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Review: Carry On (Simon Snow #1) by Rainbow Rowell

Simon Snow is supposed to save Magick. He's enrolled in Watford School of Magicks, with his best friend Penny and his archenemy/roommate Baz. Simon is visited by the ghost of Baz's mom.  She tells Simon to find her killer.  Penny, Baz and Simon must work together to solve the mystery surrounding the death, which will also lead them to answers on how to defeat the Humdrumb once and for all.   If you have…
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Review: Sky in the Deep by Adrienne Young

Eelyn fights alongside her Asks clansmen against their rivals, the Riki.  While on the battlefield she sees the impossible— her brother, fighting with the enemy — the fact that he is fighting for the enemy would be surprising enough, except that he's been dead for five years. Distracted in battle by her brother's return, she is captured by the Riki, and take to their village as a slave.  But when the Riki village…
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Review: Cruel Beauty by Rosamund Hodge

Since birth, Nyx has been groomed to take down the Gentle Lord (Ignifex), and break the curse on her people.  She resents her family for making her carry out this mission but goes to meet her fate by marrying the Ignifex on her seventeenth birthday. But the Gentle Lord is not exactly what she expected, and soon her heart is torn between love and duty, I read this years ago and really enjoyed it. …
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Review: Lord of Shadows by Cassandra Clare

Short synopsis: Emma and Julian are Parabatai, and in love... Not only does this break Shadow Hunter law, it could drive them mad.  Their only hope is finding the Black Volume of the Dead.  Unfortunately, they aren't the only ones that want it. Initial Thoughts: Well that was depressing... Characters: 4 – So Magnus Bane is in this, right away the characters got a lot better.  To be honest I don't really love…
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Review: To Kill a Kingdom by Alexandra Christo

Short synopsis: Its just basically the little mermaid. Initial Thoughts: I was so indifferent to this book, I didn't care about anyone in the entire story or the story for that matter. Characters: 1 – Yeah, like I said I didn't care. Plot: 2 –  This was a very slow book, I kept waiting and waiting for something to happen and of course it does in a rush in the last 50 or…
The Wicked Deep by Shea Ernshaw
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The Wicked Deep by Shea Ernshaw

Synopsis Welcome to the cursed town of Sparrow…Where, two centuries ago, three sisters were sentenced to death for witchery. Stones were tied to their ankles and they were drowned in the deep waters surrounding the town.Now, for a brief time each summer, the sisters return, stealing the bodies of three weak-hearted girls so that they may seek their revenge, luring boys into the harbor and pulling them under.Like many locals, seventeen-year-old Penny Talbot…
A Court of Wings and Ruin by Sarah J. Maas
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A Court of Wings and Ruin by Sarah J. Maas

Synopsis Feyre has returned to the Spring Court, determined to gather information on Tamlin's actions and learn what she can about the invading king threatening to bring her land to its knees. But to do so she must play a deadly game of deceit. One slip could bring doom not only for Feyre, but for everything-and everyone-she holds dear.As war bears down upon them all, Feyre endeavors to take her place amongst the…
A Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J. Maas
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A Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J. Maas

Synopsis Feyre has undergone more trials than one human woman can carry in her heart. Though she’s now been granted the powers and lifespan of the High Fae, she is haunted by her time Under the Mountain and the terrible deeds she performed to save the lives of Tamlin and his people.As her marriage to Tamlin approaches, Feyre’s hollowness and nightmares consume her. She finds herself split into two different people: one who…
A Court of Thornes and Roses by Sarah J. Maas
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A Court of Thornes and Roses by Sarah J. Maas

Synopsis When nineteen-year-old huntress Feyre kills a wolf in the woods, a terrifying creature arrives to demand retribution. Dragged to a treacherous magical land she knows about only from legends, Feyre discovers that her captor is not truly a beast, but one of the lethal, immortal faeries who once ruled her world.At least, he’s not a beast all the time.As she adapts to her new home, her feelings for the faerie, Tamlin, transform…
The Hazel Wood by Melissa Albert
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The Hazel Wood by Melissa Albert

Short synopsis: After her mother is kidnapped, Alice must enter the world of the Hinterland to save her. Initial Thoughts: An original idea, that could have used a bit more story.   Characters: 3 – I liked Alice, but felt the other characters were just too underdeveloped.  Especially the grandmother, I would have liked to know a whole lot more about her. Plot: 2 –  It started out great.  I had some really high expectations for this, but…