*This book was provided as a digital galley by NetGalley and St. Martin’s Press in exchange for an honest review. Goodreads Summary: In a city covered in ice and ruin, a group of magicians face off in a daring game of magical feats to find the next headliner of the Conquering Circus, only to findContinue reading “Where Dreams Descend – Review”
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House of Earth and Blood – Review
Goodreads Summary: Bryce Quinlan had the perfect life—working hard all day and partying all night—until a demon murdered her closest friends, leaving her bereft, wounded, and alone. When the accused is behind bars but the crimes start up again, Bryce finds herself at the heart of the investigation. She’ll do whatever it takes to avengeContinue reading “House of Earth and Blood – Review”
Ninth House- Review
Goodreads Summary: Galaxy “Alex” Stern is the most unlikely member of Yale’s freshman class. Raised in the Los Angeles hinterlands by a hippie mom, Alex dropped out of school early and into a world of shady drug dealer boyfriends, dead-end jobs, and much, much worse. By age twenty, in fact, she is the sole survivorContinue reading “Ninth House- Review”
The Queen’s Assassin – Review
Goodreads Summary: Caledon Holt is the Kingdom of Renovia’s deadliest weapon. No one alive can best him in brawn or brains, which is why he’s the Guild’s most dangerous member and the Queen’s one and only assassin. He’s also bound to the Queen by an impossible vow–to find the missing Deian Scrolls, the fount ofContinue reading “The Queen’s Assassin – Review”
Red, White & Royal Blue – Review
I realized that I haven’t been posting as much as I said I would. I have had time to read, just not as much time recently to write the reviews. I’m also adding three reviews today to make up for lost time. Something that might help is that from now on I will continue toContinue reading “Red, White & Royal Blue – Review”
Angel Mage – Review
Goodreads Summary: More than a century has passed since Liliath crept into the empty sarcophagus of Saint Marguerite, fleeing the Fall of Ystara. But she emerges from her magical sleep still beautiful, looking no more than nineteen, and once again renews her single-minded quest to be united with her lover, Palleniel, the archangel of Ystara.Continue reading “Angel Mage – Review”
The Tenth Girl – Review
The Tenth Girl by Sara Faring is a book that cannot be confined to a single genre. It takes place in 1978 at a boarding school in Argentina. The main characters are Mavi, a girl trying to run from her mother’s past by using her English skills to masquerade as a teacher, and Angel, aContinue reading “The Tenth Girl – Review”
Sorcery of Thorns – Review
Sorcery of Thorns is a fantasy novel told from the point of Elisabeth Scrivener, a teenage girl raised in a magical library ever since being left there by her parents. When Elisabeth’s only parental figure is killed by one of the magic Grimoires in the library after it gets damaged, turning into a Malefict. ElisabethContinue reading “Sorcery of Thorns – Review”
A Curse So Dark and Lonely – Review
A Curse So Dark and Lonely is a Beauty and the Beast retelling written by Brigid Kemmerer. It is told from two point of views. The first is Harper, an 18-year-old girl with cerebral palsy. The second is Rhen, the prince who is cursed to relive the same season over and over again and turnContinue reading “A Curse So Dark and Lonely – Review”
The Raven Boys – Review
The Raven Boys is the first book in Maggie Stiefvater’s award-winning paranormal fantasy series, the Raven Cycle. It has alternating point of views including that of Gansey, a privileged private school boy, Blue, the daughter of a legitimate psychic, Adam, a not-as-privileged private school boy who doesn’t fit in, and Ronan, the troublemaker whose lateContinue reading “The Raven Boys – Review”
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