Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

How real is the the beast within?

Werewolf at Dusk: And Other Stories by David Small

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The beasts inside of us take many forms in the pages of Werewolf at Dusk: And Other Stories. Sometimes these beats are real and sometimes they are in our dreams. The three characters of these stories take journeys we might relate too, but also we will find something, too. David Small’s signature style artwork are characters themselves and support the stories. As I had a reader copy, I am assuming the illustrations will be black and white, but I think they were complete with the […]

All it needed was Brendan Frasier

Fantasy Sports V01: Court of Souls by Sam Bosma

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The time came for me to look at old saved links for online reader copies. And one that I had been wanting to read, but the time was never  really right, was Fantasy Sports V01: Court of Souls. I figured that the Sam Bosma graphic novel might be a Space Jam of sorts. (Not that I have seen Space Jam one or two, but what I figure it was like) and it was nothing like that. Things were if The Mummy meets Indiana Jones meets […]

A promising start to a fun fantasy series

Daindreth's Assassin by Elisabeth Wheatley

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Amira was once a princess, but after her mother’s clan of sorceresses were branded as traitors and banished, she was removed from the line of succession and now, thanks to a curse that forces her to obey her father’s every command, she works for him as an assassin. Amira’s sister is betrothed to the archduke, the next emperor, who is on his way to finalise the marriage agreement. Despite knowing that what she has to do amounts to high treason, Amira has no choice when […]

Cold Case Turned Deadly Hunt

Oak and Thorns by Yasmine Galenorn

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When the Wild Hunt takes a case on Whidbey Island, the entire team heads out to the island in order to investigate.  It quickly becomes clear to Ember and the rest of the team that it’s not just one cold case that their investigated but many.  But local law enforcement is making things difficult and all signs point their murderer being an extremely ancient and dangerous being, and it will take skill, cunning, and luck for them to survive let along bring the killer to […]

In Which I’m Probably Unfair to a Book

The Bookshop and the Barbarian by Morgan Stang

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Maribella arrives in the town of Leafhaven to take possession of the bookshop she just bought.  When she finds it infested by goblins and learns that the town guard won’t do anything about it, she ends up hiring Asteria as a bodyguard for the shop.  The goblins are only the first challenge the pair face as Mirabella attempts to make her bookshop a success. I think I’ve mentioned in a previous review that I’ve really been enjoying the trend of cozy fantasies.  I’ve read a […]

A truly international and diverse magical school

The Marvellers by Dhonielle Clayton

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CBR15 Bingo: Edibles – Dhonielle Clayton ramped up the concept of magical food to an almost absurd level, many sound down right hard to eat. Things like Jamaican patties that sing reggae when you cut them open and hummingbird cakes that fly around are two that stick out in my memory. A few years ago I discovered Clayton through her YA Belles duology, The Belles and The Everlasting Rose, which I thought were both 4 star reads. The Marvellers came to my attention due to the […]



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