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Choose: A quick death or a slow poison…

July 27, 2016 by Andrea Krieter Leave a Comment

Rating: 5/5 Summary: Yelena is about to executed for murder. In Ixia when you commit a crime, your punishment is essentially the crime itself, kind of like an eye for an eye. There are no excuses. When the guards come to retrieve her, she is taken to Valek’s office, the Commander’s assassin and spymaster. He gives her a choice: be executed now or serve as the Commander’s food taster. As the food taster, Yelena could be poisoned at any meal and die anyway. Yelena is […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Mystery, Romance, Suspense Tagged With: magic, New Adult, reread, sass, Series

Andrea Krieter's CBR8 Review No:49 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Mystery, Romance, Suspense · Tags: magic, New Adult, reread, sass, Series ·
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Objectivity is for the weak.

March 11, 2015 by Amanda 6 Comments

I’m going to try hard to be objective and coherent in this review, but I make no promises because I love this book to a ridiculous degree and it’s hard not to just post, “ZOMG I LOVE IT, READ IT AND TALK ABOUT THE FEEEEEEELS WITH ME.”  But since I really do want people to read this book (and the rest of the series!), I will give coherency a go. Blue Sargent is sixteen years old and the only girl born into her family with […]

Filed Under: Fantasy Tagged With: characters who need hugs, fantasy, friendship, kick ass female lead, Maggie Stiefvater, Modern Fantasy, sass, suburban fantasy, YA

Amanda's CBR7 Review No:5 · Genres: Fantasy · Tags: characters who need hugs, fantasy, friendship, kick ass female lead, Maggie Stiefvater, Modern Fantasy, sass, suburban fantasy, YA ·
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