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Review: Of Silver and Shadow by Jennifer Gruenke
**spoiler alert** **I was provided an electronic ARC from the publisher through NetGalley in exchange for honest review.** 4 stars Jennifer Gruenke’s debut novel Of Silver and Shadow is a high stakes, fast-paced fantasy that will leave you wanting more. Readers follow Ren, a silver-wielding thief who might have gotten into more than she bargained…
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Review: Mayhem by Estelle Laure
**I was provided an electronic ARC by the publisher through NetGalley in exchange for honest review.** Actual rating: 3.5 Estelle Laure’s Mayhem follows the titular character as she navigates the difficulties of her life, the importance of family and home, and perhaps the type of magic that has persisted through the generations. Part hard-hitting contemporary,…
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Review: Scarlet Gaze by Foster Bridget Cassidy
3 stars **I was provided an electronic ARC from the publisher through NetGalley in exchange for honest review.** Scarlet Gaze is a new adult paranormal romance centered around a magical school in England. Collin is a freshman at Marke Staple University, where he learns that magic is real and that he has power. When his…
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Review: Drive by Courtney Maguire
**I was provided an electronic ARC from the publisher through NetGalley in exchange for honest review.** Actual rating: 4.5 stars Drive is an intense MM contemporary romance surrounding mechanic, Red, and the mysterious, wealthy Victor. Red is raising his sister, Katie, trying to build a new friendship with Sean, and doesn’t quite know what it…
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Review: Boys of Alabama by Genevieve Hudson
**I was provided an electronic ARC from the publisher through NetGalley.** Actual rating: 2.5 Genevieve Hudson’s Boys of Alabama is part coming-of-age, part magical realism and a strangely unique experience to read. Readers follow Max, a German boy who has recently moved to Alabama. Max has the power to consume death, therein restoring things to…
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Review: 55 slightly sinister stories by Racha Mourtada
3 stars **I was provided an electronic ARC by the publisher on NetGalley in exchange for honest review.** Racha Mourtada brings 55 slightly sinister stories, a collection of 55 drabbles that are all 55 words long exactly. There are corresponding illustrations for the drabbles that are included in the collection as well. This collection is…
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Review: Girl, Serpent, Thorn by Melissa Bashardoust
**I was provided an electronic ARC by the publisher through NetGalley in exchange for honest review.** Actual rating: 3.5 Melissa Bashardoust brings Girl, Serpent, Thorn, a young adult fantasy inspired by Persian mythology and folklore. Readers follow Soraya, a princess cursed to have poisonous skin. When Soraya is no longer content to be hidden away…
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Review: Shorefall by Robert Jackson Bennett
**I was provided an electronic ARC from the publisher through NetGalley in exchange for honest review.** 5 stars Robert Jackson Bennett brings a beautifully wrought and intricate magic system to his fantasy series, the Founders trilogy. This book, Shorefall, is the second in the series and I will do my very best to keep things…
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Review: The Kingdom of Liars by Nick Martell
4 stars **I was provided an electronic ARC by the publisher through NetGalley in exchange for honest review.** Nick Martell’s The Kingdom of Liars is a solid debut fantasy that is part murder mystery, part comedy of errors and all magic. Readers follow Michael Kingman, youngest son of a prince killer who wears the brand…
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Review: Death by Shakespeare by Kathryn Harkup
4 stars **I received an electronic ARC from the publisher through NetGalley in exchange for honest review.** Kathryn Harkup brings us Death By Shakespeare: Snakebites, Stabbings and Broken Hearts. The book is an in depth look at history and medicine as relate to death during Shakespeare’s time. Harkup then guides the reader further into how…
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