4 out of 5 stars Goodreads.com: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, by Suzanne Collins (The Hunger Games #0) I wasn't immediately excited to hear that Suzanne Collins was publishing prequel to The Hunger Games. In our world of novellas and spin-offs, most attempts to revisit or extent a completed story feel like weak money … Continue reading Review: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes
4.5 out of 5 stars Goodreads.com: The Priory of the Orange Tree, by Samantha Shannon Epic hardly begins to describe The Priory of the Orange Tree. From page one, the reader is completely immersed in one of the biggest and most comprehensive world builds I've ever experienced. That Samantha Shannon can create such a thing … Continue reading Review: The Priory of the Orange Tree
4.5 out of 5 stars The most fun I've ever had wanting to run out and vote. Goodreads.com: Red, White & Royal Blue, by Casey McQuiston This book is a fizzy little gem of joy. Alex Cleremont-Diaz, half-Mexican son of the first female President of the United States, is stunned to find himself in luuuurrrrvveeee … Continue reading Review: Red, White & Royal Blue
4 out of 5 stars I have thoughts upon thoughts about this slow, southern drawl of a book. Goodreads.com: Where the Crawdads Sing, by Delia Owens Kya, known in her 1950's - 1970's backwater North Carolina town as Marsh Girl, lives in an actual shack in the swamp outside town. One day, her mom leaves. … Continue reading Review: Where the Crawdads Sing
4.25 out of 5 stars Quick, straightforward and violently beautiful, Sky in the Deep is as harsh as it is lovely. Goodreads.com: Sky in the Deep, by Adrienne Young (Sky in the Deep #1) Young Eelyn is a warrior of the Viking-esque Aska clan. Every five years, her people fight a brutal season against their … Continue reading Review: Sky in the Deep
3.75 out of 5 stars Goodreads.com: Buried Heart, by Kate Elliott (Court of Fives #3) I confess to being a little confused by the end of the Court of Fives trilogy. Not because I didn't care, but because the fast-paced, layered plots were all moving in the right direction, and I was excited to find … Continue reading Review: Buried Heart
3.75 out of 5 stars A extremely solid sequel, Poisoned Blade, finds our blunt and capable heroine Jes even more deeply ensared in politics, love, and family. Goodreads.com: Poisoned Blade, by Kate Elliott (Court of Fives #2) Jes has one thing going for her: the Fives, an ancient Greek-ish version of American Ninja Warrior. She's … Continue reading Review: Poisoned Blade
4.25 out of 5 stars This book is so good! Goodreads.com: Court of Fives, by Kate Elliott (Court of Fives #1) Jes lives in Efea, a beautiful seaside nation that reads like a YA fantasy version of ancient Greece. Her life is precariously set. Efea was colonized by Saro, and the Saroese installed themselves as … Continue reading Review: Court of Fives
3.5 out of 5 stars Goodreads.com: Undying, by Amie Kaufman and Meagan Spooner (Unearthed #2) Teens on Earth! Well, the getting there isn't easy. When we left Jules and Mia at the end of Unearthed, they'd sealed themselves inside an alien spaceship with the intent of blowing it up before the governmental International Alliance can … Continue reading Review: Undying
4 out of 5 stars Goodreads.com: Unearthed, by Amie Kaufman and Meagan Spooner (Unearthed #1) Teens in space! I saw this book described as such, "... with Indiana Jones and Lara Croft." An appealing claim, but one that overestimates our heroes, Jules Addison and Mia Radcliffe. An homage, certainly, but our intergalactic adolescents are likable … Continue reading Review: Unearthed
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