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The Kingdom by Jess Rothenberg

July 21, 2019 by crystalclear 1 Comment

The Kingdom is an amusement park far in the future.  It is a complete fantasy land, and can make any dream come true.  (It’s Disney on steroids.) To help with that, there are Fantasists, who are half human, half android hybrids.  There are seven ‘princesses,’ and they have been developed to be perfect. They are designed to learn and grow, and of course things start to go wrong.   The girls have strict rules and schedules, for their safety, they’re told.  They cannot access the internet […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Science Fiction, Young Adult Tagged With: cbr11, cbr11bingo, Jess Rothenberg, YA, Youths!

crystalclear's CBR11 Review No:51 · Genres: Fantasy, Science Fiction, Young Adult · Tags: cbr11, cbr11bingo, Jess Rothenberg, YA, Youths! ·
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Because Literally Dying of a Broken Heart Has to be The Worst

April 22, 2014 by ModernLove 2 Comments

Last week I took the afternoon off and treated myself to my favorite local bookstore, tacos, and a quiet afternoon. I had no books in mind while I was browsing, but the second I read the description of this book, I was in.  A girl literally dies of a broken heart and then has to navigate the afterlife while watching those left behind cope with her death? It’s pretty much literary crack to me. Brie’s boyfriend Jacob takes her to dinner one night shortly before […]

Filed Under: Non-Fiction Tagged With: Jess Rothenberg, The Catastrophic History of You and Me, YA lit

ModernLove's CBR6 Review No:10 · Genres: Non-Fiction · Tags: Jess Rothenberg, The Catastrophic History of You and Me, YA lit ·
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