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Review: Fable by Adrienne Young
4 stars **I was provided an electronic ARC from the publisher through NetGalley in exchange for honest review.** Adrienne Young’s newest novel, Fable, brings readers to a story of high stakes sea trade, secrets, and debts. Fable, daughter of a wealthy trader, was abandoned by her father after a shipwreck. She is determined to earn…
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Review: Twin Daggers by MarcyKate Connelly
**I was provided an electronic ARC from the publisher through NetGalley in exchange for honest review.** 4 stars MarcyKate Connelly’s newest book, Twin Daggers, pits technology against magic in a tale of star-crossed lovers. Readers follow Aissa and her twin, Zandria. Their magic is different in that it is able to affect both organic material…
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Review: Kiki’s Delivery Service by Eiko Kadono
4 stars **I was provided an electronic ARC post-release from the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for honest review.** Kiki’s Delivery Service is undeniably a classic that has had many renditions made in many different forms of media. That being said, this particular edition is my first time experiencing the story! I definitely enjoyed the…
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Review: Court of Lions by Somaiya Daud
4 stars **I was provided an electronic ARC from the publisher through NetGalley in exchange for honest review.** Somaiya Daud returns to the world of Mirage with its sequel, Court of Lions. Readers continue with the story of Amani, the girl stolen from her home to become a body double to the heir to the…
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Review: Night Call by Brenden Carlson
**I was provided an electronic ARC from the publisher through NetGalley in exchange for honest review.** 3 stars Brenden Carlson’s Night Call is the start of a series following Elias Roche, former cop now Mafia enforcer. Set in an alternate history 1930s New York where robotics are commonplace assets, Elias is saddled with an Automatic…
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Review: The Tea Dragon Tapestry by Kay O’Neill
**I was provided an electronic ARC from the publisher through NetGalley in exchange for honest review.** 5 stars Kay O’Neill’s third installment in the Tea Dragon series of graphic novels, The Tea Dragon Tapestry, continues with the previously established characters on a new story arc. I had already pre-ordered The Tea Dragon Tapestry before I…
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Review: The Revolutionary and the Rogue by Blake Ferre
**I was provided an electronic ARC from the publisher through NetGalley in exchange for honest review.** Actual rating: 2.5 Blake Ferre’s The Revolutionary and the Rogue brings readers to the French Revolution where the Committee hunts down those accused of treason against the new Republic. English aristocrat, Perrin de Vesey, shouldn’t be drawn to Committee…
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Review: Burn Our Bodies Down by Rory Power
**I was provided an electronic ARC by the publisher through NetGalley in exchange for honest review.** 4 stars Rory Power’s newest release, Burn Our Bodies Down, is part mystery, part horror, and all page-turner. Readers follow Margot Nielsen, who has grown up as the only child of a neglectful parent. Margot has asked her mother…
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Review: Boyfriend Material by Alexis Hall
**I received an electronic ARC from the publisher through NetGalley in exchange for honest review.** 4 stars Alexis Hall’s newest release, Boyfriend Material, is a m/m contemporary romance with tons of humor and a fake dating trope tying it all together. Luc O’Donnell is the son of two rock stars, which makes him a frequent…
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Review: Unravel the Dusk by Elizabeth Lim
**I was provided an electronic ARC from the publisher through NetGalley in exchange for honest review.** 4 stars Unravel the Dusk is the sequel to Elizabeth Lim’s well-received Spin the Dawn, which was marketed as Mulan meets Project Runway. As a sequel, this novel is very much difficult to review without spoiling the first book.…
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