No spoilers in this rapid review of FirstLife by Gena Showalter. I give it 3.75 stars. I found the premise around FirstLife to be fascinating! In it, this life is just a prequel to real life, which only begins after death. The EverLife realms piqued my interest from the beginning. They are called Troika and Myriad…
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No spoilers in this rapid review of This Savage Song. I give it 4.25 stars. I love Victoria Schwab’s writing!!! I basically knew this as soon as I started A Darker Shade of Magic, the first book of hers I read. But it is 100% confirmed after bingeing that series and reading this book. In…
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No spoilers in this review of Shadowcaster by Cinda Williams Chima. This is a hard one to rate because it started off slow for me, but then I enjoyed the second half. Ultimately, I decided on 4 stars. This rating is partially influenced by my love for this world Chima has created as well as…
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No spoilers in this Review of Gemina by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff. I give it 4.5 stars. I don’t know how they did it–but they did. Ms. Kaufman and Mr. Kristoff created an intriguing compilation of files–hundreds of them–and made it flow perfectly into an exciting, and even mind-bending narrative. Each character’s personality came through…
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No spoilers in this rapid review of Heartless by Marissa Meyer. I give it 4.5 stars. I LOVED this book! I really enjoyed The Lunar Chronicles, especially the Fairest novella, but Heartless is my favorite Meyer novel to date. The skill with which she mingles fairy tales and her own original material is amazing. She…
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Excuse me while I gush for a few minutes. I loved this series and this book and give it 4.5 stars! There will be spoilers at the end of this review of A Conjuring of Light by V.E. Schwab. I just couldn’t seem to write a spoiler-free review of this book, but I’ll warn you before…
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No spoilers in this review of Daughter of the Pirate King by Tricia Levenseller. I give it 4 stars! This book was fun from start to finish. Levenseller sets a good pace for her story and strings us along with fun banter on nearly every page. As unusual as it is for her age and…
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No spoilers in this review of A Torch Against the Night by Sabaa Tahir. I give it 4.25 stars! Oh, Sabaa…You shocked me several times! I even gasped aloud once. The surprises weren’t foreshadowed very heavily until right before the reveals, but they still felt fairly well-earned and rewarding. These shocks alone raised my rating…
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No spoilers in this review of Carve the Mark by Veronica Roth. I give it 4 stars! It’s a good read! In my opinion, Roth redeemed herself in many ways after the Allegiant debacle with this novel. Carve the Mark takes place in a galaxy with nine unique planets. The population on most planets is…
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