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Book Review: THE QUEEN’S ASSASSIN By Melissa de la Cruz

A hot-headed assassin and a girl who was born with magical powers come together in this fantasy of intrigue and plot twists to bring down a threat to their country of Renovia in Melissa de la Cruz‘s The Queen’s Assassin! Caledon Holt, the hot-headed assassin, is sworn to the Queen and is known as the […]

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Book Review: THE LIFE BELOW by Alexandra Monir

I have never had any desire to become an astronaut, but if there’s any possibility of alien detection, exposure of government conspiracies, and a little bit of romance, I might rethink that decision. The Life Below picks up right where its predecessor The Final Six left off. Naomi is soaring into space preparing to pioneer […]

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Book Review: IN THE SHADOW OF THE SUN by EM Castellan

Starting strong but somehow losing its steam, In the Shadow of the Sun by EM Castellan took me to an alternate France where magic is common… and so is treachery. In 1661, English Princess Henriette knows she must marry the French Prince, Philippe, but she will not reveal the magic running through her veins as […]

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Book Review: A GOOD GIRL’S GUIDE TO MURDER by Holly Jackson

It all starts with a murder case that is “supposedly” solved. One teenager, Pippa Fitz-Amobi, sets her eyes towards figuring out what really happened to high school Andie Bell five years prior. Through interviews and phone calls, Pippa starts to unfold the clues and gets closer and closer to what really happened five years ago. […]

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Book Review: FINDING MR. BETTER-THAN-YOU By Shani Petroff

Camryn’s entire high school experience has centered around her relationship with Marc, the dreamy soccer player extraordinaire. That is… until the day Marc humiliatingly dumps her in a very public fashion and starts dating the talk-of-the-town new girl at school. Cam has the support of her two best friends, but pretty much everyone else in […]

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Book Review: LUCKY CALLER by Emma Mills

Nina isn’t expecting much trouble from her new radio broadcasting class. All she has to do is flip some buttons and play some music, right? Well, things get a little more complex with her ex-childhood best friend joins her team and another boy in the group becomes entangled in a bet to get the most […]

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Book Review: HOW TO BUILD A HEART by Maria Padian

Izzy Crawford’s life has been a whirlwind since her father, a marine, was killed in action six years ago. While her mother works hard for them, their cautious stability is hard-won. Izzy is just starting to cement her life in their latest town, complete with new friends and a forbidden boy who’s caught her eye, […]

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Book Review: LOVEBOAT, TAIPEI by Abigail Hing Wen

LOVEBOAT, TAIPEI is set to kick off the new year with a deliciously dramatic story of romance and discovery! Ever Wong’s parents are forcing her to spend her last summer before college in a Mandarin immersion program in Taiwan, and she couldn’t be less excited about it. Little do her parents know that the Chien […]

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Book Review: DANGEROUS ALLIANCE: AN AUSTENTACIOUS ROMANCE by Jennieke Cohen

Mystery, romance & Elizabeth Bennett!  DANGEROUS ALLIANCE: AN AUSTENTACIOUS ROMANCE by Jennieke Cohen gives us a Jane Austen-worthy novel that we didn’t know we needed. Life isn’t always like the books we read. Yearning for that happy ending like in her favorite Jane Austen novels, Victoria Aston’s perfect family and life is on the verge […]

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Book Review: THE GUINEVERE DECEPTION by Kiersten White

If there’s one thing to be said about Kiersten White, it’s that she isn’t afraid to play in any damn sandbox she’d like, thank you very much. Her works have taken on the supernatural, magic, historical fiction, horror, fairy tales, and folklore. This time, she’s diving into Arthurian mythology with The Guinevere Deception! We’ve all […]