![Book Review: Gideon the Ninth (The Locked Tomb Book 1) by Tamsyn Muir [Audiobook]](https://metaphorsandmoonlight.com/wp-content/uploads/Book-Review-Gideon-the-Ninth-The-Locked-Tomb-Book-1-by-Tamsyn-Muir-255x255.jpg)
When the Ninth House necromancer receives a summons to take part in trials to ascend and become immortal, Gideon agrees to pretend to be her cavalier in exchange for freedom from indentured servitude. But not long after all the house necromancers and cavaliers arrive, people start being murdered, and they realize they're all trapped and going to die unless they can figure out what's going...
Lately I've been trying to devote full review posts, which take more time and energy, to books I really like. So for this quick reviews post, I've got a bunch of books I did not like and rated lower than 3 stars. We can't like every book, right? For the most part, despite having quite a few issues with some of these, they're "not for me" books, not necessarily bad books. But one was quite...
Daevabad, the hidden city of djinn, is in chaos after the events of the last book, but the djinn haven't given up yet against the new threat. Nahri and Ali try to make their way to safety and figure out how to save their city while Dara struggles to balance his loyalty to his Banu Nahida and his loyalty to the...
![Book Review: The Darkness Outside Us by Eliot Schrefer [Audiobook]](https://metaphorsandmoonlight.com/wp-content/uploads/Book-Review-The-Darkness-Outside-Us-by-Eliot-Schrefer-255x255.jpg)
Ambrose wakes from a coma on a space ship and knows his mission is to rescue his sister, but he remembers nothing about the launch, nor the info that there's another person on the ship. As time goes on and the two boys grow closer, they discover more and more strange clues that something is off about this...
![Book Review: Summer Sons by Lee Mandelo [Audiobook]](https://metaphorsandmoonlight.com/wp-content/uploads/Book-Review-Summer-Sons-by-Lee-Mandelo-255x255.jpg)
Andrew and Eddie grew up together, but then Eddie left to start his graduate program early, and now he's dead and haunting Andrew. When Andrew arrives in Nashville, he realizes there was a lot Eddie didn't tell him and sets out to solve the mystery of his friend's death while navigating grief, sexuality, a dangerous ghost, and Eddie's mysterious new...
Fetching is setting plans into motion to war with Hispartha and free the half-orcs from human oppression, and Oats has always been ready and willing to fight, but he also has family he cares about, and his path forward is starting to seem murky. When he goes with some of his hoof to play politics, Oats realizes he has some potentially life-changing decisions to...
This time for quick reviews I have the Psions of SPIRE series by Alex Silver! All four main books, plus two extra novellas. This is a series with diverse queer rep about people with psionic abilities (telekinesis, empathy, etc.). Each book focuses on different characters, but they're all connected into one storyline, so I recommend reading them in order. I enjoyed...
When Ciaran is threatened into repaying a debt, he, Trent, Noah, Julien, and Lugh set out on a dangerous ocean voyage to meet with an even more dangerous fae race. All the while, Noah tries to use his magic to help Ciaran and Trent form a bond so they can be together without fear of Trent growing...
![Book Review: Any Way the Wind Blows (Simon Snow Book 3) by Rainbow Rowell [Audiobook]](https://metaphorsandmoonlight.com/wp-content/uploads/Book-Review-Any-Way-the-Wind-Blows-Simon-Snow-Book-3-by-Rainbow-Rowell-255x255.jpg)
Their road trip didn't go quite as planned, and Simon is still depressed. Back home in England, Simon and Baz work through relationship struggles and try to learn about a new supposed "chosen one," Penny attempts to remove a demon curse from Shepard, Agatha starts working at her dad's place, and they all try to figure out where to go next in life and what makes them...
This time for my quick reviews I have the Folk of the Air series by Holly Black! (Minus The Lost Sisters, which will be in a separate post since it's a short story.) If you haven't heard of it, it's a YA series about a human raised in the fae realm. I know this is an unpopular opinion, but I wasn't a big fan. I was probably being a bit nice with my 3.5 star ratings, now that I think back on it,...
