Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

The Prison Healer Books One – Three

The Prison Healer by Lynette Noni

The Gilded Cage by Lynette Noni

Blood Traitor by Lynette Noni

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I am really, REALLY looking forward to The Best Niece in Australia being old enough to read these.  Actually, looking at my notes, by the time I’d gotten to book three I’d talked myself in to handing them over, even though they’re too old for her. What a great series, jam packed with cool mythology and fun characters (and, you know, heartbreak and scary bits and romance and betrayal). *Note* – this review will cover all three books, please look away now if you’re planning […]

I owe whoever recommended this a coke

Within These Wicked Walls by Lauren Blackwood

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I think this was on one of the best of lists from Pajiba or Vulture.  Looks like I didn’t record the recommendation, which is a shame, because this was an exceptionally good call. Set in a richly detailed world, where debteras cleanse houses and people of manifestations, our protagonist is Andromeda, whose mentor has kicked her out before she could become officially licensed as a debtera.  Her only other option is to gain a wealthy patron, so she’s signed on as the 11th debtera to […]

The Best Niece in Australia Loaned Me These

Keeper of the Lost Cities by Shannon Messenger

Keeper of the Lost Cities: Exile by Shannon Messenger

Keeper of the Lost Cities: Everblaze by Shannon Messenger

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Oh, these books are a pleasure.  Nothing gives me more joy than my niece, who has grown up watching me lend all my books to her mother, saying back to me “Wen, I think you’ll really like this book.” Sophie is an exceptional young lady, who turns out to be this universe’s version of a changeling.  She’s quickly extricated from the human world, which is well done for a book aimed at this age group – can’t drag it out too long. Turns out, there […]

Dark Olympus – Books One & Two

Neon Gods by Katee Robert

Electric Idol by Katee Robert

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Long story short – these are great, and you should read them!  A rare romance series where I was invested in the world building as much if not more than I was in the One True Pairing. Neon Gods is a take on the Hades & Persephone myth, set in what is essentially modern day New York or Chicago.  The Underworld is the wrong side of the river.  A cabal of The Thirteen “Gods” rules.  A lot of these are legacy roles – there must […]

“Declan had put his identity crises on hold multiple times for the greater good. Matthew had only been asked to do it once.”

Mister Impossible by Maggie Stiefvater

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This is NOT the place to start if you’re not caught up. Begin either with the start of this trilogy, Call Down the Hawk, or with the start of the previous series (in which Ronan is an essential character), The Raven Boys. This book kicks off a little while after the rather dramatic cliffhanger that the previous book left us with. Ronan and Hennessey are fugitives from the Moderators, learning new and helpful tricks to deal with their mysterious hunters from the enigmatic Bryde. According […]

Wait, this isn’t a YA series?

Gild by Raven Kennedy

Glint by Raven Kennedy

Gleam by Raven Kennedy

Glow by Raven Kennedy

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Wow, I got this one totally wrong.  As the official Most Prolific Reader in the family, I pick books up all the time, and test them out.  Maybe they’re right for my brother, maybe they’re for my sister.  Perhaps someone is brutally murdered early on – then it’s for Nan.  Lately, I’ve been screening books for Australia’s Best (10yo) Niece.  I’d seen Gild around, and while I was (clearly) totally unspoiled, I somehow got the idea that it was YA fiction (maybe the price point?). […]



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