Reviews
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Unfettered Anthology edited by Shawn Speakman : Review
Normally in my reviews I’ll take a step back, and try to remove all bias. They’re formulaic: a description, the good, the bad, something else good, a general summary, and the release date…
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No Return by Zachary Jernigan : Review
On Jeroun, there is no question as to whether God exists–only what his intentions are. Under the looming judgment of Adrash and his ultimate weapon–a string of spinning spheres beside the moon known…
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Review: The False Princess, by Eilis O’Neal
Princess Nalia has just turned sixteen. Her royal world is about to be turned upside down. All her life, Nalia has believed that she is the heir to the throne of Thorvaldor until…
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The Rithmatist by Brandon Sanderson : Review
More than anything, Joel wants to be a Rithmatist. Chosen by the Master in a mysterious inception ceremony, Rithmatists have the power to infuse life into two-dimensional figures known as Chalklings. Rithmatists are…
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Vengeance by Ian Irvine : Review
Ten years ago, two children witnessed a murder that still haunts them as adults. Tali watched as two masked figures killed her mother, and now she has sworn revenge. Even though she is…
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[Blog Tour] The Forever Knight by John Marco : Review and Interview!
Today marks the release of John Marco’s The Forever Knight. It’s my pleasure to host the first stop on his blog tour (see a list of all stops here) which he’ll be doing for the…
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The Red Knight by Miles Cameron : Review
Twenty eight florins a month is a huge price to pay, for a man to stand between you and the Wild. Twenty eight florins a month is nowhere near enough when a wyvern’s…
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Review: Princess Academy: Palace of Stone, by Shannon Hale
This book is a sequel to Princess Academy, which I reviewed here. As such, this review might contain spoilers. When Miri and a few of the girls from Mount Eskel’s princess academy travel to the…
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Review: LARP: The Battle for Verona, by Justin Calderone
Sometimes even a geek can become a hero. Dennis and his friends have been LARPing (Live Action Role Playing) since high school. Now, in his 20s, Dennis is seriously considering giving up LARPing…
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Bloodfire Quest by Terry Brooks
“The quest for the missing Elfstones has gone badly awry. The Druid Order has been decimated, and its surviving leader and her followers are trapped inside the Forbidding—the hellish dimension that imprisons the…
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Review: Smudge’s Mark, by Claudia Osmond
“With a shaky hand, I laid the brass key on the paper, flat side down, and slid it over the top of the sketch. It fit the shape exactly. Then the line circling…
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Ex-Heroes by Peter Clines : Review
Stealth. Gorgon. Regenerator. Cerberus. Zzzap. The Mighty Dragon. They were heroes. Vigilantes. Crusaders for justice, using their superhuman abilites to make Los Angeles a better place. Then the plague of living death spread…
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Children of No One by Nicole Cushing : Review
Sadism, nihilism, poverty, wealth, screams, whimpers, sanity and madness collide in Nowhere, Indiana For Thomas Krieg, Nowhere is a miles-long, pitch-black underground maze in which he’s imprisoned dozens of boys for the…
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Book of the Day, Week 4 & 5
Every day on Facebook we’ll be posting a short description of novels that may not be very well-known. We forgot to post last week’s compilation of our Books of the Day, so this week’s…
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Review: Lotto’s Super-Awesome Unbelievable Park Adventure, by Jan Ellen Ferrigan
Fantasy meets travelogue in an adventure novel for middle grade readers. Eleven-year-old foster kid Lotto Lewis is gifted, but he wants to be cool and watch more TV. Lotto also wishes that his…
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The Daylight War by Peter V. Brett : Review
This post may contain slight spoilers for earlier books. Read my review of the first novel, The Warded Man here. On the night of the new moon, the demons rise in force, seeking the…