Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

A Good Story Marred By One Of My Least Favorite Tropes

Starcrossed by Allie Therin

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Arthur and Rory are both figuring out their relationship as well as the magical relic that has fallen into their hands.  Arthur is also following up on some loose ends related to the magical relics.  However, when a new threat arises, their fragile start of a relationship leaves them both vulnerable, and the stakes are rising with a new relic now in play. Have you ever wanted to reach inside a book and just shake a character?  Sometimes multiple characters?  That’s how I felt for […]

Murder, Magic, and Mischief On a Boat

A Restless Truth by Freya Marske

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Maud Blyth wanted an adventure as well as to help her brother unravel a magical conspiracy.  She may have gotten more than she bargained for though when the elderly lady with a magical artifact that she’s escorting across the Atlantic is murdered.  With a surprising ally in Violet Debenham, a magician and actress who’s returning to England to claim her inheritance, the two of them tackle a ship full of suspects with them hope of solving the murder and finding the artifact without ending up […]

Compelling Characters and an Interesting World

Spellbound by Allie Therin

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Rory Brodigan’s gift comes at a cost, and he’s done his best to keep his head down and finding counterfeit antiques pays the bills.  However, when Arthur Kenzie waltzes into his life with a job, things get much more complicated.  Arthur and his team of paranormal friends do their best to protect the world from supernatural relics, and they need help with this latest one.  Arthur’s hoping that Rory can help them with the latest one that has wandered into their hands, but Rory’s reluctant […]

Captivating, Evocative, and THERE’S A TEA!

The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern

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This is a book that’s going to be on my mind for a little while. I just finished it last night, and I’m not ready to leave the world of The Night Circus, so I’ve been looking at reviews and went on the author’s Instagram, which is how I discovered that she collaborated with the Old Growth Alchemy tea shop and there’s a Night Circus loose leaf tea you can buy – I’m a tea drinker, so I couldn’t help but place an order, and […]

A Historical Fantasy That Delivers Both Plot and the Feels

A Marvellous Light by Freya Marske

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Robin Blythe really doesn’t need more complications in his life, so learning magic exists and getting cursed in the same day as well as starting his new job isn’t exactly fantastic.  Especially since someone thinks he know something about what may have gotten his predecessor killed.  Robin can’t help but be a little enchanted by his prickly magical counterpart, Edwin Courcey, though or magic itself.  As the two of them delve into removing the curse on Robin, it quickly becomes clear things are far more […]

A Slow Burn Magic Story

Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke

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I’m not usually interested in historical fiction, but after reading Piranesi, I wanted to try more of Susanna Clarke’s work. Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell is set in England during the Napoleonic wars in the early 1800s. There used to be magic in England, but magic hasn’t been seen in centuries. Instead, the people who call themselves magicians are theoretical magicians – they study magic but don’t practice it. However, in the quest to discover why magic is no longer practiced in England, one of […]



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