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Review: The Infinity Courts by Akemi Dawn Bowman
3 stars **I was provided a physical ARC from the publisher in exchange for honest review.** Akemi Dawn Bowman explores what it means to be human in The Infinity Courts. After Nami is murdered, she finds herself in Infinity, a place that was once dreamed by humans for consciousness to go after a physical body…
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Review: Namesake by Adrienne Young
**I was provided an electronic ARC from the publisher through NetGalley in exchange for honest review.** 4 stars Adrienne Young concludes her Fable duology with the sequel, Namesake. Fable, West, and the crew of the Marigold return to enemies new and old and to enemies that are maybe actually friends? Namesake sets off right where…
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Review: My Contrary Mary by Hand/Meadows/Ashton
4 stars **I was provided a galley audiobook from the publisher through NetGalley in exchange for honest review.** Cynthia Hand, Brodi Ashton, and Jodi Meadows return to the world established in My Lady Jane to bring My Contrary Mary. In this installment, the author trio continues with their fantastical retellings of historical women by taking…
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Review: The Conductors by Nicole Glover
**I was provided an electronic ARC from the publisher through NetGalley in exchange for honest review.** 4 stars Nicole Glover’s debut novel, The Conductors, brings magic to an alternate timeline Underground Railroad. Readers follow Henrietta “Hetty” Rhoades, who along with her husband Benjamin “Benjy”, was once a conductor along the railroad guiding slaves to freedom.…
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Review: The Burning Girls by CJ Tudor
**I was provided an electronic ARC from the publisher through NetGalley in exchange for honest review.** Actual rating: 3.5 CJ Tudor returns with her newest thriller The Burning Girls. Jack is a vicar who has had recent tragedy in her chapel, so there is a chance for a fresh start with reassignment to a small…
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Review: The June Boys by Court Stevens
4 stars **I received a galley of the audiobook from the publisher through NetGalley.** Court Stevens tells the story of The June Boys through her story about the investigation into the criminal known as the Gemini Thief. On June 1, boys are taken from somewhere in Tennessee. They are kept for a year and the…
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Review: Bloodsworn by Scott Reintgen
**I was provided with an electronic ARC from the publisher through NetGalley in exchange for honest review.** 4 stars Scott Reintgen returns to the world of Ashlords with the second book in the duology, Bloodsworn. Readers again follow the three point of views of Pippa, Adrian, and Imelda as they navigate their roles in the…
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Review: The Mask of Mirrors by MA Carrick
4 stars **I was provided an electronic ARC from the publisher through NetGalley in exchange for honest review.** Authors Marie Brennan and Alyc Helms writing together as MA Carrick present the first installment in a new fantasy series with The Mask of Mirrors. Readers follow main character Ren who is an orphan, former street kid,…
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Review: The Sprite and the Gardener by Rii Abrego et al
4 stars **I was provided an electronic ARC from the publisher through NetGalley in exchange for honest review.** Joe Whitt and Rii Abrego team up to bring the tale of Sprite and the Gardener to life. The sprites used to help raise plants, which has now become a human task. When Wisteria is caught helping…
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Review: Don’t Tell a Soul by Kirsten Miller
**spoiler alert** **I was provided an electronic ARC from the publisher through NetGalley in exchange for honest review.** 3 stars Kirsten Miller presents a YA mystery thriller in Don’t Tell a Soul. Readers follow Bram, a troubled girl going to live with her uncle in the country after something has happened to make her leave…
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