Category: Book Reviews
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Book Review: Spell Sweeper
by Lee Edward Fodi Spell Sweeper was a fun twist on the typical magical school and Chosen One story. The main character, Cara, is a student at a secret magical boarding school off the coast of Canada. However, Cara is not an amazing student. She doesn’t have enough magic to be a wizard, so she’s…
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Book Review: Simulated
by Nova McBee What do you do when your life suddenly becomes … normal? That’s the question Jo Rivers is initially faced with at the beginning of Simulated. The story picks up a few months after Calculated ended, and Jo is back home in Seattle. And she doesn’t know what to do. Her math gift…
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World Diver Book Tour!
I am super excited to get to be part of the book tour for World Diver by Haylie Hanson today! World Diver is the first book in the Luminaut Trilogy, a YA urban fantasy series from Uncommon Universes Press. Before I get into my review of World Diver, here is some quick info about the…
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Book Review: A Gentle Tyranny
by Jess Corban Interesting. That’s the best word I can think of to describe this book. Interesting. A Gentle Tyranny tells the story of Reina, a young girl in a female-dominated society who becomes part of a competition-of-sorts to become the next Matriarch, the leader of Nede. As Reina trains to possibly become the next…
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Book Review: Nightingale
by Deva Fagan Nightingale is a fun middle-grade fantasy novel. It follows the story of Lark, a young orphan doing her best to stay out of the factory. When the story begins, we find Lark in the middle of robbing the museum, needing to steal something so that she can pay the woman who runs…
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Book Review: Wingfeather Tales
edited by Andrew Peterson If you are a fan of the Wingfeather Saga, you will love Wingfeather Tales. Wingfeather Tales is a collection of seven stories written by various authors that all take place in the world of Aerwiar. The stories take place before, during, and after the Wingfeather Saga. But if you’re trying to…
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Book Review: Winterborne Home for Mayhem and Mystery
by Ally Carter Note: This review contains spoilers for book one in the series! Winterborne Home for Mayhem and Mystery picks up several months after the ending of the first book, Winterborne Home for Vengeance and Valor. April, Colin, Sadie, Tim, and Violet are all settling into life at Winterborne House with Gabriel as their…
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Book Review: The Puppetmaster’s Apprentice
by Lisa DeSelm Pirouette spends her days busy helping her father, Gephardt the puppetmaster. Aside from performing marionette shows, Piro helps her father crafts the dozens and dozens of life-sized wooden soldiers the Margrave, the ruler of Tavia, has ordered. And in everything she does, Piro guards her secret: that she was once a marionette,…
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Book Review: Dearest Josephine
by Caroline George I typically don’t read books that are more centered on a romance plot, but after I kept hearing so much buzz about Dearest Josephine, I decided to go ahead and request an ARC of it. Dearest Josephine is an epistolary novel told in emails, texts, letters, and a manuscript. It alternates between…
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Book Review: The Vanderbeekers, Lost and Found
by Karina Yan Glaser Adventure never seems to leave the Vanderbeekers! As autumn and the start of a new school year roll around, the Vanderbeekers are busy helping Mr. Beiderman prepare for the city marathon and trying to figure out who the mysterious person sleeping the community garden shed is. When the Vanderbeekers do discover…
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