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“ No, Charlie wanted to insist. People only love you if you make it worth their while. No one loves you once they see your weaknesses. No one loved your flaws. No one loves your ugly, broken parts. No one loves you and expects nothing more than your love in return.”

Thief of Night (The Charlatan Duology #2) by Holly Black

October 19, 2025 by bjornsnipe Leave a Comment

Charlie Hall, glue trap for disaster, crooked from the day she was born, who’d never met a bad decision she wasn’t willing to double down on, may have finally met her match. After the events of the previous book, Charlie actually thought she’d won. She had managed to defeat Lionel Salt, and rescue her lover―the powerful shadow, Vince―back from under the noses of the powerful Cabal leaders, instead of Vince going to his cousin and Salt’s granddaughter, Adaline. Agreeing to become the Hierophant and risking […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: Charlatan duology, Holly Black, Massachusetts, shadows

bjornsnipe's CBR17 Review No:136 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: Charlatan duology, Holly Black, Massachusetts, shadows ·
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First Bingo!!!!

The Book of Night by Holly Black

September 30, 2022 by Ale 5 Comments

I saw The Book of Night sitting in the “New This Month!” display at the library when I went to pick up something else. And I love Holly Black, so I took it out on a whim. The Book of Night follows Charlie, a woman who’s spent her whole life making all the wrong decisions. In Charlie’s world, shadows are magic and with the right formulas, can be manipulated, stolen, reattached, or end up as sentient beings. At a young age, Charlie got into the world of […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Speculative Fiction Tagged With: cbr14bingo, Holly Black, magic, mystery, new book, shadows, snake, theft

Ale's CBR14 Review No:16 · Genres: Fantasy, Speculative Fiction · Tags: cbr14bingo, Holly Black, magic, mystery, new book, shadows, snake, theft ·
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Spirits and animals of the immortals and two tough girls

Sea of Shadows by Kelley Armstrong

Empire of Night by Kelley Armstrong

Forest of Ruin by Kelley Armstrong

July 28, 2022 by kfishgirl Leave a Comment

I can’t remember how I found this trilogy, but I borrowed this first book from my library as an audiobook.  The narrator had an awesome voice and read the story really well.  It’s amazing how a narrator can make a book so much more enjoyable. Anyway, I LOVED this series. We start out visiting a group of prisoners who are being banished / exiled to the forest of the dead.  We’re not really sure what that means, but we know it’s bad.  Ronin is the […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Fantasy, Fiction, Young Adult Tagged With: dragons, Kelley Armstrong, shadows, Spirits, tough girls

kfishgirl's CBR14 Review No:30 · Genres: Audiobooks, Fantasy, Fiction, Young Adult · Tags: dragons, Kelley Armstrong, shadows, Spirits, tough girls ·
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I got the twos for you

Llama Unleashes the Alpacalypse by Jonathan Stutzman

I See a Shadow by Laura Breen

October 15, 2020 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

As I stand by your pages I get cut once again Feelin’ low down, I’m blue Yes, darlin’ I’ve the twos for you. My apologizes to the original author of “I’ve Got the Blues,” but I wanted to introduce two books that might not be the “best” (for me anyway, therefore, making them Twos) in a unique way. But while I know that these are not for me, I know that somewhere, someone out there will be singing their praises and not have The Twos. […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fiction Tagged With: Heather Fox, Jonathan Stutzman, Laura Breen, llama, shadows

BlackRaven's CBR12 Review No:320 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fiction · Tags: Heather Fox, Jonathan Stutzman, Laura Breen, llama, shadows ·
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