Tag: 4.5 stars
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Review: Thistlefoot by GennaRose Nethercott
**I was provided an electronic ARC from the publisher through NetGalley in exchange for honest review.** Actual rating: 4.5 GennaRose Nethercott presents Thistlefoot, a story steeped in the magic, folklore, and tragedy of Jewish traditional storytelling. Readers follow siblings Bellatine, whose hands burn with anti-death, and Isaac who must run from everything including his very…
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Review: Taproot by Keezy Young
**I was provided an electronic ARC from the publisher through NetGalley in exchange for honest review.** Actual rating: 4.5 stars Keezy Young’s award-winning debut queer YA graphic novel Taproot receives a new edition through Oni Press. Taproot follows Hamal, a gardener who can see ghosts. Hamal has always seen ghosts, but has recently become friends…
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Review: Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir
**I received an electronic ARC from the publisher through NetGalley in exchange for honest review.** Actual rating: 4.5 Andy Weir returns with his newest space adventure in Project Hail Mary. This time, Earth is under threat from a space algae that has infected the sun, causing it to lose energy. Junior high school science teacher…
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Review: Secrets of Camp Whatever Vol 1 by Chris Grine
**I was provided an electronic ARC from the publisher through NetGalley in exchange for honest review.** Actual rating 4.5 Chris Grine introduces a fun middle grade graphic novel surrounding a sleepaway camp and the mystical creatures of the island with the first volume of Secrets of Camp Whatever. Readers follow a group of children who…
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Review: The Beast Player by Nahoko Uehashi
**I was provided an electronic ARC post-publication by the publisher through NetGalley in exchange for honest review.** Actual rating: 4.5 Cathy Hirano translates into English the work of Nahoko Uehashi with The Beast Player. Readers follow Elin from childhood to adulthood as she pursues the path of being a beast doctor. The magical beasts of…
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Review: Faerie Forged by LR Braden
**I was provided an electronic ARC from the publisher through NetGalley in exchange for honest review.** Actual rating: 4.5 LR Braden brings us back to her Magicsmith series with the third installment, Faerie Forged. I will attempt to keep this review spoiler free. As with the first two novels in this series, I read Faerie…
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Review: The Weight of a Soul by Elizabeth Tammi
** I was provided with an electronic ARC by the publisher through NetGalley in exchange for honest review.** Actual rating: 4.5 stars Elizabeth Tammi’s sophomore novel, The Weight of a Soul, follows Lena and her clan in the Viking age of Scandinavia. Of course, the Norse gods have their own plans, and Lena and her…
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