Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

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Read this book to find out what “uh” is a euphemism for! CBRBINGO – Red

Hemlock & Silver by T. Kingfisher

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Thanks to NetGalley and Macmillan Audio for the audio ARC. It hasn’t affected the content of my review. The dark fairytale vibes of this were just what I needed yesterday when I flew through this audiobook. Especially since the audiobook I had been listening to previously is the epitome of a three-star read. Such a genuine pleasure to read a T. Kingfisher book after that, rich in atmosphere, fun dialogue, and characters that are easy to like and follow. Plus, her fairytale retellings (of which […]

“There’s something peaceful about your worst fear coming true.” CBRBINGO – Work

Bat Eater by Kylie Lee Baker

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I’ve been looking forward to reading this book since it was published, and it didn’t disappoint. Bat Eater* is about Cora Zheng, a half Chinese, half white young woman living in NYC as the pandemic kicks off. She lives with her sister, Delilah, with whom she has a troubled relationship. Delilah is full Chinese, and they are half sisters, and Cora has been in her shadow their whole lives. The opening chapter kicks off the book appropriately with Delilah’s violent death on a subway station platform. […]

“Every time you leave someone’s life you risk being the worst thing that’s ever happened to them, or the last thing to ever happen to them.”

Eat the Ones You Love by Sarah Maria Griffin

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Thanks to NetGalley and Macmillan Audio for the ARC. It hasn’t affected the contents of my review. This had so much promise, and it started off so well for me. I was delighted by the bitchy plant narrator (plus some others) that was obsessed with this woman, Neve, who runs a flower shop in an aging mall that is about to be closed and bulldozed to the ground. Our MC Shell was a good way in to the dynamic between Neve and the plant, whose […]

“I did not come this far to only come this far.” CBRBINGO – ‘I’

The Invocations by Krystal Sutherland

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I didn’t like this as much as I liked House of Hollow, but there is no one writing fantastical horror atmosphere like Krystal Sutherland. Immaculate vibes. Cool and creepy worldbuilding. I am for sure reading any and all future books from her. This is also one of those cases where genre and marketing are getting in the way of people finding her books and liking them. She writes YA only because her protagonists are young. In almost every other respect, this is adult stuff, adult […]

Nat Cassidy is one of the best horror writers working today.

When the Wolf Comes Home by Nat Cassidy

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Thanks to NetGalley and Macmillan Audio for the ARC. It hasn’t affected the contents of my review. In an attempt to catch up on my life—which was laughably behind even before I had surgery to get my gallbladder out two weeks ago—I am now reviewing one of my favorite books of the year so far. Reviewing favorite books is something I hate doing, but I foolishly accepted an ARC so now I have to anyway. I should have known this would happen, because I have […]

she’s got bollocks the size of blimps

The Irresistible Urge to Fall for Your Enemy (Dearly Beloathed, #1) by Brigitte Knightley

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Thanks to NetGalley and Berkley Publishing Group | Ace for the ARC. It hasn’t affected the contents of my review. This book should not have worked! But, it really did. At least for me. This is an enemies to lovers slow burn romance set in an alternate Earth where magic is real. (Actual, real enemies, mind you, not just rivals or people who are annoyed at each other.) Aurienne is a gifted healer in an order of healers who is contacted by Osric, an eeeevil […]



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