A cute premise with great potential that was squandered by a forgettable character voice and boring writing. Amber Sand is not a witch. The Sand family Wicca gene somehow leapfrogged over her. But she did get one highly specific magical talent: she can see true love. As a matchmaker, Amber's pretty far down the sorcery … Continue reading The Best Kind of Magic ★★★½☆☆
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Review: Asteroid Made of Dragons ★★★☆☆
If you gave me the option to read a book with dragons, versus one without, I will pick the dragons over everything else. I love dragons that much. So, of course, being promised an asteroid made of dragons, I was pretty excited. And Asteroid Made of Dragons by G. Derek Adams was pretty exciting--at first. When a … Continue reading Review: Asteroid Made of Dragons ★★★☆☆
Review: Devil’s Daughter ★★★☆☆
I picked up Devil's Daughter: Lucinda's Pawnshop by Hope Schenk-de Michele, Paul Marquez with Maya Kaathryn Bohnhoff from NetGalley earlier in the year and finished it back in August. It took me quite a long time to power through this one. There were many times when I wanted to just call it a DNF and … Continue reading Review: Devil’s Daughter ★★★☆☆
Review: The Wanderers ★★★☆☆
The Wanderers by Kate Ormand is a tale of a circus full of animal shapeshifters; an urban fantasy that boasts a higher death rate than a Game of Thrones book. I think it did at least, but I wasn't really counting. Flo lives an eccentric life—she travels with a popular circus in which the main … Continue reading Review: The Wanderers ★★★☆☆
A Book of Spirits and Thieves Review — ★★★☆☆
I picked up Morgan Rhodes' A Book of Spirits and Thieves on a whim. So far, most books I've picked up on a whim have been rather disappointing (I'm looking at you, Tiger's Curse) but A Book of Spirits and Thieves was surprisingly enthralling and interesting. But the whole time, I felt like there was something missing, and I can't quite put my … Continue reading A Book of Spirits and Thieves Review — ★★★☆☆
Allegiant Review – ★★★☆☆
I was recently pushed to finish Allegiant by Verionica Roth before I read anything else on my daunting To-Read list so I can freak out over it with Jessica Tuckerman. So I did and I still haven't fully recovered. Warning: major spoilers ahead. A Basic Rundown of the Plot Tris Prior and Tobias Eaton and their friends, after the startling … Continue reading Allegiant Review – ★★★☆☆