Tag: 4 stars
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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: Girl Haven by Lilah Sturges
**I was provided an electronic ARC from the publisher through NetGalley in exchange for honest review.** 4 stars Lilah Sturges returns with her newest work, Girl Haven. Ash’s mother wrote about a fantasy world called Koretris where only female creatures live and only female travelers can pass through. When Ash and his friends (Eleanor, Junebug,…
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Review: Delicates by Brenna Thummler
**spoiler alert** **I was provided an electronic ARC from the publisher through NetGalley in exchange for honest review.** 4 stars Brenna Thummler returns to the world of Sheets with its sequel, Delicates. Readers continue to follow Marjorie as she enters the eighth grade and joins student council. Wendell the ghost struggles with feeling left behind…
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Review: Tokyo Ghoul Vol 1 by Sui Ishida
**I received an electronic copy from the publisher post-publication through NetGalley in exchange for honest review.** 4 stars Sui Ishida introduces Tokyo Ghoul in this first volume of a supernatural horror manga. Ken Kaneki has always been a bit of a wallflower and a bookworm. After an accident that results in an organ transplant, Kaneki…
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Review: A Golden Fury by Samantha Cohoe
**I was provided an electronic ARC from the publisher through NetGalley in exchange for honest review.** 4 stars Samantha Cohoe’s debut young adult fantasy pulls from all of the great stories of alchemy and the philosopher’s stone and puts them in the hands of a young girl. Thea has been raised as the student to…
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Review: The Midnight Bargain by CL Polk
**I was provided an electronic ARC from the publisher through NetGalley in exchange for honest review.** 4 stars CL Polk’s newest work is a fantasy romance that turns a Cinderella story on its head. Beatrice is an aspiring magician that wants nothing more than to bind herself to a greater spirit and become a mage.…
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Review: A Natural History of Fairies by Emily Hawkins
**I was provided an electronic ARC from the publisher in exchange for honest review.** 4 stars Emily Hawkins presents A Natural History of Fairies, a book that documents a field researcher’s findings about the fairy species. This book is beautifully illustrated by Jessica Roux. Hawkins has clearly put a lot of research into making this…
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Review: Hush by Dylan Farrow
**I was provided an electronic ARC from the publisher through NetGalley in exchange for honest review.** Actual rating: 3.5 Dylan Farrow’s debut YA fantasy, Hush, delves into a world wracked with plague, famine, and destruction. Writing and reading are strictly forbidden, as are specific words, phrases, and stories. Words have power, and Bards are those…
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