Review: The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America's Shining Women

The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America's Shining Women by Kate Moore
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

This was such a stunning read. I hope I can give it a glowing review. (I'm so sorry.)

The Radium Girls by Kate Moore is about women in the 1900's-1930's working in radium dial factories. Radium had just been discovered by Marie Curie, and its effects weren't well known. The glowing substance was used in paint to make clock dials glow in the dark, and business was booming. It gave many women jobs, but it turned out to be very dangerous. The radium girls suffered severely from putting the brushes (full of paint) in their mouths.

This book documents the fight for compensation and workers' rights. These radium girls ended up with sarcomas (tumors), pulled teeth, jaw necrosis, hip pains, spine pain, and so much more.

The whole story is so interesting and so inspiring. I would 100% recommend it to everyone. This is nonfiction, and any scientific terms are explained well, so don't let that put you off reading it.

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Review: Ruthless Magic

Ruthless Magic by Megan Crewe
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

If you read only one book this summer, this should be it.

Thank you, NetGalley, for an e-book ARC. All thoughts and opinions are my own and not influenced in any way.

NetGalley advertised this as a cross between Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone and The Hunger Games, so of course I had to request it. Lo and behold, that was pretty accurate.

This is about two characters: Finn and Rocio. They both come from two completely different worlds, but they meet each other through a competition to get into a magical college. If they don't win the competition, they get Dampered (lose their magical abilities).

This was such a breathtaking book - I really didn't expect to fall in love with Ruthless Magic so much. The writing style was beautiful. The plot was intense enough to keep interest without burning me out. The characters were absolutely amazing and developed and beautiful.

There is so much competition, much like Throne of Glass, Hunger Games, Battle Royale, etc. There is more of a group aspect in this book though, which makes it much more interesting. Do they fight for themselves or try to keep the group alive? Morals are questioned, which always makes a book more interesting in my opinion.

Please go read this book!

Release Date: May 30, 2018

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Review: Midnight Wolf

Midnight Wolf by Jennifer Ashley
My rating: 1 of 5 stars

Thank you, NetGalley, for a free e-book copy of this book!

Midnight Wolf by Jennifer Ashley is a romance novel about Angus and Tamsin. They are both Shifters (like werewolves). It starts out as a mission for Angus to find Tamsin, but they end up falling in love and fighting the government together.

The romance wasn't amazing in this book. The characters seemed boring and/or done before. The plot wasn't great. I understand that Ashley was going for a strong, female character, but Tamsin just ended up being annoying.

I wouldn't recommend this to anybody in the mood for a good romance book, but I would recommend it to people who like slow romance and Shifters.

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