If you checked out my post Friday Night Highlights: A Haunted House and an Unlicensed Exorcist, then you know I was reading pretty fast through Within These Wicked Walls by Lauren Blackwood. It is a debut novel with Jane Eyre vibes set in a haunted mansion in the Ethiopian desert. Scare Factor If you are […]
Dahomey Fighter. Tightrope Walker. Immortal Girl. The Bones of Ruin by Sarah Raughley starts off with one heck of a character profile. It’s been a while since I had this feeling about a character in a book, but Iris Marlow and I could be friends. I love that her character is a no-holds barred, unbowed […]
This week I am reading The Bones of Ruin by Sarah Raughley. I am five chapters in and I really like the main character Iris. She’s got sass, a sense of survival and a need to discover the mystery of her real identity. She is also a Black girl who works in a circus as […]