Tag: fantasy
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My Unpopular Opinion about The Starless Sea
Hi everyone, It’s been a while since I read The Night Circus but I remembered loving it, so of course when The Starless Sea came out, it was immediately on my TBR. Lots of people loved it and I thought I would too…. but I didn’t. Far beneath the surface of the earth, upon the…
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Mini-Review // The Ten Thousand Doors of January
This book. Was. Phenomenal. I’m always a bit nervous reading books I’ve heard a lot about but all the hype did nothing to dampen my enthusiasm about this one. I loved the writing, the characters, and just everything about this book. Everything. And I feel intimidated writing a review because anything I write pales in…
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Mini-Review // A Court of Thorns and Roses
Feyre’s survival rests upon her ability to hunt and kill – the forest where she lives is a cold, bleak place in the long winter months. So when she spots a deer in the forest being pursued by a wolf, she cannot resist fighting it for the flesh. But to do so, she must kill…
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My Unpopular Opinion About Throne of Glass
I recently read and loved Crescent City by Sarah J Maas, so I thought I’d dig into my backlist and read one of her popular series from before. After serving out a year of hard labor in the salt mines of Endovier for her crimes, 18-year-old assassin Celaena Sardothien is dragged before the Crown Prince.…
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Mini-Review // House of Earth and Blood (Crescent City, #1)
So, this is my first Sarah J Maas book. I know, WHO AM I and how come I haven’t read any of her books until now?? *shrug* 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…
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Mini-Review // The Lightning Thief
Percy Jackson and the Olympians is such a Middle Grade classic that… I’m ashamed to say that I haven’t read it until now. In fact I haven’t read any Rick Riordan books prior to this one, so I was excited to delve into this series and see what the hype is about! Percy Jackson is…
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Mini-Review // Hollowpox: The Hunt for Morrigan Crow
Morrigan Crow and her friends have survived their first year as proud scholars of the elite Wundrous Society, helped bring down the nefarious Ghastly Market, and proven themselves loyal to Unit 919. Now Morrigan faces a new, exciting challenge: to master the mysterious Wretched Arts, and control the power that threatens to consume her. But…
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Mini-Review // Wundersmith: The Calling of Morrigan Crow
Morrigan Crow may have defeated her deadly curse, passed the dangerous trials and joined the mystical Wundrous Society, but her journey into Nevermoor and all its secrets has only just begun. And she is fast learning that not all magic is used for good. Morrigan Crow has been invited to join the prestigious Wundrous Society,…
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Mini-Review // The Trials of Morrigan Crow (Nevermoor #1)
Morrigan Crow is cursed. Having been born on Eventide, the unluckiest day for any child to be born, she’s blamed for all local misfortunes, from hailstorms to heart attacks–and, worst of all, the curse means that Morrigan is doomed to die at midnight on her eleventh birthday. But as Morrigan awaits her fate, a strange…
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Mini-Review // Fairest
Mirror, mirror on the wall,Who is the fairest of them all? Fans of the Lunar Chronicles know Queen Levana as a ruler who uses her “glamour” to gain power. But long before she crossed paths with Cinder, Scarlet, and Cress, Levana lived a very different story – a story that has never been told .…
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