Dead Beat by Leigh Bardugo

Dead Beat by Leigh Bardugo

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Dead Beat is the final book in Leigh Bardugo’s Ninth House trilogy. Do I remember what happened in Ninth House and Hell Bent? No, not really. Did I bother re-reading both books before starting Dead Beat? Of course I didn’t. I just dove right into Dead Beat and hoped I would remember stuff from the other books along the way. Dead Beat is an enjoyable conclusion to the trilogy and ends exactly as I could have hoped for. I can depend on Bardugo not making me want to throw a book across the room.

WARNING: If you plan on reading Ninth House and Hell Bent, do not read this review just yet as it contains some spoilers.

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Last Night in Brooklyn by Xochitl Gonzalez

Last Night in Brooklyn by Xochitl Gonzalez

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Last Night in Brooklyn is Xochitl Gonzalez’s latest novel and was published just this year. Like Olga Dies Dreaming and Anita de Monte Laughs Last, the focus of Last Night in Brooklyn is the Puerto Rican diaspora and the lives of Black and brown people in New York, but it doesn’t feel like a retread. It is an interesting story of the hedonistic lives of creatives living in a Brooklyn on the cusp of change.

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Old Soul by Susan Barker

Old Soul by Susan Barker

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Old Soul is a horror novel that I had been waiting to come out in paperback, and to be honest I am glad I did not spend the money on the hardcover version because as much as I enjoyed the story, I was disappointed to find this novel not scary at all and the ending REALLY PISSED ME OFF.

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The Marrow Thieves by Cherie Dimaline

The Marrow Thieves by Cherie Dimaline

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The Marrow Thieves sat in my TBR pile for a long time because I wasn’t sure I was ready for another story that was going to make me sad as well as infuriate me. But my TBR pile recently got low enough that it was time to read The Marrow Thieves, and I am glad that I did. It makes sense that this powerful story has ended up on so many “best book” lists.

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Wildwood by Elinor Florence

Wildwood by Elinor Florence

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There is something about the way the plot of this book is described on the inside cover that led me to believe that Wildwood is a survival thriller. It is more of a lighthearted survival story than a thriller. Kind of disappointing, but I still found myself engrossed by this novel for reasons other than plot and character.

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