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Aveyard, Victoria, Book Reviews
BOOK REVIEW: WAR STORM BY VICTORIA AVEYARD
Title: War StormAuthor: Victoria AveyardSeries: Red Queen #4Published: May 15 2018Publisher: Harper TeenPages: 662From: Barnes and NobleRating: 7/10 War Storm is a novel of revolution, love, and trust, or lack thereof. It is a novel of the faith we have in each other, and the different kinds of love of which we find ourselves capable. […]
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Aveyard, Victoria, Book Reviews
Book Review: King’s Cage by Victoria Aveyard
Title: King’s CageAuthor: Victoria AveyardSeries: Red Queen #3Published: February 7, 2017Publisher: HarperTeenPages: 512From: Barnes and NobleRating: 7/10 King’s Cage by Victoria Aveyard is the third in the four-book series written about a young woman who discovers she has magical powers she thought she would never have. Her blood is red, and only those with silver […]
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Review: The Body Lies by Jo Baker
Title: The Body LiesAuthor: Jo BakerSeries: NonePublished: June 2019Publisher: Knopf Publishing GroupPages: 273From: Book OutletRating: 10/10 Two of my absolute favorite genres are fantasy and thriller, and this one fits the latter so well. The Body Lies by Jo Baker is a standalone psychological thriller, bordering on domestic, about a young woman who moves to a university town in the northern part of […]
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Book Review: One Dark Throne by Kendare Blake
Title: One Dark ThroneAuthor: Kendare BlakeSeries: Three Dark Crowns #2Published: 2017Publisher: HarperTeenPages: 464From: Barnes and NobleRating: 8/10 I am not even sure how to go about explaining how much I love the Three Dark Crowns book series. Kendare Blake continues to impress with this feminist take on royalty within a magical world separate from our […]
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Book Review: Three Dark Crowns by Kendare Blake
Title: Three Dark CrownsAuthor: Kendare BlakeSeries: Three Dark Crowns #1Published: 2016Publisher: HarperTeenPages: 403From: Barnes and NobleRating: 9/10 Have you ever just been entranced by something you’ve read? I truly believe this happened to me with the book, Three Dark Crowns, written by Kendare Blake. It was the first book I’ve ever read by this wonderful […]
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Book Reviews, Ciccarelli, Kristen
Book Review: The Last Namsara by Kristen Ciccarelli
Title: The Last NamsaraAuthor: Kristen CiccarelliSeries: Iskari #1Published: 2017Publisher: HarperTeenPages: 416From: Barnes and NobleRating: 8/10 So I finished this really interesting debut novel, The Last Namsara, by Kristen Ciccarelli last night right before midnight, and wow. Wow. Wow. Wow. This book was really crazy and fun and lush and imaginative! Kristen Ciccarelli said she had […]
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Book Review: Beyond a Darkened Shore by Jessica Leake
Title: Beyond A Darkened ShoreAuthor: Jessica LeakeSeries: NonePublished: 2018Publisher: HarperTeenPages: 435From: Barnes and NobleRating: 7/10 Jessica Leake is an author who really knows how to tell a story. Her debut novel, Beyond A Darkened Shore, was proof of that. This book, which follows Ciara from her homeland of a fantasy-inspired Ireland to the shores of […]
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Book Reviews, Martin, George R.R.
Book Review: A Clash of Kings by George R. R. Martin
Title: A Clash of KingsAuthor: George R.R. MartinSeries: A Song of Ice and Fire #2Published: 1998Publisher: BantamPages: 969From: Barnes and NobleRating: 8/10 It took me four years to finish the first novel in George R.R. Martin’s series A Song of Ice and Fire, called A Game of Thrones, but it took me far less time […]
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Book Review: Norse Mythology by Neil Gaiman
Title: Norse MythologyAuthor: Neil GaimanSeries: NonePublished: February 2017Publisher: W. W. Norton and CompanyPages: 299From: Christmas giftRating: 7/10 Alright. Here is a book that started out very different than what I was expecting, but ended on the most amazing note ever! Norse Mythology, a collection of short stories compiled by the legend Neil Gaiman, is essentially […]
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Book Review: The Woman in the Window by A.J. Finn
Title: The Woman in the WindowAuthor: A.J. FinnSeries: NonePublished: January 2018Publisher: William MorrowPages: 429From: Wal-MartRating: 8/10 A book about a woman who locks herself in her home for an extended period of time, spies on her neighbors, and sees something she is unsure of? This sounded like my kind of book! I love narrators who […]
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