![Cybils 2018 Finalists: Sweep and Stone Girl [Review]](https://i0.wp.com/fallingletters.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/sweep-auxier-1.jpg?resize=245%2C150&ssl=1)
Yup, I’m finally clearing this post out of my drafts… Sweep by Jonathan Auxier For nearly a century, Victorian London relied on “climbing boys”–orphans owned by chimney sweeps–to clean flues and protect homes from fire. The work was hard, thankless […]
![Baking with Brujas in the Love Sugar Magic Series [Review]](https://i0.wp.com/fallingletters.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/a-dash-of-trouble.jpg?resize=245%2C150&ssl=1)
Love Sugar Magic Books 1 and 2 by Anna Meriano Title: A Dash of Trouble/A Sprinkle of SpiritsFormat: HardcoversSource: Library/purchasePublished: January 2019/February 2019Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Length: 320/309 pages Genre: Contemporary magicTarget Age: 8+#OwnVoices: Biracial Latinx (Mexican-American)★★★★ Leonora Logroño’s family owns the most beloved bakery in […]
![Nuanced Characters, Complex Relationships, and a Hidden Horror Make for an Excellent Debut [Review]](https://i0.wp.com/fallingletters.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/the-devouring-gray-uk.png?resize=245%2C150&ssl=1)
The Devouring Gray by Christine Lynn Herman Format/source: ARC/ALA MidwinterPublished: 2 April 2019 Publisher: Disney-HyperionLength: 368 pages Genre: Contemporary speculative fiction (horror/fantasy)Target Age: Young adult#OwnVoices: Bisexuality, depressionContent warnings★★★★½ After the death of her sister, seventeen-year-old Violet Saunders finds herself dragged to Four Paths, New York. Violet may be […]
![Historical Haints Make for a Great Summer Read [Review]](https://i0.wp.com/fallingletters.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Just-south-of-home-1.jpg?resize=245%2C150&ssl=1)
Just South of Home by Karen Strong Format/source: ARC/ALA MidwinterPublished: 7 May 2019 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young ReadersLength: 320 pages Genre: Middle grade speculative fiction#OwnVoices: Black girl living in southern USA ★★★★ Twelve-year-old Sarah is finally in […]
![Finishing Middlegame Put Me In a Reading Slump Because it is That. Good.[Review]](https://i0.wp.com/fallingletters.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/middlegame.jpg?resize=245%2C150&ssl=1)
Middlegame by Seanan McGuire Format/source: ARC/NetgalleyPublished: 7 May 2019 Publisher: Tor.comLength: 528 pages Genre: Speculative fiction ★★★★★ I received a free copy from the publisher via NetGalley. Meet Roger. Skilled with words, languages come easily to him. He instinctively understands […]