Book Reviews
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Starry Night by Isabel Gillies
I’m guilty of having bought this book mostly for the gorgeous cover and the title (Van Gogh is an inspiration.) It wasn’t until later that I noticed the reviews on Goodreads are harsh. Way too harsh. This book? I enjoyed it. I thought it was lovely. Most of all, I enjoyed the writing style–which other…
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Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman
Goodreads | Barnes and Noble Under the streets of London there’s a place most people could never even dream of. A city of monsters and saints, murderers and angels, knights in armour and pale girls in black velvet. This is the city of the people who have fallen between the cracks. Richard Mayhew, a young…
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Threats of Sky and Sea by Jennifer Ellision
find on Goodreads They know that fire can burn. But they’ve forgotten how water can scald. Thus ends Threats of Sky and Sea, a YA Fantasy by Jennifer Ellision–who is an awesome person, I might add, and allowed me to interview her here. As far as greedy kings go, this novel is home to one with an unusual upper…
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Book Review: Scotch Rising by S. J. Garland
Edinburgh 1707. The English supporters in the Scottish parliament have narrowly signed the Act of Union. The controversial paper bringing England and Scotland together into one Great Britain will not be uncontested. From the Acts inception it appears doomed to carry the blood of Scots and Englishman alike. Esmond Clyde-Dalton returns to London a broken…
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Book Review: Revolution by Jennifer Donnelly
Goodreads | Barnes and Noble Heroes never really die. We all make an impact on the world. Even if we don’t make major history books, it doesn’t change this truth: No life is an accident. You will meet obscure heroes in strange ways, and Revolution is one such tale. Andi Alpers meets an obscure hero by finding her diary, and is…
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Review: The Iron King by Julie Kagawa
This series is fascinating. The characters and concepts surprise me every time I visit. With a writing style that draws me in, I’m off on an adventure to a place with beautiful things–magical creatures, dragons, beautiful courts, and people who hold to promises no matter what. Don’t make a promise in the land of faery…
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PARIS by Edward Rutherfurd
This book was 800 pages long. It had been years since I even tried to read something so big. Even better, it covered different periods of time in Paris, following the same families and places. It is fantastic and completely swallowed me up. My mind is blown–how does one become patient enough to write something…
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Paper Towns by John Green
Spoiler Alert! Purchase Here When Margo Roth Spiegelman beckons Quentin Jacobsen in the middle of the night—dressed like a ninja and plotting an ingenious campaign of revenge—he follows her. Margo’s always planned extravagantly, and, until now, she’s always planned solo. After a lifetime of loving Margo from afar, things are finally looking up for Q…
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Review: The Paris Wife by Paula McLain
This book made me excited to be a writer. I could only dream of someday having such a gorgeous voice in my work. Every now and then, we stumble upon the accidental read. There’s always that one book you guiltily buy because of the title–and for once, it doesn’t let you down. As this is…
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THE GODDESS TEST by Aimee Carter
*SPOILER WARNING. So there are a lot of ‘fresh takes’ on Greek myths. I like Cassandra Clare but she wouldn’t be the first author I like to promote a fictional book about Greek mythology that’s just way overrated. I didn’t really expect much when I bought this book, but I was giving it a shot. Hopefully,…
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PARIS, MY SWEET by Amy Thomas
Complete with a cover that’s pure eye candy (I must admit that the cover is why I first bought it,) this little memoir is vivid. Amy Thomas painted the city and people in it so I could feel a breeze on my face, or smell the Nutella crepe that she described with such enthusiasm. It…
Mariella Hunt & the Tearoom 