Category: Book Review

Book Review, Fantasy, mystery, Sci-fi, Urban Fantasy

Book Review: Chosen Ones (Chosen Ones #1) by Veronica Roth

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Hi Cara, Today review is Chosen Ones by Veronica Roth. This is the first book I have read by Veronica Roth. A decade ago near Chicago, five teenagers defeated the otherworldly enemy known as the Dark One, whose reign of terror brought widespread destruction and death. The seemingly un-extraordinary teens—Sloane, Matt, Ines, Albie, and Esther—had been brought together by a clandestine government agency because one of them was fated to be the “Chosen One,” prophesized… Continue reading Book Review: Chosen Ones (Chosen Ones #1) by Veronica Roth

Book Review, Fantasy, YA

Book Review: The Soul of Power (The Waking Land #3) by Callie Bates

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Hi Cara, Another series I have now finished is The Waking Lands by Callie Bates. The third and final book in the series is The Soul of Power. The Previous books are; The Waking Land The Memory of Fire One young woman learns the true nature of power—both her own and others’—in the riveting conclusion to The Waking Land Trilogy. Sophy Dunbarron—the illegitimate daughter of a king who never was—has always felt like an impostor.… Continue reading Book Review: The Soul of Power (The Waking Land #3) by Callie Bates

Book Review, Fantasy, mystery

Book Review: The Invisible Library (The Invisible Library #1) by Genevieve Cogman

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Hi Cara, I have read book 5 and 6 of the Invisible Library series and thought it was about time that I started at the beginning. Irene must be at the top of her game or she'll be off the case - permanently... Irene is a professional spy for the mysterious Library, which harvests fiction from different realities. And along with her enigmatic assistant Kai, she's posted to an alternative London. Their mission - to… Continue reading Book Review: The Invisible Library (The Invisible Library #1) by Genevieve Cogman

Book Review, Fantasy, mystery, Urban Fantasy

Book Review: Ninth House (Alex Stern #1) by Leigh Bardugo

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Hi Cara, Today review is regarding Leigh Bardugo first adult fiction Ninth House. This is the first book I have read by Leigh Bardugo. 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… Continue reading Book Review: Ninth House (Alex Stern #1) by Leigh Bardugo

AudioBook, Book Review, Urban Fantasy

Book Review: Dying by the Hour (Dying for a living #2) by Kory M. Shrum

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Hi Cara, After finishing Dying for a living I wanted to listen to Dying by the Hour to see what trouble Jesse would get up to next. Jesse Sullivan and Ally Gallagher are famous thanks to their recent kidnapping and brush with death. They have scars, but they’re breathing, and that’s more than the other victims can say. Yet while they try to settle back into their routine, saving lives through Jesse’s rare ability, neither… Continue reading Book Review: Dying by the Hour (Dying for a living #2) by Kory M. Shrum