Books, Historical Fantasy, Supernatural, YA
A Great and Terrible Beauty by Libba Bray: B-
From the back cover: Gemma Doyle isn’t like other girls. Girls with impeccable manners, who speak when spoken to, who remember their station, who dance with grace, and who will lie back and think of England when it’s required of them. No, sixteen-year-old Gemma is an island unto herself, sent to the Spence Academy in London after tragedy...
Comics
Boys Over Flowers 24 by Yoko Kamio: B
From the back cover: Tsukushi has been unconscious for two days and wakes up in Tsukasa’s cousin’s...
Click 5 by Youngran Lee: B-
Book description: While Jinhoo doesn’t believe Heewon’s declaration that Joonha is actually...
Papillon 3 by Miwa Ueda: B-
I reviewed the third volume of this soaptastic series from the creator of Peach Girl for this week’s...
The Lapis Lazuli Crown 1 by Natsuna Kawase: B
I reviewed the first volume of this all-ages series for this week’s Manga Minis column. It’s...
Bleach 27 by Tite Kubo: B+
From the back cover: Orihime’s return from the Soul Society is interrupted by the Arrancar Ulquiorra,...
Books
A Great and Terrible Beauty by Libba Bray: B-
From the back cover: Gemma Doyle isn’t like other girls. Girls with impeccable manners, who speak...
The Brimstone Wedding by Barbara Vine: B+
From the back cover: “It’s crazy thinking I can tell her,” says Genevieve Warner, thirty-two...
Eat or Be Eaten by Jinko Fuyuno and Yamimaru Enjin: B-
This is the second yaoi novel I’ve read that I actually enjoyed despite its flaws. I’m not...
Kindred by Octavia E. Butler: A-
From the back cover: Having just celebrated her 26th birthday in 1976 California, Dana, an African-American...
The Private Patient by P. D. James: B
Book description: In James’s stellar fourteenth Adam Dalgliesh mystery, the charismatic police...
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