Booked Panda Reviews

  Book Review: Lucy Undying by  Kiersten White Release Date: September 11, 2024  Genre: Horror Age Range: Adult Goodreads  Avg. Rating: 3.66 stars This is a story about a girl you might have read about. She was one of Dracula's first victims but that wasn't really the end of her story. Lucy Westenra has wandered the globe in search of Dracula and a reason for her existence. A young woman who never fit into her place in the world or understood her own self. Now in her new life, Lucy seeks to help those like her. This story is an urban historical fantasy. Due to this, we will speak of the atmosphere rather than world-building. Possibly I am not the best one to talk on this either. The settings will jump from London to Asain and journey the lands of Europe through the great wars until we reach modern America. Most of the scenes in the book take place in the same or similar indoor locations. Even still the way the scenes were written still left me able to picture them playing out.

    New Books Publishing Week of 09 September 2024 Welcome to this week's new book releases. This week seems to be the week of sequels and conclusions. There are a few stand-alones that I would love to get to soon. Somewhere Beyond the Sea  by TJ Klune Publication Date :  10 September 2024  Series :  Cerulean Chronicles Proceeded By :  The House in the Cerulean Sea                                    Subjects :  Cozy Fantasy, Science Fiction & Fantasy, LGBT Fiction, Contemporary Fantasy Fiction Description : A magical house. A secret past. A summons that could change everything. Arthur Parnassus lives a good life, built on the ashes of a bad one. He’s the headmaster of a strange orphanage on a distant and peculiar island, and he hopes to soon be the adoptive father to the six magical and so-called dangerous children who live there. Arthur works hard and loves with his whole heart so none of the children ever feel the neglect and pain that he once felt as an orphan on that very s

Book Review: The Gods Below by  Andrea Stewart Release Date: September 03, 2024  Genre: Fantasy Age Range: Adult Series: The Hollow Covenant Goodreads  Avg. Rating: 3.72 stars I enjoyed this book so much. This was my first Andrea Stewart title and now I want to read more worlds created by her. The details of the world-building history were great. Then to also have characters who are trying to have growth while others are holding firmly against growing. Our premise of a war of the gods stated in the description was misleading. While there might have been something in a piece of the book overall it is not as it seems. This story was about two sisters and their will to survive against all odds. Separated during a crisis Hakara determined to find a way back to her younger sister. Even if that way is with the rebels who seek to stop a god. This world sounded so cool, broken but interesting. I love the way the book was split between characters and even time slightly. Based on the chapter ope