The thing about tropes is…sometimes they work for us. The Strangely Beautiful Tale of Miss Percy Parker, by Leanna Renee Hieber, is full of them—prophecies, unexplained magical forces, fated love match, etc.—but I was entertained. After reading Hiding in Plain Sight, I needed something fluffy to read. I can’t give a full review of this book as I only received a preview copy, however, and I know that the trope-y nature of this book will drive some readers up the wall...

Read the rest of my review at A Bookish Type. I received a preview of this book from NetGalley for review consideration.

It's the month when all the Classic Horror movies pop-up all over the place.  When people want to be scared out of their minds and it's cool to east a whole bowel of candy in one sitting.  Personally, I like a good scary movie any time of the years, especially a creepy book right before bed. But, hey, I'm weird like that.  Still, it's the season for ominous fog, ghosts, and creatures of the night. So I saved some of my creepy, spooky, and just plain weird reads just for the month of October.  My hope is to get through them all now that life seems to be settling down, but I always seem to say that right before something explodes.  My first stop is the ever creepy, and probably slightly disturbing, Dr. Mutter's Marvels, because the author is doing an event toward the end of the month, and I am planning on attending.  It's also a BINGO book! So double bonus!!

October Goals:

YASH - compete & finish

Blog Clean up (totally put this off)

1 BINGO book

3 Graphic Novels

This book had a very slow and confusing start. I almost put in down and picked a different one. It's a bit too descriptive in places. Percy annoyed me at first. She was very meek and apologized too much. She does grow and gain in spine and confidence (and stops apologizing all the freaking time). I finally got more invested and interested more about halfway through the book. On the fence about continuing with the next 2 since this was such a slow start and I'm not sure if I care enough to continue.

Leanna Hieber's The Eterna Files kicks off a series about a race to immortality between the United States and Great Britain in the early 1880s. The Eterna Project began in the United States when a young spiritualist, Clara Templeton, tried to comfort the grieving Mary Todd Lincoln after her husband's assassination. Templeton and Senator Bishop create a small department within the Secret Service to find a cure for death. By 1882, Queen Victoria has gotten wind of the project and wants her scientists to find immortality before the Americans...

Read the rest of my review at Summer Reading Project.

Natalie was such a strong character in the first two books. In this book she was an insecure love sick puppy prattling on and on about Jonathan. The book was slow and never grabbed my attention. I would've been pleased with book 2's ending. Now, I feel completely let down. However, it was great to finally learn about The Master's Society and revisit loved characters.