Category: Fantasy Books

Review: Katharine J. Adams' TONIGHT, I BURN.

9/18/2023

Thanks to the publisher & Netgalley for the complimentary e-ARC. All opinions provided are my own.

A coven of deathwalking witches who have to set themselves on fire in order to patrol the Veil; a terrifying Warden who uses his army of soulless, half-masked soldiers to control it all; a heroine who sets herself on fire so she can save her sister…

Tonight, I Burn by Katharine J. Adams is such an inventive story with so many striking elements that viscerally hold you in check.

Penny, the protagonist, is a deathwalking witch who finds herself going farther against the Warden than she ever suspected she would in order to protect her sister & the other people she loves.

As she plans in secret & then with the help of others, she also develops feelings for two different people, a man & a woman, & she opens up some of the closed-box tension surrounding her own family.

This book is very much leading up to another which is good because it feels like some things are left unfinished. I would have liked more with Penny’s romantic relationships, which do get steamy but which also feel separate in a way I didn’t totally appreciate.

But witch fans, rejoice, here’s another witchy offering for us to celebrate the glorious season of fall.

Thanks to the publisher & Netgalley for the complimentary e-ARC. All opinions provided are my own.

4⭐️. Out 11/07.

Please see a trusted reviewer’s list of CWs.[ID: the ebook sits on a brown scroll top desk. To the left is a grouping of zinnias & in the background is a Van Gogh sunflower print & a yellow wall.]

Thanks to the author for the complimentary e-ARC. All opinions provided are my own.

4.5⭐️. Out 10/10.

Please see a trusted reviewer's list of CWs. ​[ID: Jess’s white hand holds the ebook in front of a field of yellow wildflowers. A white barn & a gray sky are in the background.]

Hi and welcome to my blog tour stop for Raquel Vasquez Gilliland's Witch of Wild Things! A big thanks to the publisher & Netgalley for the complimentary e-ARC. All opinions provided are my own.

Summary.

[ID: Jess’s white hand holds the ebook in front of a mural of 3 flowers on a slate colored brick wall: a yellow sunflower, a yellow coneflower, & what might be a pink peony.]

​My review.

4⭐️. Out 09/12.

CWs: Previous loss of sister. Parental abandonment. Loss of mom. A secondary character is outed as victim of abuse. Sage is fired after ending a physical relationship with her boss.

Are you in the mood for a witchy read yet? Let me know what you think about this one and thanks for stopping by!Happy reading!

Thanks to the publisher & Netgalley for the complimentary e-ARC and the publisher for the complimentary hard copy. All opinions provided are my own.

4⭐️. Out now.

CWs: Death; violence; dragon attacks & death. Betrayal. Sexual harassment. Whipping as punishment. Slavery & indentured servitude.[ID: the book is part of a flatlay arranged diagonally on a wood background.]

Thanks to the publisher & Netgalley for the complimentary e-ARC. All opinions provided are my own.

3.5⭐️. Out 09/26.

CWs: Death of mother. Mutilation. Cancer. Mob threat. Reference to oppid addiction. [ID: the ebook sits on a brown desk. A yellow wall is in the background & to the left is a bunch of multicolored zinnias.]

[ID: the three books—two paperback, one ebook—are arranged on a square orange ottoman.]

Thanks to the publisher & Netgalley for the complimentary e-ARC and the publisher for the complimentary hard copy. All opinions provided are my own.

4⭐️. Out 08/29.

Please see a trusted reviewer’s list of CWS but know that this book includes gory depictions of violence & murder, including burning people alive.[ID: Jess’s white hand holds the book in front of a flower garden with zinnias on the left & a massive sunflower in the background.]

Thanks to the publisher & Netgalley for the complimentary e-ARC. All opinions provided are my own.

4⭐️. Out 09/26.

CWs: please see a trusted reviewer’s list of CWs.[ID: Jess' white hand holds the ebook in a forest. A waterfall and trees are in the background.]

Thanks to the publisher & Netgalley for the complimentary e-ARC. All opinions provided are my own.

3.5⭐️. Out 08/22.

CWs: Catriona was abandoned by mother; childhood was difficult given that she’s half-Fae. Deception. Violence, death of supernatural creatures.[ID: pic shot from above. Jess, a white woman, stands in a yard wearing a multicolored striped dress & holding the ebook.]

Thanks to the publisher & Netgalley for the complimentary e-ARC. All opinions provided are my own.

4.5⭐️. Out 09/12.

CWs: please see a trusted reviewer’s list of CWs.[ID: Jess, a white woman wearing coral shorts & black sandals with multicolored stripes, holds the ebook while reclining on a bench. In the background is the sky, a porch railing, a white shed, & trees.]

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Please see a trusted reviewer’s list of CWs.

[ID: the ebook sits on a brown scroll top desk. To the left is a grouping of zinnias & in the background is a Van Gogh sunflower print & a yellow wall.]

Please see a trusted reviewer's list of CWs.

[ID: Jess’s white hand holds the ebook in front of a field of yellow wildflowers. A white barn & a gray sky are in the background.]

My review.

Are you in the mood for a witchy read yet? Let me know what you think about this one and thanks for stopping by!

Happy reading!

CWs: Death; violence; dragon attacks & death. Betrayal. Sexual harassment. Whipping as punishment. Slavery & indentured servitude.

[ID: the book is part of a flatlay arranged diagonally on a wood background.]

CWs: Death of mother. Mutilation. Cancer. Mob threat. Reference to oppid addiction.

[ID: the ebook sits on a brown desk. A yellow wall is in the background & to the left is a bunch of multicolored zinnias.]

Please see a trusted reviewer’s list of CWS but know that this book includes gory depictions of violence & murder, including burning people alive.

[ID: Jess’s white hand holds the book in front of a flower garden with zinnias on the left & a massive sunflower in the background.]

CWs: please see a trusted reviewer’s list of CWs.

[ID: Jess' white hand holds the ebook in a forest. A waterfall and trees are in the background.]

CWs: Catriona was abandoned by mother; childhood was difficult given that she’s half-Fae. Deception. Violence, death of supernatural creatures.

[ID: pic shot from above. Jess, a white woman, stands in a yard wearing a multicolored striped dress & holding the ebook.]

CWs: please see a trusted reviewer’s list of CWs.

[ID: Jess, a white woman wearing coral shorts & black sandals with multicolored stripes, holds the ebook while reclining on a bench. In the background is the sky, a porch railing, a white shed, & trees.]