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  • Hare House by Sally Hinchcliffe – A Review

    Hare House by Sally Hinchcliffe – A Review

    September 10, 2023September 12, 2023 Book Reviews

    Hare House is not its real name, of course. I have, if you will forgive me, kept names to a minimum here, for reasons that will become understandable… Slow, sinister and shrouded in a foreboding atmosphere, this novel is a slice of wintry folk horror featuring witchcraft, curses…

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  • The Midnight Lie by Marie Rutkoski – Review

    The Midnight Lie by Marie Rutkoski – Review

    July 5, 2023 Book Reviews

    “It’s a midnight lie, she said. A kind of lie told for someone else’s sake, a lie that sits between goodness and wrong, just as midnight is the moment between night and morning.” An epic LGBTQ romantic fantasy about learning to free ourselves from the lies others tell…

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  • A Court of Mist & Fury by Sarah J. Maas – A Review

    A Court of Mist & Fury by Sarah J. Maas – A Review

    July 5, 2023July 5, 2023 Book Reviews

    “To the stars who listen—and the dreams that are answered.” If you read my review of A Court of Thorns and Roses then you won’t be surprised at all by my thoughts and feelings towards this book. In fact, you might even be surprised that I’ve even read…

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    House of Sky & Breath by Sarah J. Maas – A Review

    June 5, 2023June 5, 2023 Book Reviews

     A captivating story of a world about to explode and the people who will do anything to save it. House of Sky & Breath is the second installment of the Crescent City series. I really enjoyed the first book during lockdown so I was eager to pick this…

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    Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo – Review

    January 19, 2023September 11, 2023 Book Reviews

    The mesmerizing adult debut from Leigh Bardugo. A tale of power, privilege, dark magic and murder set among the Ivy League elite. Ninth House is a book I have had sitting on my shelf for 3 years. I bought it for the hype and then the negative hype put…

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  • YOU by Caroline Kepnes – Review

    YOU by Caroline Kepnes – Review

    January 8, 2022September 10, 2023 Book Reviews
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    A terrifying exploration of how vulnerable we all are to stalking and manipulation, debut author Caroline Kepnes delivers a razor-sharp novel for our hyper-connected digital age.

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  • A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas – Review

    A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas – Review

    December 23, 2020September 20, 2023 Book Reviews

    Feyre’s survival rests upon her ability to hunt and kill – the forest where she lives is a cold, bleak place in the long winter months. So when she spots a deer in the forest being pursued by a wolf, she cannot resist fighting it for the flesh. But to do so, she must kill the predator and killing something so precious comes at a price…

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  • How the King of Elfhame Learned to Hate Stories by Holly Black – Review

    How the King of Elfhame Learned to Hate Stories by Holly Black – Review

    November 23, 2020September 10, 2023 Book Reviews

    Before he was a cruel prince or a wicked king, he was a faerie child with a heart of stone . Revealing a deeper look into the dramatic life of Elfhame’s enigmatic high king, Cardan, his tale includes delicious details of life before The Cruel Prince, an adventure beyond The Queen of Nothing, and familiar moments from The Folk of the Air trilogy, told wholly from Cardan’s perspective.

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  • Blood & Honey by Shelby Mahurin – Review

    Blood & Honey by Shelby Mahurin – Review

    November 19, 2020September 11, 2023 Book Reviews

    Until death do they part. The blistering sequel to Serpent & Dove combines sultry romance, intrigue and a foray into an even darker strain of magic as Shelby Mahurin’s absorbing enchanted world expands with new characters and unexpected twists to the tale. Here is my review: THE PLOT, CHARACTERS…

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  • Fable by Adrienne Young – Review

    Fable by Adrienne Young – Review

    November 13, 2020September 12, 2023 Book Reviews

    A story about a daughter’s longing for family, follow the story of Fable. A dredger-a freediver who excavates rare gemstones from the coral reefs that fill The Narrow.

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Residing by the Dorset coast. Dominique is an aspiring author, fantasy enthusiast and conjurer of stories for the broken and the weary.

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