Category: Book Reviews
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Book Review: Prelude of Fire
by Christine Schulze publisher’s synopsis A desperate mission. Sinister sorcery. Can she find the seven prism shards to stop the world from being destroyed? Ashlai, a young Fyre mage who can harness powers of flame from the sun, yearns to know about her kin. Her adoptive elven father refuses to let her travel abroad with…
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Book Review: Ignite
by Kara Swanson publisher’s synopsis: Can Mara survive in a world where the fire in her veins is worth killing for? In a frozen wasteland suffocating beneath a dying sun, Mara is a young phoenix raised by her father to explode at his command. He’s the only one who can help her control her fire,…
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Book Review: Phoenix Fire
by S. D. Grimm publisher’s synopsis When the past comes knocking, think twice about opening the door. Orphaned Ava Elderson is a Phoenix—a monster hunter created to protect the human race—but she’s without her most valuable asset—knowledge of what she is. Phoenix powers? A mystery. Past memories? Locked away. Worse, she’s unaware of the great…
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Book Review: The Burning Tree
by Helen Dent publisher’s synopsis There’s a secret growing in the woods. In Ellie Caster’s town of Bishop’s Gap, the Casters and the powerful Levy family have been feuding for generations. The families share just one thing in common—they both dread the mark, a scorch that appears at random on their doors, bringing a curse…
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Book Review: The Bletchley Ridde
by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin publisher’s synopsis Remember, you are bound by the Official Secrets Act… Summer, 1940. Nineteen-year-old Jakob Novis and his quirky younger sister Lizzie share a love of riddles and puzzles. And now they’re living inside of one. The quarrelsome siblings find themselves amidst one of the greatest secrets of World…
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Book Review: The Scorpio Races
by Maggie Stiefvater publisher’s synopsis Some race to win. Others race to survive. It happens at the start of every November: the Scorpio Races. Riders attempt to keep hold of their water horses long enough to make it to the finish line. Some riders live. Others die. At age nineteen, Sean Kendrick is the returning…
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Book Review: Elysium Tide
by James R. Hannibal publisher’s synopsis Dr. Peter Chesterfield is one of the Royal London Hospital’s top neurosurgeons. He is also a workaholic, ordered by his boss to take a week off to attend a medical symposium at the luxurious Elysium Grand on the island of Maui. While there, Peter pulls a woman with a…
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Book Review: Breath of Bones
by Tricia and Nathan Goyer publisher’s synopsis When darkness falls, a new guardian emerges. Kateřina Dubová has always aspired to walk in her father’s footsteps as a respected journalist, and the Second World War presents a unique opportunity for her to prove her worth to the world. A tip about an assassination attempt on a…
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Book Review: The Red Palace
by June Hur publisher’s synopsis Joseon (Korea), 1758. There are few options available to illegitimate daughters in the capital city, but through hard work and study, eighteen-year-old Hyeon has earned a position as a palace nurse. All she wants is to keep her head down, do a good job, and perhaps finally win her estranged father’s…
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Book Review: The Gingerbread Queen
by Carrie Anne Noble publisher’s synopsis Once upon a time, Gretel defeated the witch of the gingerbread cottage and saved Hansel. Now, she must face what the witch left behind… Germany, 1825. Thirteen years have passed since Gretel and her brother Hansel started new lives in a small town. She’s changed her name, lived quietly,…
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