Book Review: Insatiable by Meg Cabot (Insatiable #1)

April 25, 2022. Soap opera writer Meena Harper has an interesting gift - or curse, depending on how you look at it – she has visions of how each person is going to die…which really kills the mood during a date. Until she meets the mysterious yet charming Romanian history professor, Lucien Antonescu, with whom she believes she has a viable future because she oddly doesn’t have visions of his death. While Lucien is investigating a string of murders in New York and Meena’s company suddenly wants her to incorporate a vampire storyline into the soap opera, she’s about to find out that the vampire world might exist beyond the television screen.

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Book Review: The Glass Queen by Gena Showalter (The Forest of Good and Evil #2)

December 13, 2021. Cinder’s fairytale is unfolding now in the land of Enchantia! Prince Saxon Skylair, reincarnate of a savage king, and Princess Ashleigh Charmaine-Anskelisa, reincarnate of an evil witch, are fated for each other. But they’ve lived several past lives together already. Each time, their romance failed. Each time, they went to war. In this third reincarnation, will they manage to bring only love and omit hate in their relationship? When the clock strikes at midnight, can Prince Charming and Cinderella finally have their happily-ever-after? Or will all burn to ash?

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Book Review: The Evil Queen by Gena Showalter (The Forest of Good and Evil #1)

November 29, 2021. Everly Morrow believed she was just a normal teenage girl – except for the fact that everyone around her seemed to immediately dislike her. One day, she finds out that she has an incredible ability to speak through mirrors and absorb powers from others – but at a price…the death of her mother. Desperately trying to figure out her true origins and answers to change her fated prophecy, she goes into Enchantia, a magical realm that will teach her what it means to be good and evil. Along the way she meets an interesting group of people who each play a role in the fairytale, including the strong, charming Prince Roth Charmaine. But as their attraction to each other grows, their journey becomes more dangerous.

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Book Review: Huntress by Malinda Lo

November 15, 2021. When the elements of the world have been thrown out of balance, its inhabitants are forced to figure out how they can continue to survive as their kingdom suffers hardship from reducing resources. The oracle stones have been cast. Kaede, who struggles with her studies, and Taisin, gifted in yielding her magic, from the Academy of Sages have been selected to embark on a treacherous journey across the lands into the Fairy Queen’s domain to find a way to bring balance back into the world. The journey proves more dangerous than anticipated. The girls’ skills, knowledge, and tenacity are put to the test. Along the way, they realize they are also being tested in matters of love.

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Book Review: Five Total Strangers by Natalie D. Richards

November 8, 2021. Five strangers all get into a car, desperate to make it home for the holidays before the growing snowstorm gets the better of them. But from the moment Mira decided to accept the offer of the ride, she knew it was a bad idea. Things get worse while the group is out on the road. As the snowstorm thickens, their road trip becomes more dangerous, and Mira slowly realizes that someone in the group may be sabotaging their chances of getting home at all. Will they survive and make it to their destination?

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Book Review: The Lost Book of the White by Cassandra Clare and Wesley Chu (The Eldest Curses #2)

September 13, 2021. Back with more Magnus Bane and Alec Lightwood adventures! What's wreaking havoc in the boys' lives this time? When the powerful Book of the White gets stolen and Magnus gets stabbed by a warlock intent on recruiting Magnus to work with Greater Demons, the boys must travel to Shanghai to stop their enemies' plans. Oh, and they also have to call a babysitter to watch their son, Max, while they embark on this dangerous mission. Hard to be a parent and a world-saving hero, huh?

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Book Review: The Red Scrolls of Magic by Cassandra Clare and Wesley Chu (The Eldest Curses #1)

September 6, 2021. All Magnus wanted was just a nice quiet, demon-free romantic vacation with boyfriend, Alec Lightwood. Of course that didn't happen. The rise of a demon-worshipping cult ruins Magnus's vacation plans. Will the boys be able to stop the cult, save the world, and still make it to their dinner reservation?

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