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Review: Rebel of the Sands by Alwyn Hamilton

Mortals rule the desert nation of Miraji, but mythical beasts still roam the wild and remote areas, and rumor has it that somewhere, djinn still perform their magic.  For humans, it’s an unforgiving place, especially if you’re poor, orphaned, or female.Amani Al’Hiza is all three.  She’s a gifted gunslinger with perfect aim, but she can’t shoot her way out of Dustwalk, the back-country town where she’s destined to wind up wed or dead.Then…
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Review: The Wicked King by Holly Black

I received this book in exchange for an honest review You must be strong enough to strike and strike and strike again without tiring.The first lesson is to make yourself strong.After the jaw-dropping revelation that Oak is the heir to Faerie, Jude must keep her younger brother safe. To do so, she has bound the wicked king, Cardan, to her, and made herself the power behind the throne. Navigating the constantly shifting political…
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Review: Odd & True by Cat Winters

Trudchen grew up hearing Odette’s stories of their monster-slaying mother and a magician’s curse. But now that Tru’s older, she’s starting to wonder if her older sister’s tales were just comforting lies, especially because there’s nothing fantastic about her own life—permanently disabled and in constant pain from childhood polio. In 1909, after a two-year absence, Od reappears with a suitcase supposedly full of weapons and a promise to rescue Tru from the monsters…
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Review: Red Rising by Pierce Brown

Darrow is a Red, a member of the lowest caste in the color-coded society of the future. Like his fellow Reds, he works all day, believing that he and his people are making the surface of Mars livable for future generations. Yet he spends his life willingly, knowing that his blood and sweat will one day result in a better world for his children. But Darrow and his kind have been betrayed. Soon…
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Review: Sadie by Courtney Summers

When her sister is found dead and no one is held responsible, Sadie goes out on her own to find her sister's killer.  Upon hearing Sadie's story, West McCray starts a podcast that tracks Sadie's journey, hoping to find her. This is not an easy book to read, but it is worth it. This is probably the first book I have read that I think would have been better as an audiobook. I…
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Review: Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas

After serving a year of her hard labor sentence,  Celaena Sardothien id offered the chance at freedom, as long as she agrees to be the Champion of the Crown Prince in a competition in a competition to find a new royal assassin. She must beat out thieves, assassins, and warriors from across the empire.  With the help of Captain Westfall, she trains to beat out her competition. When one of the contestants turns…
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Review: Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda (Creekwood #1)

Simon is sixteen years old and gay.  He knows it, but no one else does.  That is until Martin sees the email has been writing to a boy Simon knows as Blue.  Martin asks Simon to help be his wingman so that he can get to know Simon's friend Abby a little better, and Simon thinks that if he doesn't play along with Martin, then his secret will be out. So I'd seen…
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Review: Love Songs & Other Lies by Jessica Pennington

Virginia (Vee) Miller is joining interning on a battle of the bands reality show.  Her best friend is one of the contestants, as is her ex-boyfriend.  Vee must deal with her heartbreak all over again, and this time while cameras are rolling. It didn't live up to the hype for me.   I had heard from a lot of people what a great book this was.  And don't me get wrong I enjoyed…
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Review: Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi

Under the orders of a ruthless king who blamed magic for the death of his family, magic was taken from the people of Orïsha.  But now Zélie  with the help of a rogue princess have a chance to bring magic back. Starts off slow, but turns into a wonderful adventure story. This started out a little slow for me.  I get it there was a lot of information to dump on us, I just…
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Review: Starry Eyes by Jenn Bennett

Zorie and Lennon were best friends until they accidentally kissed.  They dated secretly for months until Homecoming of their Junior year where they planned to make their public debut as a couple.  There was one problem, Lennon didn't show up. Months later just a week before their senior year they find themselves on a camping trip together, stranded, all alone.  Can they get past their differences and make it back home? The first…