Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

“He laughs and laughs. My, how he laughs.”

The Mystery at Dunvegan Castle by T.L. Huchu

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Ropa should be on cloud nine, helping organize the Society of Skeptical Enquirers’ biennial conference and hobnobbing with all the bigwigs of Scottish magic. But when she’s left scrambling to investigate a politically charged theft, she begins to wonder if the world of magic is more trouble than it’s worth. This is the third book in the Edinburgh Nights series, which follows teenage ghostalker Ropa as she investigates magical crimes in a politically uneasy Scotland. In this book, we seem to shift from the individual […]

Coffee, romance, and visions

Moonstruck, Vol. 1: Magic to Brew by Grace Ellis

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I was not “jumping up and down” over the graphic novel Moonstruck, Vol. 1: Magic to Brew, but it was interesting enough and I needed to keep moving through it. However, I either missed a panel or two, or some plot parts here and there, but the flow was not totally even, as there were a few bumps in continuity for me. However, there was the fun, colorful art (the bull character has really nice hair, the centaur is a hoot when they have something […]

Sometimes Family Is a Group of Bandits Fighting the Powers That Be

The Water Outlaws by S. L. Huang

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Lin Chong is content with her position as an expert arms instructor to the Emperor’s troops and sees no need to push the status quo like some of her friends.  Then she runs afoul of a powerful man who takes everything she’s worked for away from her.  Branded a criminal and uncertain of her future, Lin Chong finds herself welcomed in to a group of bandits who turn out to care more about justice than the empire Lin Chong served.  On their own they are […]

A Solid Fantasy That Pulls You Into the Story With a Strong Grip

Daindreth's Assassin by Elisabeth Wheatley

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Amira is her father’s weapon.  Bound by a curse that forces her to do his bidding, she doesn’t have a choice but to follow his orders even when they amount to treason.  But when Amira is sent to kill the heir to the empire that is betrothed to her younger half-sister, she finds a demon in a man’s body.  Failing in her mission but managing to escape, Amira soon finds herself swapped for her sister in the marriage contract and control of her curse switched […]

Things Finally Start to Really Gel for This Series

The Hallowed Hunt by Yasmine Galenorn

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The Wild Hunt is dealing with a pair of heavy cases: a new hate group targeting humans and shifters with public terrorist attacks and a serial killer that kidnaps and kills little girls.  With a large death toll from the two first two terrorist attacks and a climate of fear rising in the city, it’s hard to juggle the smaller case, but Ember can’t give up on it especially when there’ a chance they could find the current missing little girl before she’s killed.  Throw […]

Getting it mostly right in the end

Kooky volume 3 by Miriam Bonastre Tur

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Volume 3 of Hooky shows us what the kids can really do when they start to free themselves from the adults and start building the world they want to see. There’s a three year time skip at the start and due to a probably natural death, it’s time for some big decisions, like does Monica really want to marry William like she’s said for a good chunk of the story up to now? Or maybe has her heart shifted? Dorian has been missing the entire […]



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