Tag: science fiction
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Mini-Review // The Toll (Arc of a Scythe, #3)
Hey everyone! Okay, so a fair warning here. I read The Toll back in December 2019 shortly after the book was released. This review sat around in my phone for a long time and I never posted it because… Well I knew it was going to be an unpopular opinion. Truth is, I didn’t love…
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Thunderhead (Arc of a Scythe, #2)
Note: While this is a spoiler-free review for Thunderhead, it would be VERY difficult to avoid spoilers for Scythe. If you haven’t yet read Scythe yet and are wanting to read this book, check out my review here. Rowan has gone rogue, and has taken it upon himself to put the Scythedom through a trial…
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Scythe (Arc of a Scythe, #1)
Thou shalt kill. A world with no hunger, no disease, no war, no misery. Humanity has conquered all those things, and has even conquered death. Now scythes are the only ones who can end life—and they are commanded to do so, in order to keep the size of the population under control. Citra and Rowan…
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Not Your Villain (Sidekick Squad #2)
Hi everyone! I loved Not Your Sidekick so I couldn’t wait to pick up the next book in the series. Unfortunately I was a bit disappointed about this one. Note: There are NO spoilers for Not Your Villain in this review, however spoilers for Not Your Sidekick (Sidekick Squad #1) were hard to avoid. Please…
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Not Your Sidekick // A character-driven YA sci-fi novel
Welcome to Andover… where superpowers are common, but internships are complicated. Just ask high school nobody, Jessica Tran. Despite her heroic lineage, Jess is resigned to a life without superpowers and is merely looking to beef-up her college applications when she stumbles upon the perfect (paid!) internship—only it turns out to be for the town’s…
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Wildcard // Testing the boundaries of reality and virtual reality
Hello everyone! I’ve been shouting about Wildcard (Warcross #2) at the top of my lungs (metaphorically though sometimes literally) ever since I finished Warcross. Needless to say, I was ecstatic to finally be able to read the finale to this duology. Please note that this is a spoiler-free review for Wildcard. However, there are some…
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Obsidio // An edge-of-the-seat finale
Kady, Ezra, Hanna, and Nik narrowly escaped with their lives from the attacks on Heimdall station and now find themselves crammed with 2,000 refugees on the container ship, Mao. With the jump station destroyed and their resources scarce, the only option is to return to Kerenza—but who knows what they’ll find seven months after the…
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Warcross // An addictive sci-fi read!
Do you guys believe in second chances? Legend #1 was underwhelming for me, so I was not enthusiastic about reading another book by Marie Lu. However, after being encouraged by some of you guys out there, I decided to give Warcross a try. This book BLEW ME AWAY!! For the millions who log in every…
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Artemis // A fast-paced sci-fi with a strong female MC
Hello everyone! Do you guy remember Andy Weir, the guy who wrote The Martian? Which, by the way, was originally a self-published novel?! Artemis is Andy Weir’s newest novel, and it is a book that I’ve aspired to read in 2018. I enjoyed this book, and I am excited to share my review with you…
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Mini-Reviews: Carry On & Our Dark Duet // Adventures that you can’t put down
Merry Christmas everyone! To be honest, during this time of the year, I fall off the everything wagon: The reading wagon, the writing wagon, the healthy-eating wagon, even the pole-dancing wagon. All my hobbies are on the back burner because there is less time (however, MUCH more food.) BUT I am making an effort to…
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