Rapid Review of Passenger

No spoilers in this review of Passenger by Alexandra Bracken! I give it 3.5 stars. It was an enjoyable read but didn’t keep me up late at night. The time travel aspect was interesting, but the pacing was a bit slow. The main storyline begins in modern day New York City, the home of Etta…

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Rapid Review of Frozen Tides (Falling Kingdoms #4)

No spoilers in this review of Frozen Tides by Morgan Rhodes. I give it 4.5 stars. This series just keeps getting better and better! Frozen Tides is the fourth book in the Falling Kingdoms series yet there are still just enough unanswered questions to keep me coming back for more. I’m in love with the tension between…

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Rapid Review of The Invasion of the Tearling

No spoilers in this review of The Invasion of the Tearling by Erika Johansen. This book was fantastic! I give it 4.5 stars. It is book two in a trilogy, but it doesn’t suffer from the usual middle book problems. There is a lot of story enhancement and development as well as growth in several…

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Rapid Review of The Queen of the Tearling

No spoilers in this review of The Queen of the Tearling by Erika Johansen. I loved it! I give it 4.25 stars. The whole book is cleverly written with an intricate plot, with much more to be explored and developed in books 2 and 3. I have read some reviews describing this book as boring,…

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Rapid Review of Illuminae

No spoilers in this review of Illuminae by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff! I give it 4 stars. The format alone was very intriguing to me! The Illuminae Files are a compilation of hacked documents presented to the reader as just that. There are emails, government reports, schematics, instant messages, and more. You will even…

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Rapid Review of The Crown’s Game

No spoilers in this review of The Crown’s Game by Evelyn Skye! I give it 3.75 stars. I liked it, but not as much as I was expecting given the hype I read before starting it. I tried not to get too excited as I heard comparisons to The Night Circus, which is one of…

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Rapid Review of The Last Star

No spoilers in this review of The Last Star by Rick Yancey! I liked it! I give it 3.25 stars. Was it a brilliant book filled with heady prose? No. Were there huge shocks I never saw coming? No. But it was a fun read and a fitting conclusion to this series. Cassie and company…

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Rapid Review of A Gathering Of Shadows

No spoilers in this review of A Gathering of Shadows by V.E. Schwab I give it 3.5 stars. V.E. Schwab’s Shades of Magic series continues to be an intriguing tale. In A Gathering of Shadows we find Kell feeling more trapped by his “princely” life than ever and Lila, ever the adventurer, has run away…

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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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