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“Love was the destroyer. It made mourners, widows, left misery in its wake. Grief and love were one and the same. Grief was the shadow love left when it was gone.”

Rules of Wolves by Leigh Bardugo

September 21, 2023 by cheerbrarian Leave a Comment

CBR Bingo – Take Flight This is the final book both in the King of Scars duology, and in Bardugo’s entire Grishaverse, and it wraps everything up very satisfyingly. We were reunited with some favorite characters from across her universe, good triumphed over evil, and love melted even the most grief-stricken and cold hearts. (Sidenote: I’ve chosen this book for the”take flight” bingo category because aerial warfare has a huge role in this world, not to mention two characters who develop the skill of flight […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Young Adult Tagged With: cbr15bingo, grief, grishaverse, Lbgtq, Leigh Bardugo, magic, rules of wolves

cheerbrarian's CBR15 Review No:27 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Young Adult · Tags: cbr15bingo, grief, grishaverse, Lbgtq, Leigh Bardugo, magic, rules of wolves ·
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“Most of us can hide our greatest hurts and longings. It’s how we survive each day. We pretend the pain isn’t there, that we are made of scars instead of wounds.”

King of Scars (King of Scars #1) by Leigh Bardugo

August 11, 2023 by cheerbrarian Leave a Comment

CBR Bingo – On The Road I don’t read a lot of YA but a good friend of mine and many members of the CBR community have raved about Bardugo’s world, so I’m in for the long haul. If you’re new to it, a piece of advice. I was told to ignore chronological order when beginning because the Six of Crows duology is so much better than the original Shadow and Bone trilogy. I was skeptical but heeded that advice and I’m glad I did […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Romance, Young Adult Tagged With: cbr15bingo, duology, grishaverse, King of Scars, Leigh Bardugo

cheerbrarian's CBR15 Review No:25 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Romance, Young Adult · Tags: cbr15bingo, duology, grishaverse, King of Scars, Leigh Bardugo ·
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Hell Bent by Leigh Bardugo

June 29, 2023 by wicherwill Leave a Comment

Cannon Ball Passport: Friend recommended! Tl;dr I think I’ll read the next in this series but I wasn’t as keen on this outing as I was with the first book, Ninth House. I’m glad that when I originally tried reading this, and lost the loan before starting through a mistake of airplane mode, that I didn’t go out and spend money buying a copy–although Bardugo’s defense of the genre does make me want to capitalism in her direction. We pick up with Galaxy “Alex” Stern, now […]

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Filed Under: Fantasy Tagged With: #CBR15 passport, alex stern, Leigh Bardugo

wicherwill's CBR15 Review No:13 · Genres: Fantasy · Tags: #CBR15 passport, alex stern, Leigh Bardugo ·
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Hell Bent or That time I tried to rescue my crush who happens to be a sexy demon

Hell Bent by Leigh Bardugo

June 1, 2023 by carmelpie Leave a Comment

Tripp’s lower lip jutted out, but he went back to work, and a minute later was singing “Under the Bridge” in a passable falsetto. Alex didn’t have the heart to tell him she’d gladly spend the next two semesters in hell if it meant never hearing the Red Hot Chili Peppers again. Warning: Spoilers for Ninth House ahead At the end of Ninth House, Darlington is possibly alive and trapped in hell. Dawes and Alex agree to do what they can to rescue him, despite […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Mystery Tagged With: badass female lead, dark academia, Leigh Bardugo, secret societies, supernatural, Yale

carmelpie's CBR15 Review No:6 · Genres: Fiction, Mystery · Tags: badass female lead, dark academia, Leigh Bardugo, secret societies, supernatural, Yale ·
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The first two books in what I hope is a longer series!

Ninth House (Alex Stern #1) by Leigh Bardugo

Hell Bent (Alex Stern #2) by Leigh Bardugo

April 27, 2023 by kfishgirl Leave a Comment

I swear I heard about this book on NPR, and I swear it was Mary Louise Kelly talking about it. I can like hear her voice talking about it, but I can’t seem to verify that, so take my memory with a grain of salt. I just remember hearing about it on the radio (and I really only listen to NPR), and then immediately buying the kindle book from Amazon. It legitimately took me over three years to finally read it. I have no idea […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Horror Tagged With: Leigh Bardugo, magic, Yale

kfishgirl's CBR15 Review No:5 · Genres: Fiction, Horror · Tags: Leigh Bardugo, magic, Yale ·
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“Isn’t it a merry thing to cheat death?”

Hell Bent by Leigh Bardugo

April 14, 2023 by anana Leave a Comment

I read and reviewed the first book in the Alex Stern series, Ninth House, last year (AKA 2021, the Year of I Became a Leigh Bardugo Superfan), and I’ve been eagerly awaiting the second book in the series ever since. Hell Bent finally came off of my Libby queue last week, and I pretty much abandoned all other responsibilities (including sleeping..) until I had consumed this new adventure.  Hell Bent follows the same structure as Ninth House, opening with our main character, Alex, in a […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction Tagged With: alex stern, Leigh Bardugo

anana's CBR15 Review No:8 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction · Tags: alex stern, Leigh Bardugo ·
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