Tag: young adult
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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: 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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Review: Cast in Firelight by Dana Swift
**I was provided an electronic ARC from the publisher through NetGalley in exchange for honest review.** Actual rating: 3.5 Dana Swift presents the first installment in the Wickery series, Cast in Firelight. Readers follow Adraa, the eldest born daughter of the raja and rani of Bedwar. In Wickery, the gods bless some people with elemental…
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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: 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: 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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