Cannonball Read 18

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Very much NOT a romantasy

Monster, Monarch, Maiden by Rae Carson

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This was an ARC; thank you to NetGalley, Harper Audio and Greenwillow Books. My opinions are my own. This book is on sale now. Bria Angarsold is an innkeeper’s daughter (she mentions this at seven different points in the story, in case you were likely to forget) who was kidnapped by raiders, along with her sister and several other people who were at her family’s inn at the time. Bria is one of the last surviving captives when the raiders’ caravan is attacked by a […]

And Holy Be The Terror

Holy Terrors by Margaret Owen

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Holy Terrors is the final book in the Little Thieves trilogy and it picks up well over a year after Vanja dismantled (sort of) the cult she managed to accidentally create after a drunken night out. And this being Vanja, she’s still completely unable to keep herself out of trouble. There ’s not a lot of detail as to what Vanja has been up to since the last book, but we’re given some hints to it being a bit messy—not out of character for her. […]

Not for me

For the Wolf: The Wilderwood Book 1 by Hannah Whitten

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Cbr18bingo Middle because I quit in the middle of this one I picked this one up thinking it would be right up my alley. It’s a fantasy novel centered around the Little Red Riding Hood/Big Bad Wolf story, with dark magical woods and so on. Well over 100 pages in, I realized it was not for me for a few reasons, but it might be for you. It might be for me at some later time.  For the Wolf takes place in a cold, landlocked […]

Next Stop: Hell

Hell Bent by Leigh Bardugo

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In “Ninth House,” Leigh Bardugo introduced us to Galaxy (Alex) Stern. In the sequel, “Hell Bent,” Bardugo takes us to hell with her. Alex Stern needs to go to hell. And she needs to get there as soon as possible in order to retrieve her co-worker, her Virgil, her possible future lovah (**kissy sounds**), Darlington. Unfortunately, finding a way into hell isn’t exactly easy, even for a Wheelwalker like Alex. It takes all of the efforts of Alex and her friends/not-entirely-willing accomplices to find Yale’s […]

Kiss (Budd & Abbot), Marry (Ivy), K*ll (everyone else)

Harley Quinn: The Animated Series Volume 1: The Eat. Bang! Kill. Tour (#1-6) by Tee Franklin, Max Sarin and various

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These gals ain’t going to have a Harlequin Romance written about them. ‘Cause the clown princess Harley Quinn and that green-thumbed (who knows how to use it) Poison Ivy are anything but a cozy romance love affair.   We start off the collected comics of the Dynamic Duo of Mayhem, Harley Quinn: The Animated Series Volume 1: The Eat. Bang! Kill. Tour (#1-6) by Tee Franklin, Max Sarin (Illustrator) and others, with a car chase out of Gotham. It is a “between the series” moment where Ivy […]

Let’s Start At the Very Beginning

The Black Gryphon by Mercedes Lackey & Larry Dixon

The White Gryphon by Mercedes Lackey & Larry Dixon

The Silver Gryphon by Mercedes Lackey & Larry Dixon

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Skandranon Rashkae, the Black Gryphon, is probably the most famous of the Mage of Silence Uthro’s creations.  He specializes in getting out of tight spots and completing missions that are said to be impossible.  However, even if Skan can pull off the impossible on a regular basis, the war isn’t going to be won by one gryphon.  Skan’s closest friend, Amberdrake, constantly worries every time his friend is out on a mission that this time will be the time that Skan doesn’t come back.  Amberdrake […]



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