Amanda Foody – Cannonball Read 17

The Woods Have Teeth

Wilderlore: The Accidental Apprentice by Amanda Foody

April 16, 2023 by Carriejay Leave a Comment

Barclay Thorne is happy with his very uneventful life as an apprentice to his town’s mushroom farmer. His parents were killed by a Beast when he was seven and he’s been mostly on his own ever since. But one afternoon in the Woods looking for a specific mushroom, he runs into Viola, a Lore Keeper. These are people who bond with Beasts of various sizes, and use their lore magic. During an encounter with a Beast, Barclay accidentally bonds with one of them, and is […]

Some Deserving Demises Literal and Otherwise

All of Our Demise by Amanda Foody, Christine Lynn Herman

April 16, 2023 by CoffeeShopReader Leave a Comment

It took me a while to get into All of Our Demise; it’s part two of what’s basically the Tri-Wizard tournament mixed with the Hunger Games. There’s magic in this world, but the more powerful high magic is controlled by a select group. There are seven families, who once a generation send a champion into a tournament from which only the winner emerges alive, and whoever said winner represents gets to control the high magic for the next generation. In the second volume, the first […]

Another fight to the death book, pretty good.

All of Us Villains (All of Us Villains, #1) by Amanda Foody & Christine Lynn Herman

September 26, 2022 by narfna Leave a Comment

The end of this was messy, but overall I liked it. Really wishing for half-stars on this one. ELEVEN DAYS LATER: Okay, now that I’m actually sitting down to write this review, I’ve decided to round down on this one because the ending really killed my buzz. It was just so messy, I’m not even sure how to explain it. The premise here is that there is a town where every twenty years or so, there is a tournament, the family of the tournament winner […]

This is a delightful middle-grade story, probably the start of a series, and I recommend it!

The Accidental Apprentice by Amanda Foody

April 11, 2021 by crystalclear Leave a Comment

Barclay Thorne is an eleven-year-old orphan growing up in a small village called Dullshire. He is apprenticed to a mushroom farmer, and he puts all that he has into his chosen profession. Life is hard for an orphan boy in Dullshire, and there are a lot of rules to follow, many which are silly or excessive. But one rule he is sure to follow: Never go into the Woods. The Woods is where the Beasts are. Beasts are dangerous. And Beasts have magic, which is […]

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