Wolves and Roses

Wolves and Roses (Fairy Tales of the Magicorum #1) by Christina Bauer (2017)
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YA Fiction | Fantasy
3 Stars
Blurb:

“Seventeen-year-old Bryar Rose has a problem. She’s descended from one of the three magical races—shifters, fairies, or witches. That makes her one of the Magicorum, and Magicorum always follow a fairy tale life template. In Bryar’s case, that template should be Sleeping Beauty.

“Should” being the key word.  Continue reading

A Great and Terrible Beauty

A Great and Terrible Beauty (Gemma Doyle #1) by Libba Bray (2003)

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YA Fiction | Historical | Paranormal
4 Stars
Blurb:

“In this debut gothic novel mysterious visions, dark family secrets and a long-lost diary thrust Gemma and her classmates back into the horrors that followed her from India.  Continue reading

The Tethered Mage

The Tethered Mage (Swords & Fire #1) by Melissa Caruso (2017)
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the tethered mage

Fiction | Fantasy
4 Stars
Blurb:

“In the Raverran Empire, magic is scarce and those born with power are strictly controlled — taken as children and conscripted into the Falcon Army.
Zaira has lived her life on the streets to avoid this fate, hiding her mage-mark and thieving to survive. But hers is a rare and dangerous magic, one that threatens the entire empire. Continue reading

Cover Reveal! | Splendor and Spark

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I absolutely loved Mary Taranta’s debut novel Shimmer and Burn and I am so excited to share with you all the cover and synopsis for the sequel!! I’m keeping my fingers crossed for an ARC because I’ve been dying to read it ever since I finished the ARC of this series’ opening!

Keep reading for the cover and synopsis of this epic sequel, a snippet from my review of book 1 (Shimmer and Burn), and more about the author!  Continue reading

Rhapsodic

Rhapsodic (The Bargainer #1) by Laura Thalassa (2015)

Rhapsodic

Fiction | Romance | Urban Fantasy | (TV-MA)
4 Stars
Blurb:

“Callypso Lillis is a siren with a very big problem, one that stretches up her arm and far into her past. For the last seven years she’s been collecting a bracelet of black beads up her wrist, magical IOUs for favors she’s received. Only death or repayment will fulfill the obligations. Only then will the beads disappear.  Continue reading

Ari

Ari (To Each His Ghost #1) by S.M. Boyce (2016)
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Ari ghost

YA Fiction | Horror | Paranormal Mystery3.5 Stars Blurb:

“A Ghostly Paranormal Horror Novel

A crumbling farmhouse lies on the outskirts of the sleepy borough of White Haven, Pennsylvania. No one lives there anymore, but it’s never been empty.

Ari Bowers is a nerdy high school junior with a crush on the Varsity wide receiver and a healthy fear of the paranormal. When her crush Marcus Wagner takes her on a date-gone-wrong to the local haunted farmhouse, her fear is tested. A dark entity latches onto them both in that house, and they pay for their mistake with blood.  Continue reading

Grave Mercy

Grave Mercy (His Fair Assassin #1) by Robin LaFevers (2012)

Grave Mercy

YA Fiction | Historical Fantasy | Romance
3.5 Stars
Blurb:

Why be the sheep, when you can be the wolf?

Seventeen-year-old Ismae escapes from the brutality of an arranged marriage into the sanctuary of the convent of St. Mortain, where the sisters still serve the gods of old. Here she learns that the god of Death Himself has blessed her with dangerous gifts—and a violent destiny. If she chooses to stay at the convent, she will be trained as an assassin and serve as a handmaiden to Death. To claim her new life, she must destroy the lives of others.  Continue reading

Red Rising

Red Rising (Red Rising #1) by Pierce Brown (2014)

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Fiction | Sci-Fi | Dystopia
5 stars
Blurb:

“I live for the dream that my children will be born free,” she says. “That they will be what they like. That they will own the land their father gave them.”
“I live for you,” I say sadly.
Eo kisses my cheek. “Then you must live for more.”

Darrow is a Red, a member of the lowest caste in the color-coded society of the future. Like his fellow Reds, he works all day, believing that he and his people are making the surface of Mars livable for future generations. Continue reading

Deadly Sweet | Cover Reveal

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The Book

Deadly Sweet 
by Lola Dodge
(Spellwork Syndicate, #1)
Published By: Ink Monster LLC
Publication Date: January 16th 2018
Genres: Fantasy, Paranormal, Young Adult
Synopsis:

For fans of Hex Hall, The Magicians, Practical Magic, and Food Wars!

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The Finisher

The Finisher (Vega Jane #1) by David Baldacci (2014)

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Middle Grade/Teen Fiction | Fantasy
3 Stars
Blurb:

“Welcome to Wormwood: a place where curiosity is discouraged and no one has ever left.

Until one girl, Vega Jane, discovers a map that suggests a mysterious world beyond the walls. A world with possibilities and creatures beyond her imagining.

But she will be forced to fight for her freedom. And unravelling the truth may cost Vega her life.”
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