Rapid Review of A Court of Mist and Fury

No spoilers in this review of A Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J. Maas! I have noticed a lot of love and a lot of hate for this book on-line. Why are the reactions so diverse? Maas’ storytelling ability is UNDENIABLE. She creates worlds and characters we love. Thus her books illicit impassioned…

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Rapid Review of The Rose and the Dagger

No spoilers in this review of The Rose and the Dagger by Renee Ahdieh! I loved it! I give it 4.25 stars! This book is a satisfying end to a fantastic duology. I am going to miss Shahrzad and Khalid so much! I will also miss Renee Ahdieh’s beautifully sculpted sentences. There are many moving pieces…

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Rapid Review of The Grisha Trilogy

Thank you to Mary, a guest blogger, for writing this review! 🙂 No spoilers in this review of The Grisha Trilogy by Leigh Bardugo! My ratings of each book: Shadow and Bone – 4 stars Siege and Storm – 4.25 stars Ruin and Rising – 4.5 stars Have you read Six of Crows yet? If…

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Rapid Review of The Wrath and the Dawn

No spoilers in this review of The Wrath and the Dawn by Renee Ahdieh! I LOVED it! I give it 4.5 stars! I was utterly enchanted by this book from beginning to end! The prologue is my all-time favorite one. It set up a great mystery, and I felt like I had to read the book…

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Rapid Review of Ice Like Fire

No spoilers in this review of Ice Like Fire by Sara Raasch! I give it 3 stars. A friend asked me if I was enjoying Ice Like Fire and my answer was “it’s OK”. It is the type of middle book that is needed in this series but that I don’t typically enjoy as much….

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Rapid Review of Flamecaster

No spoilers in this review of Flamecaster by Cinda Williams Chima! I loved it! I give it 4.25 stars! It is a great start to the new Shattered Realms series! I was SO excited when I heard Cinda Williams Chima was returning to the Seven Realms universe, and the debut in this new series lived up…

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Rapid Review of The Winner’s Kiss

No spoilers in this review of The Winner’s Kiss by Marie Rutkoski! I give it 3.5 stars. Kestrel and Arin have all of the ingredients to make my favorite kind of love story. Yes, there are lies, yes, there is deceit, and oh yes it is quite forbidden, but there is also a soul changing…

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Rapid Review of Six of Crows

No spoilers in this review of Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo! I loved it!  I give it 4.75 stars! It was my favorite book from 2015! This book is so complex, so fluid, and so enchanting! Do you ever feel like a story is a legend that has been out in the universe just waiting to…

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Rapid Review of Morning Star (Red Rising #3)

No spoilers in this rapid review of Morning Star by Pierce Brown. LOVED it! I give it 4.75 stars. (That amounts to 5 stars on Goodreads and I don’t give those out very often!) First let me say that I am a big fan of science fiction and fantasy. I usually lean more toward fantasy…

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