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Imagine this: you’ve read 481,103 words across three books that many people do not dare to even open. You’ve traveled thousands of miles over 5 kingdoms, with a very limited lunch and a questionable companion. You’ve laughed and cried and thrown the book across the room (a true story, but one for another time). You’ve…
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would you want to know who Angela from the Inheritance Cycle really is? ok I admit that maybe the title was a slight exaggeration. maybe BUT STILL Just hear me out on this one: since her first appearance in Eragon, Angela has remained a figure of much mystery in Alagaesia. Combined with the both genius…
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I’m sure you guys all think I’m going to put Sherwood down here but no… The book I would wipe from my memory to experience again would be Eragon. Because now, with all my sophisticated GCSE-course English skills, I can’t read it without noticing Christopher’s 15-year-old follies. I can’t enjoy the adventure without groaning at…
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2. take your tears and use them to make you stronger (Sherwood by Meagan Spooner) 3. tell the truth, otherwise a plant will try to kill you ( The Lie Tree by Frances Hardinge) 4. one bad choice doesn’t undo a thousand good ones (A Curse do Dark and Lonely by Brigid Kemmerer) 5. its…
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BOOK- The Rose Bargain AUTHOR- Sasha Peyton Smith GENRE- alternate history, romance, fantasy, faeries RATING- 3.5/5 I can’t remember the last time a book left me this breathless. I also can’t remember the last time a book left me this confused. Me and the Rose Bargain have a very love-hate relationship. At times, I adored…
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SERIES- Defy the Night trilogy AUTHOR- Brigid Kemmerer GENRE- romance, fantasy, dystopian elements RATING- 4.5/5 Believe it or not, A Curse so Dark and Lonely wasn’t the beginning of the romantasy obsession, or even my Brigid Kemmerer obsession. Before my current phase, when my bookcase was stocked not with fantasy but with crime drama and…
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Read on the beach! the sun where I live has been gorgeous recently, so yesterday saw me headed to the beach. Without stopping to think, I picked up the book I was halfway through. And that is how I found myself sunbathing in my bikini with Legendborn by Tracy Deonn in front of me. Now,…
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BOOK- Cursed (Gilded Duology #2) AUTHOR- Marissa Meyer GENRE- fantasy, legend retelling RATING- 2.5/5 Reading Cursed almost made Gilded look like a masterpiece. Almost. If I hadn’t been desperately clinging to the faint hope that the ending might be good, I would have DNF’d Cursed. But I’d promised you guys a sequel review and, despite…
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2. anything is possible, so long as you have the courage to let go of your fear (His Dark Materials by Phillip Pullman) 3. if you’re going to love somebody, love them with your whole heart, or not at all (Everything, Everything by Nicola Yoon) 4. kindness wins more battles than cruelty ( A Heart…
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BOOK- Gilded AUTHOR- Marissa Meyer GENRE- Romance, Fantasy, legend retelling RATING- 3.5/5 The last time I read Gilded by Marissa Meyer, I DNF’d it half way through. I realize that that might have been a wise choice, because now, after finally reaching the end, I have to read the sequel. PLOT Gilded by Marissa Meyer…
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