Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

It really is a magical word: no. You say whatever bullshit you want, and I just say no.

The Cruel Prince by Holly Black

The Wicked King by Holly Black

The Queen of Nothing by Holly Black

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“Well, even if the serpent bites off your head,” says Tatterfell, “the rest of you will still look good.” “That’s the spirit,” I tell her.” ― Holly Black, The Queen of Nothing Lately, I’ve been spending an above-average amount of time on Pinterest, checking out art for the various literary and television fandoms I follow. Inevitably, I end up going down some rabbit hole filled with gorgeous art depicting the faeries of Holly Black’s The Folk of the Air trilogy. I’ll be honest, I’m not […]

Mid-trilogy shift from Snarky Magical Adventure to a Demon Endless Philosophy

Quicksilver Court by Melissa Caruso

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Quicksilver Court is an interesting middle installment; there’s a lot of set up for future things and not much is resolved. What’s interesting is that a key question from the first book is answered about halfway through; usually you have to wait until book 3 for that. What happens here though is that that reveal sets up both a good bit of probably character development (or at least soul searching) as well as the final major plot conflict. Ryx, Severin, and the rest of the […]

A very promising first novel, and a fun time!

The Stardust Thief (The Sandsea Trilogy, #1) by Chelsea Abdullah

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I ended up liking this book quite a bit. It was a tiny bit rocky for me at first—it felt like it was falling into some first novel traps—but by the end I was really into it, and I’m definitely finishing out the trilogy. The blurb makes it seem like Loulie—a young woman in her twenties who goes by the Midnight Merchant, because she sells magical relics in the black market—is the only protagonist. But we’ve also got two more! I appreciated that depth of […]

Not as funny as it thinks it is, but not terrible, either.

Kill the Farm Boy (The Tales of Pell, #1) by Kevin Hearne & Delilah S. Dawson

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I was hoping to like this a lot more than I did. And because I’m probably going to Review Amnesty the third book in this series, which I read in November for a book club meeting I didn’t end up attending, this review will also touch on that one a little and the series as a whole. Which is not as funny as it thinks it is. I like the idea of taking traditional fantasy tropes and structuring a book so as to poke fun […]

How many legs do I have?

Nona the Ninth (The Locked Tomb, #3) by Tamsyn Muir

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Three months later: I’ve had some time to adjust. This book is still wild, and while I’ve come to terms with most of it, there’s one thing that’s still bothering me. I’m hoping it will be resolved in the last book. No idea how she’s going to manage it, but she somehow managed to pull Harrow and Nona out of her butt, and they are both weird and mad genius in their own special ways, so I’m sure she’ll manage it, but I will not lie, I am […]

Quadruple Cannonballing with the coziest fantasy of the year.

Legends and Lattes by Travis Baldree

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This was a one-sitting read that I was forced to read in multiple sittings. There is nothing MINDBLOWING about this book, but I also couldn’t think of a reason NOT to give it five stars. It made me feel cozy and warm, and it was extremely satisfying. High ratings absolutely deserved, glad it was picked up by Tor (I think officially it’s being published 11/8/22 but I managed to snag a Cryptid Press edition before it went out of print). I have no idea if […]



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