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Good evening, everyone. I'm Leslie Monster, and this is Nightline. (Learn more about this Cannonballer: narfna's Quick Questions interview.)

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Do I like YA fantasy again???

This Vicious Grace (The Last Finestra, #1) by Emily Thiede

July 25, 2022 by narfna Leave a Comment

Thanks to Macmillan Audio, Macmillan Young Readers, and NetGalley for the ARC. It hasn’t affected the content of my review. Well, this was an impulse request on NetGalley, and despite some complaints (mostly centered around this being a debut, I think), overall I did like this and I will be reading the sequel. The premise here is that our main character Alessa is a Chosen One, but she’s kinda sucky at it, and she’s lonely and miserable. She is the Finestra (Italian for “Window,” which […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Fantasy, Young Adult Tagged With: #fantasy, ARCs, audiobooks, duology, Emily Thiede, NetGalley, the last finestra, YA, ya fantasy, Young Adult

narfna's CBR14 Review No:113 · Genres: Audiobooks, Fantasy, Young Adult · Tags: #fantasy, ARCs, audiobooks, duology, Emily Thiede, NetGalley, the last finestra, YA, ya fantasy, Young Adult ·
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“So you just live quietly with these powers? Haven’t you ever wondered why you have them? Suleiman’s eye . . . you could be overthrowing governments, and instead you steal from peasants!”

The City of Brass (The Daevabad Trilogy, #1) by S.A. Chakraborty

July 25, 2022 by narfna Leave a Comment

Yet another book I don’t want to review because I put off writing the review so long that I’ve forgotten details of the book and what I wanted to say about it, if I ever knew. Mostly I’m just mad I didn’t read this sooner, although now I don’t have to wait in between books if I don’t want to. (I don’t want to, but I can’t manage to fit the second book into my OCD color-coded TBR—don’t ask, it’s too complicated to explain—and also! […]

Filed Under: Fantasy Tagged With: #fantasy, narfna, S.A. Chakraborty, The City of Brass, the daevabad trilogy

narfna's CBR14 Review No:112 · Genres: Fantasy · Tags: #fantasy, narfna, S.A. Chakraborty, The City of Brass, the daevabad trilogy ·
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“Do geese see God?”

A Line to Kill (Hawthorne and Horowitz, #3) by Anthony Horowitz

July 22, 2022 by narfna Leave a Comment

I didn’t realize how in the mood I was for the vibes this series gives off. I read this book so fast. There’s something so strange yet so compelling about Horowitz’s fictional detective, Hawthorne, who continues to be unlikable, baffling (to us the readers, and to his “biographer,” a fictional version of Horowitz himself), contradictory, and yet he gets the job done, thwarting both reader’s desires and the fictional character Hawthorne in the process. It’s strange, but it works. This third pairing of the duo […]

Filed Under: Mystery Tagged With: a line to kill, Anthony Horowitz, meta, mystery, narfna, the author is a character, writing about writing

narfna's CBR14 Review No:111 · Genres: Mystery · Tags: a line to kill, Anthony Horowitz, meta, mystery, narfna, the author is a character, writing about writing ·
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Oh, shit I just realized I could have used this for the ‘snake’ BINGO square, but I’m already committed to a less literal and more satisfying usage of it later.

From Bad to Cursed (The Witches of Thistle Grove, #2) by Lana Harper

July 18, 2022 by narfna 6 Comments

Thanks to Netgalley and Berkley books for the ARC. It hasn’t affected the content of my review. I liked this even better than the first one. I actually think what I like most about this series doesn’t really have anything to do with the featured romances. I just like this world, and I like that Lana Harper is creating a fictional place that is not just full of eccentric townspeople and coziness, as one expects from a small town romance series, but also continues to […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Romance Tagged With: #fantasy, ARCs, fantasy romance, from bad to cursed, Lana Harper, m/f, narfna, Romance, the witches of thistle grove

narfna's CBR14 Review No:110 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Romance · Tags: #fantasy, ARCs, fantasy romance, from bad to cursed, Lana Harper, m/f, narfna, Romance, the witches of thistle grove ·
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Fires being stoked, both literal and figurative.

The Fatal Flame (Timothy Wilde, #3) by Lyndsay Faye

July 18, 2022 by narfna Leave a Comment

I had this book out from the library so long they charged me for a replacement, and then I ended up buying a used copy anyway (I did return the library book, which was an Interlibrary Loan, whoops). Should have just done that from the beginning! Oh, well. I would have bought it eventually anyway, because this is a really good series and I will be revisiting it some time in the future, and also I have to complete my Lyndsay Faye book collection (gotta […]

Filed Under: Mystery Tagged With: historical fiction, historical mystery, Lyndsay Faye, mystery, narfna, The Fatal Flame, timothy wilde

narfna's CBR14 Review No:109 · Genres: Mystery · Tags: historical fiction, historical mystery, Lyndsay Faye, mystery, narfna, The Fatal Flame, timothy wilde ·
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It’s been two months, and I’m still thinking about this one.

Hidden Pictures by Jason Rekulak

July 17, 2022 by narfna Leave a Comment

Thanks to NetGalley and Macmillan Audio for the ARC. It has not affected the content of my review. I requested this on a whim last week after I happened to see it on NetGalley, and only the day before a YouTuber I just started watching had gotten a physical ARC. It sounded interesting, and I’ve been (weirdly and uncharacteristically) gravitating towards creepy and horror-type books in the last six months. This hit the spot for me. I was a bit nervous because the early reviews […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Horror, Mystery, Suspense Tagged With: ARCs, audiobooks, Hidden Pictures, horror, Jason Rekulak, mystery, narfna, suzy jackson, thriller

narfna's CBR14 Review No:108 · Genres: Audiobooks, Horror, Mystery, Suspense · Tags: ARCs, audiobooks, Hidden Pictures, horror, Jason Rekulak, mystery, narfna, suzy jackson, thriller ·
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