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About melanir

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I like books, but I'm SUPER picky about them. To clarify- a three star rating means that I liked the book and found nothing objectionable in it. As 3 is the average between 1 and 5 this means the book is an average read, perfectly competent but not outstanding.

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Untie My Heart

July 12, 2016 by melanir Leave a Comment

Untying the Moon is a lyrical, haunting novel that just sticks with you. I went to visit my parents last week and my mother handed me this book to read while I was there. The author did a book reading in their little Montana town while I was there and my mom lent the novel to me before she’d even read it so that I could finish before I left.  I spent the next day and a half engrossed in the world that Malphrus created, captured by her beautiful […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: Ellen Malphrus, lyrical

melanir's CBR8 Review No:58 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: Ellen Malphrus, lyrical ·
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If only these novels stayed in The Edge

July 12, 2016 by melanir Leave a Comment

Confession, I only read half of this novel and then the last chapter. I don’t know if there are going to be any more books in this series, but I don’t think I’ll be reading any more of them. I’m about a week and a half out of finishing this one (which is actually unique, I tend to review immediately after finishing so the thoughts are all still fresh. But I was on vacation and have quite a backlog of books to review, oops) and I’m […]

Filed Under: Fantasy Tagged With: ilona andrews, Urban Fantasy

melanir's CBR8 Review No:57 · Genres: Fantasy · Tags: ilona andrews, Urban Fantasy ·
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Borderlands means black and white morality I guess?

June 30, 2016 by melanir Leave a Comment

I just don’t know you guys. I really enjoyed the first and second book in this series but this is a major dud. To be honest, I couldn’t make it through the novel. I read to about the 60% mark and then read the last chapter to get all the information I need for the next book. I really wasn’t impressed. The plot is super, SUPER, convoluted. I’m honestly not even sure where to begin, but this is how Goodreads summarizes it. Audrey Callahan left […]

Filed Under: Fantasy Tagged With: ilona andrews, Urban Fantasy

melanir's CBR8 Review No:56 · Genres: Fantasy · Tags: ilona andrews, Urban Fantasy ·
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Manipulative, devilish heroine the kind you love to hate

June 30, 2016 by melanir 1 Comment

Lady Susan is a novella by Jane Austen, done mostly in epistolary format. I was completely unaware that this novella even existed until I saw the recent movie Love and Friendship which was developed from this book. I borrowed it from a friend and quickly devoured it. The plot is pretty simple. Lady Susan, recently widowed and extremely poor, goes to stay with her brother-in-law and his wife. She was is plagued by scandal and has a reputation for being a flirt. While in Churchill […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: Jane Austen

melanir's CBR8 Review No:55 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: Jane Austen ·
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Magic Times in the Cajun Swamp

June 24, 2016 by melanir Leave a Comment

Bayou Moon is the follow up to On the Edge. It’s not a direct sequel, and can be read on its own, but it does star some characters from that novel. It is again, light, easy to read fare. This time we go to a part of the Edge which exists between the state (here in our mundane world) of Louisiana and the Magical country of Louisiana. It’s magic times in the Cajun swamp is what I’m saying. If I’m perfectly honest, I don’t really […]

Filed Under: Fantasy Tagged With: ilona andrews, Urban Fantasy

melanir's CBR8 Review No:54 · Genres: Fantasy · Tags: ilona andrews, Urban Fantasy ·
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Appalachian Fantasy

June 23, 2016 by melanir Leave a Comment

On the Edge is a light, fluffy urban fantasy (rural fantasy?) from an author pair whose books rarely let me down (even if they hit a few of my red button issues). I’ve been struggling with insomnia the past few nights and this book really helped alleviate the midnight boredom when you can’t fall asleep but don’t want to get out of bed just in case you do fall asleep. Urban Fantasy is my comfort zone. Urban Fantasy that has shape-shifters is my crack, Ilona […]

Filed Under: Fantasy Tagged With: ilona andrews, Urban Fantasy

melanir's CBR8 Review No:53 · Genres: Fantasy · Tags: ilona andrews, Urban Fantasy ·
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