Book Reviews

Uptown Oracle Reads… Wicked As You Wish

Wicked as You Wish by Rin Chupeco (Affiliate Links) When a hidden prince, a girl with secrets, a ragtag group of unlikely heroes, and a legendary firebird come together…something wicked is going down. Many years ago, the magical Kingdom of Avalon was left encased in ice when the Snow Queen waged war. Its former citizens…
Uptown Oracle Reads… The Year of the Witching | Stunning, Dark, Feminist Fantasy

The Year of the Witching Alexis Henderson (Affiliate Links) A young woman living in a rigid, puritanical society discovers dark powers within herself in this stunning, feminist fantasy debut. In the lands of Bethel, where the Prophet’s word is law, Immanuelle Moore’s very existence is blasphemy. Her mother’s union with an outsider of a different…
Uptown Oracle Reads… The Fairies Path

The Fairies Path Ava Corrigan (Affiliate Links) At the Alfea International School, students come from all over the Otherworld to train. To learn magic. To discover how to control their powers. Inside the school’s castle, five students-complete strangers-are assigned as roommates: Aisha is an athlete and a classic overachiever whose control over water is the envy…
Uptown Oracle Reads… The Hierarchies | Thought-Provoking Story About a Sex Robot Achieving Sentience

Overall I found The Hierarchies to be a thought-provoking, but definitely had themes which some people may struggle to read about. I found the overall story to be gripping and you want to know what will happen to Sylv.ie next, although the pace can be very slow at times.
Uptown Oracle Reads… The Sprite and the Gardener | A Wonderful Whimsical Graphic Novel

The Sprite and the Gardener Rii Abrego and Joe Whitt (Affiliate Links) Long, long ago, sprites were the caretakers of gardens. Every flower was grown by their hand. But when humans appeared and began growing their own gardens, the sprites’ magical talents soon became a thing of the past. When Wisteria, an ambitious, kind-hearted sprite,…
Uptown Oracle Reads… Fae Child

Fae Child is a charming faerie-tale into the Otherworld through our main character Abbie who accidentally gets called through a pond. Luckily she meets Foster, a young fae boy, who plans to help her find her way back to the human world. On top of this journey, we have POV chapters from Dan, Abbie’s father,…
Uptown Oracle Reads… Influence

Influence by Sara Shepard and Lilia Buckingham (Affiliate Links) After a video she makes goes viral, everyone knows Delilah Rollins. And now that she’s in LA, Delilah’s standing on the edge of something incredible. Everything is going to change. She has no idea how much. Jasmine Walters-Diaz grew up in the spotlight. A child star…
Uptown Oracle Reads… Namesake

Namesake Adrienne Young (Affiliate Links) With the Marigold ship free of her father, Fable and the rest of the crew were set to start over. That freedom is short-lived when Fable becomes a pawn in a notorious thug’s scheme. In order to get to her intended destination, she must help him to secure a partnership with Holland,…
Uptown Oracle Reads… These Violent Delights

These Violent Delightsby Chloe Gong (Affiliate Links) The year is 1926, and Shanghai hums to the tune of debauchery. A blood feud between two gangs runs the streets red, leaving the city helpless in the grip of chaos. At the heart of it all is eighteen-year-old Juliette Cai, a former flapper who has returned to…