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A series that peters out like a sad fart. Is that mean. If it is, let me know and I will change this title.

A Sky Beyond the Storm (An Ember in the Ashes, #4) by Sabaa Tahir

June 21, 2021 by narfna Leave a Comment

I was so annoyed with this one by the end that I almost one-starred it, but I didn’t hate the first half, and honestly it’s not trash, and I usually save that one-star for true dislike or hatred. This really didn’t reach that level. To be clear, though, I also really did not like it. And it’s held up my review queue for frickin’ forever. And I liked the first book so much! Gah. Anyway, I didn’t like this as an ending, or really as […]

Disarming and Charming

Fence: Disarmed by Sarah Rees Brennan

May 29, 2021 by ElCicco Leave a Comment

An original novel based on C.S.Pacat’s Fence comic series, illustrated by Johanna The Mad I read volume one of this series, Fence: Striking Distance, about a month ago and loved it. The love affair continues and I am very much hoping that another volume is in the works. In Fence: Disarmed, we return to the exclusive boys boarding school known as Kings Row and its fencing team. When last we left them, relationships among the members of the fencing team were fraught. Would they come […]

Lycanthropy and Other Chronic Illnesses by Kristen O’Neal

Lycanthropy and Other Chronic Illnesses by Kristen O'Neal

May 19, 2021 by Caitycat Leave a Comment

“You can’t ignore the truth just because you don’t like it. It’s true whether or not you want it to be. It’s true even if you think it’s impossible…” Priya has had a difficult year. She had been on the road to greatness, enrolled in medical school across the country at Stanford. After a bout with Lyme disease, Priya moves back home to recover. Even though the bacteria is gone, the effects of the disease still linger. She deals with joint pain, swelling, and brain […]

House of Hollow

House of Hollow by Krystal Sutherland

May 19, 2021 by Caitycat Leave a Comment

“We all knew too well what could happen to girls on poorly lit streets at night, because it had happened to us. Then again, all girls knew that…” It happened on New Year’s Eve years and years ago. The three Hollow sisters were walking down the street. The clock turned to midnight, and their parents looked away to kiss, just a moment. When they looked back, the girls were gone. They searched high and low, but they couldn’t be found. One month later, the girls […]

This Is Not the Jess Show

This Is Not the Jess Show by Anna Carey

May 19, 2021 by Caitycat Leave a Comment

It’s going to be pretty difficult to talk about this book without spoiling the big twist, although the twist is pretty obvious from the beginning. It’s advertised as a cross between Black Mirror and My So-Called Life, which partially gives it away to me. Anyways, I’ll try my best to toe the line… Jess Flynn is your typical late-1990s high school girl. You know, the late 90s, Spice Girls and BSB, Titanic, TGIF, Doc Martens and babydoll dresses, Clueless, pagers, inflatable furniture and lava lamps…that […]

This was a fun surprise!

Fence: Striking Distance by Sarah Rees Brennan

April 22, 2021 by ElCicco Leave a Comment

This is an original novel based on C.S.Pacat’s Fence comic series, illustrated by Johanna The Mad. This YA novel came to me courtesy of fellow Cannonballer CoffeeShop Reader, who sent it as part of the 2020 Holiday Book Exchange. I know she has reviewed the original series of graphic novels upon which it is based, and I just want to say again THANK YOU FOR THIS! I had never heard of the series or this author before, but I am definitely in for the follow […]

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