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Well, I’m obviously choosing a book character for this one. And no, I’m not going to pick just one. I mean, if we’re doing the whole ‘you can become a character’ thing, I’m not sticking with one. I’ve read too many books for that. But I will narrow it down to my top three. Also,…
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BOOK- The Princess Knight AUTHOR- Cait Jacobs GENRE- Romance, Fantasy RATING- 3/5 STATUS- DNF Ok. I’m going to start with all the things I liked about the Princess Knight. Yeah This wasn’t my favorite. And, surprisingly, not for the reasons that I usually DNF romantasies. There were no perfect book boyfriends, no generic female leads.…
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Everyone knows that characters can make or break a story. Even if a novel has the best plot imaginable, if the main characters get on my nerves, it’s an instant DNF. I like reading about characters that I can connect with. Finding that bond between the real world and the written one is one of…
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This post contains spoilers. Do not read on if you haven’t read the book. You have been warned… BOOK- Sparking Fire out of Fate AUTHOR- Brigid Kemmerer GENRE- Romance, Fantasy SERIES- Forging Silver into Stars #3 (A Curse so Dark and Lonely spin off) RATING- 5/5 *A quick note on acronyms: ACSDAL- A Curse so…
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A Disney+ remake of Eragon has been announced! Who’s excited? I definitely am! Read the official announcement on Paolini.net here
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Warning! This post contains spoilers for the books Falling Kingdoms, Rebel Spring, Gathering Darkness, Frozen Tides and Crystal Storm. BOOK- Frozen Tides, Crystal Storm, Immortal Reign AUTHOR- Morgan Rhodes SERIES- Falling Kingdoms #4-6 RATING- 2/5 I’ve decided not to post an individual review for each of the last three books in the Falling Kingdoms series.…
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Warning! This post contains spoilers for the previous books, Falling Kingdoms and Rebel Spring BOOK- Gathering Darkness AUTHOR- Morgan Rhodes SERIES- Falling Kingdoms #3 RATING- 3/5 Gathering Darkness by Morgan Rhodes is the third novel in the young adult fantasy series Falling Kingdoms. In my opinion, Gathering Darkness is where the Falling Kingdoms series begins…
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Warning! This post contains spoilers for the previous book, Falling Kingdoms. BOOK- Rebel Spring AUTHOR- Morgan Rhodes SERIES- Falling Kingdoms #2 RATING- 3/5 Magnus, Cleo, Jonas and Lucia are back for the exciting second novel in the Falling Kingdoms series by Morgan Rhodes. The return to Mytica sees rebels, immortals and royals locked in a…
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BOOK- Falling Kingdoms AUTHOR- Morgan Rhodes SERIES- Falling Kingdoms #1 RATING- 4/5 My friends are, by now, used to my sudden and excited text messages about whatever book I’m currently reading. Frankly, I’m sure they could not care less about my latest reading challenge or that the newest book in a series still isn’t in…
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SERIES- The Inheritance Cycle AUTHOR- Christopher Paolini RATING- 5/5 Just last night I closed the fourth and final of the original The Inheritance Cycle novels: Inheritance. With over eight hundred pages to read, it was a daunting task, even for a re-read, – when, for me at least, skipping is inevitable. Watching Eragon and Saphira…
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