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Review: Cold Iron Heart (a Wicked Lovely Novel)
By: Melissa Marr Nearly thirteen years after the publication of the first book in her Wicked Lovely series, Melissa Marr has returned to the alluring world of the fey for a prequel set X years before the events of Wicked Lovely. In 1890s New Orleans, resourceful Thelma ‘Tam’ Foy struggles to survive, crafting and selling […]
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Review: Original Syn
“You’ll be surprised to see how quickly the world can change…” SYNOPSIS Buy: Indiebound | Amazon Fifty years after an epic event called The Singularity, the entire world is divided into just two categories: The powerful, age-defying Syns (“synthetic citizens,” human-computer hybrids with extraordinary enhancements) and the dying, oppressed Originals (those who did not merge […]
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The Meddlers of Moonshine
The Meddlers of Moonshine by A. E. Decker A. E. Decker does it again! Meddlers of Moonshine continues to bring a unique spin on the typical fantasy adventure keeping us captivated page after page. In the second installment of the Moonfall Mayhem series, Ascot remains strong and independent as she again, with her friends, saves […]
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Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
Review: Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them – By J.K. Rowling STOP! DO NOT WATCH THE MOVIE BEFORE READING THE BOOK! The best advise I can give any potterhead out there, is simply, read the book first. As those of us who group up with the Harry Potter books will know, the movies ruined […]
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Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child. The Eighth Story. Nineteen Years Later. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child was absolutely perfect. A must read for those who grew up with the books. It will make you cry; It will make you laugh. But most of all, it will make you smile. Smiling as your love […]
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The Last of the Firedrakes
The Last of the Firedrakes by Farah Oomerbhoy Farah Oomerbhoy’s début novel “The Last of the Firedrakes”, promises to be an exciting and magical young adult fantasy series. The synopsis of this book had me excited, but I was quit disappointment. I was ready for a fantasy world I would get lost in, and found […]
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The Oldest Soul – Animus
Animus – The Oldest Soul Trilogy Book #1 by Tiffany FitzHenry The Oldest Soul: Animus is strange, intriguing, and intellectually captivating – all the way through! FitzHenry created a truly unique story, unlike anything I have ever encountered. FitzHenry takes scifi and fantasy beyond the typical ‘out of this world’ delivering a whole new level […]
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The Falling of the Moon Review
The Falling of the Moon Review By A. E. Decker Series: Moonfall Mayhem, Book One Contemporary Fantasy / Young Adult Release Date: October 27, 2015 Falling of the Moon is a fantasy fairytale like nothing I have read before. Mystery and secrets take you to a fantastic mystical world sure to have a book two. […]
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Review: Zeroes
Zeroes Review By Scott Westerfeld, Margo Lanagan, and Deborah Biancotti Release Date: September 29, 2015 Zeroes is a new and exciting spin on your typical superhero story. Westerfeld, Lanagan, and Biancotti come together to create a character-driven tale of unlikely-hero, millennials bound together by a similar anomaly. Told in multiple point of view, each Zero […]
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Legacy Book Review
Legacy by Ellery Kane Book Review A realistic, believable dystopian novel all YA fantasy/scifi fans are sure to enjoy. Kane introduces us into a world where a new emotion-altering drug called Emovere, is taken too far by a mysterious government-appointed military police force. I was hooked on LEGACY from the Prologue – beautifully written and […]
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Onyx: Lux Book #2
Onyx by Jennifer Armentrout (Lux Book #2) Five. Stars. Yes. This is me liking the SECOND book better than the first. After finishing Obsidian, I was skeptical about continuing. Not because I didn’t enjoy it, but because I didn’t know where it could possible go from there. I thought, OK, now we all know they […]
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The Young Elites Review
The Young Elites by Marie Lu Marie Lu has done something wonderful – taking an already known Renaissance times of kingdoms, aristocracy, and nobility and mashing it with her own unique spin to create a supernatural, yet realistic new world. The Young Elites is edgy, dark, intense thrillride. The “Blood Plague” has swept through the […]
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UnWind Dystology: Full Series Review
The Hunger Games was my first experience with YA Dystopian. (I had read The Giver prior to this, but didn’t consider it to be dystopian at the time.) That trilogy made me go, “WOW!” Behind Harry Potter, this is my favorite book series. Naturally, I had to read more dystopian – and YA in general. […]
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5 YA Dystopian Series You Need To Read in 2015
If you haven’t done so already, these 5 YA dystopian novel series are a must read. If you are a dystopian lover, ie Hunger Games, Maze Runner, Divergent, etc. stop what you are reading and bump these 5 titles to the top of your TBR list. 1) Unwind Overview:In America after the Second Civil War, […]
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