Category: Book Review
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Review: Wyvern’s Plague by A.K. Bryce
Summary Ten clans live on the island nation of Dorohin, with the power to shapeshift into reptilian titans. The Dragon clan rules all, but the jealous Ryu clan seeks after the emperor’s throne which was once rightfully theirs. Caught in between them is Iris, an ordinary girl of a lesser…
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Review: A Demon’s Guide to Wooing a Witch by Sarah Hawley
Get your copy from Barnes & Noble Summary: Calladia Cunnington curses the day she met Astaroth the demon, but when he shows up memoryless, why does she find him so helpless . . . and sort of hot? Calladia Cunnington knows she’s rough around the edges, despite being the heir…
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Review: Runebinder by Alex R. Kahler
I wasn’t expecting a 5-star read from Runebinder, but I was still expecting something I could like and get some enjoyment out of. Realistically I was looking at maybe a 4-star, absolutely no worse than a 3-star. This story failed to deliver. We follow Tenn, who is able to use…
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Review: A Forest of Vanity and Valor by A.P. Beswick
This is a Robin Hood retelling, and I loved how the main character who represents Robin Hood grows into the role. He doesn’t start as a good man, instead he starts as a persistent tax collector. Then both our Robin Hood, who is named Vireo, and the man who will…
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DNF Review: Witch You Well by Colleen Cross
Summary Dead billionaires are not good for business!That’s what Aunt Pearl complains to Cen when the dead body is found in the cozy family inn at Westwick Corners. Still, it’s not Cen’s problem. She lives an ordinary life away from her witch-ful family for a reason. She got her ordinary…
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Review: Murder Your Employer – McMasters Guide to Homicide by Rupert Holmes
Summary Who hasn’t wondered for a split second what the world would be like if a person who is the object of your affliction ceased to exist? But then you’ve probably never heard of The McMasters Conservatory, dedicated to the consummate execution of the homicidal arts. To gain admission, a…
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Review: Little Red Shadow by S. C. Grayson
*I was provided a copy of this book from the publisher in exchange for an honest review. Summary The Wolves are out for blood, but Scarlett doesn’t intend to let them catch their prey. When Scarlett’s friend Georgette starts receiving death threats from the Wolves, a powerful street gang, she…
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Review: Pack Dragon by Eva Richardson
*This book was received via NetGalley from the publisher in exchange for an honest review. Summary An orphan searching for her future unlocks a destiny she never imagined… War has engulfed Destia, reaching even the remote country-side, where foundling Eva Thirsk lives. When army recruiters come to town, Eva sees…
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Review: The World we Made by N.K. Jemisin
Summary All is not well in the city that never sleeps. Even though the avatars of New York City have temporarily managed to stop the Woman in White from invading—and destroying the entire universe in the process—the mysterious capital “E” Enemy has more subtle powers at her disposal. A new candidate for mayor wielding the…
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Review: A Crown So Cursed by L.L. McKinney
Summary Alice must save Wonderland from itself in A Crown So Cursed, the long-awaited third book in L.L. McKinney’s Nightmare-Verse series. Alice and her crew are doing their best to recover from the last boss battle, but some of them keep having these. . . dreams: visions of a dark past—and an…