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Review: Laughter at the Academy by Seanan McGuire
**I was provided an electronic ARC by the publisher through NetGalley in exchange for honest review. Avg rating: 3.82 I always have the hardest time rating anthologies and short story collections, so I’ve decided to give each story an individual rating and average them to the overall score. For the star rating, I rounded up…
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Review: Four Dead Queens by Astrid Scholte
4 stars **I received an early release excerpt from the publisher through NetGalley; however, I did not submit review until I had read the full work which I acquired through my public library.** Astrid Scholte’s debut novel, Four Dead Queens, checks all sorts of boxes for fantasy fans. Court and political intrigue, various factions of…
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Review: People of the Lake by Nick Scorza
**I was provided an electronic ARC by the publisher through NetGalley in exchange for honest review.** Actual rating: 3.5 stars People of the Lake is a YA mystery which borders a bit into suspense and thriller. Redmarch Lake was once a thriving tourist town, but now it is weighed down by secrets and unfriendly to…
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Review: The Hadley Academy for the Improbably Gifted by Conor Grennan
**I received an electronic ARC of this book from the publisher through NetGalley in exchange for honest review.** Actual rating: 3.5 stars In Conor Grennan’s new novel, The Hadley Academy for the Improbably Gifted, there is a military academy for gifted kids somewhere off the coast of Maine. The gifted students, called improbables, defend civilians…
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Review: Witches Protection Program by Michael Phillip Cash
**I received an electronic ARC from the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for honest review.** Actual rating: 2.5 stars Michael Okon introduces us to Wes Rockville, special agent who is reassigned to the Witches Protection Program as punishment for an assignment gone wrong. Rockville meets Alistair Verne, the salty old agent who will show him…
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Review: The Bone Ships by RJ Barker
**I was provided an electronic ARC by the publisher through NetGalley in exchange for honest review.** 4 stars In The Bone Ships, RJ Barker introduces us to a world in which being fleet is central to the way of life in the Hundred Isles. The fleet itself is made of ships constructed using the bones…
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Review: Primeval Origins Paths of Anguish by BA Vonsik
2 stars ** I received an electronic copy of this book from the publisher through NetGalley in exchange for honest review.** This book was not at all what I expected from the synopsis. I expected to follow Nikki, an archeology grad student who makes an unprecedented find while on a dig site in South America.…
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Review: Courting Darkness by LR Braden
4 stars **I was provided with an electronic ARC by the publisher through NetGalley in exchange for honest review.** Vampires and werewolves and fae folk- oh my! The second book in the Magicsmith series did not at all disappoint. This was another one day read, and had all of the features I enjoyed so much…
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Review: Caspian’s Fortune by Eric Warren
4 stars **I was provided a published electronic copy by the author through BookSirens in exchange for honest review.** Eric Warren provides a science fiction novel full of all things great about the genre with Caspian’s Fortune. We follow Captain Caspian Robeaux, who may or may not have committed war crimes resulting in defection from…
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Review: Mainly By Moonlight by Josh Lanyon
3 stars **I received an electronic ARC from the publisher through NetGalley in exchange for honest review.** Josh Lanyon brings forth a murder mystery fantasy LGBTQ whirlwind romance. Cosmo is a witch who is all set to marry the love of his life, the new police commissioner, John. But when Cosmo is found at the…
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