Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

“We’ll drag this country into fairness and justice”

Witchmark by C.L. Polk

Stormsong by C.L. Polk

Soulstar by C.L. Polk

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  Long time, no reviews. Time to tackle the backlog! I came about this series in a very arse backwards manner. I was given a copy of the book Soulstar sometime last year and I got about a quarter of the way through before I gave into the feeling that something wasn’t right… The funny thing about ebooks is that looking for the blurb is not as simple as with a hardback. So I had missed it—and because of that, also missed the fact that […]

The World Might Have Ended But She Keeps Fighting

The Fallen Kingdom by Elizabeth May

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Aileana is alive again (for now), but with the power of the Cailleach running through her, she doesn’t have long to live.  Her only hope to is a find a magical book that has the ability to break the curse on the Cailleach children and forces every generation of siblings to kill one another.  But Kiaran is no longer Kiaran; he’s returned to being Kadamach, the King of the Unseelie.  While he is still bound by his vow not to kill humans, it doesn’t prevent […]

What Happens After the Hero Fails to Save the World?

The Vanishing Throne by Elizabeth May

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Aileana failed to activate the barrier in time.  When she wakes, she’s a prisoner of Lonnrach who is determined to use her to find something that will allow him to save the Feary kingdoms.  His methods aren’t pleasant, and when Aileana does managed to escape with the help of Kiaran’s sister, Aithinne, it’s been three years since the fall of humankind.  Now Aileana has to figure out both how to survive in this new world but also if there is a way to save what’s […]

Tea Isn’t Strong Enough for This One. Bring Out the Whisky.

The Falconer by Elizabeth May

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Aileana Kameron only looks the part of a proper Scottish debutante.  For the past year the only thing she’s cared about is vengeance on the faery that murdered her mother.  She spends her night hunting with the help of a pixie and Kiaran MacKay, a faery who hunts his own kind and has taken Aileana under his wing.  When the aftermath of a hunt leads to her being engaged against her will, Aileana doesn’t even have time to really process that when Kiaran informs her […]

Can a Cup of Tea Save the World?

Royal Tea Service by Casey Blair

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Mireya has plans.  She’s just moved in with Deniel and is looking forward to starting their lives together.  And then her oldest two sisters show up on her doorstep.  The Crown Princess wants Mireya to host a summit involving all of the nations involved to deal with the Cataclysm once and for all as it’s clear that if they don’t figure out how to, they’re all doomed.  So, Mireya will have to gather both her families, the one she’s made in Sayorsen and the one […]

An Immersive World

The Monsters We Defy by Leslye Penelope

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I love a good immersive world in fantasy and speculative fiction, where you feel like you could be in the setting. The Monsters We Defy takes place in Washington, DC in 1925, and Clara Johnson, the main character, can communicate with spirits. I listened to the audio book of this, and Shayna Small does an exceptional job with the voices and the setting and making you invested in the story. I am not surprised to see this won the Audie award for best audio book […]



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