Tag: book review
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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: The Ghost Variations by Kevin Brockmeier
**I was provided an electronic ARC by the publisher through NetGalley in exchange for honest review.** 3 stars Kevin Brockmeier brings a plethora of ghost stories in the anthology The Ghost Variations. Brockmeier further divides the anthology into similar themes, which made for a pleasant reading experience. My issues with this book are very similar…
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Review: The Chosen by Taran Matharu
3 stars **I was provided an electronic copy post-publication from the publisher in exchange for honest review.** Taran Matharu begins a new YA fantasy series with The Chosen. Readers follow a group of characters who find themselves torn from their homes to participate in a game with unknown rules, in an unknown time, in a…
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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: 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: 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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Review: Surrender Your Sons by Adam Sass
**I was provided an electronic ARC from the publisher through NetGalley in exchange for honest review.** 4 stars Adam Sass hits hard with this LGBTQ contemporary about a gay teen, Connor Major, who is sent to an island conversion camp after coming out to his mother. As if a conversion camp wasn’t bad enough, Connor…
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Review: Casting Shadows by LR Braden
**I was provided an electronic ARC via the publisher through NetGalley in exchange for honest review.** 4 stars Alex and crew return in the latest installment in the Magicsmith series by LR Braden. This is the fourth book in the series, which makes it increasingly difficult to discuss without spoilers. All of the the things…
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