become a go-to author for historical romances, and I was excited for her latest, Scandal of the Summer, the first in her Flirty Rotten Scoundrels series. After four seasons, heiress Ruby is tired of trying to find a husband who can appreciate her depth of knowledge on “masculine” subjects like art… […]
- by AmandaRomance lovers, it’s time for our yearly preview of forthcoming romances to add to the top of our TBRs. The Buzz Books 2026: Romance sampler highlights some of the hottest upcoming releases, ranging from romantasy to the classic rom-com. In addition to the longer list included, this sampler offers extended previews of over 20 romance… […]
- by AmandaBack in 2021, The Beautiful Ones was only the third Silvia Moreno-Garcia book I’d read. It was another distinct departure in genre from both Gods of Jade and Shadow (fantasy) and Mexican Gothic (Gothic horror), lighter on fantasy and more a book of manners. It’s also one of her few books not set in Mexico,… […]
- by AmandaFirst released in 2015, the new English translation of Someone Like You, by Catalan-Spanish author Xavier Bosch, just came out yesterday. It’s divided between two timelines. In 1981, Paulina Homs travels from Barcelona to Paris for her cousin’s wedding weekend… and proceeds to fall in love with a French art gallery owner, Jean-Pierre Zanardi. More… […]
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