Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

The Bookstore Family by Alice Hoffman

The Bookstore Family by Alice Hoffman

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I really did not even enjoy the last book in this series, but this one got back to the magical realism that made me love this series at first. We now are following Violet, who is an adult and living in Paris. After leaving her family in Maine to go to culinary school in Paris and staying to work pâtissiere you would think that Violet is happy. But she realizes that keeping herself apart from others for so long has left her feeling adrift. And […]

Peace-loving, vegetarian vampires are as dull as they sound.

Blood Mercy: A Fantasy Romance (Blood Grace Book 1) by Vela Roth

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Lio had already wasted so much time and effort carefully constructing a plan for eternity, which had all come to naught. It was a fine, rare feeling to want nothing more than the present. ― Vela Roth, Blood Mercy Cassia is the bastard daughter of the king, and the offspring of one of his concubines. His true heir, the princess, died years ago, but was finally replaced by the next heir, a boy child who is now a teenage prince. The king uses Cassia as […]

Wolf Worm by T. Kingfisher

Wolf Worm by T. Kingfisher

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Trigger warning: Body horror Wolf Worm takes place in the U.S. in 1899. It follows Sonia Wilson, who is a scientific illustrator. She needs work and finally finds some with Dr. Halder who resides in a remote home in North Carolina. Sonia at first wonders if she will be able to do what Dr. Halder needs when she finds some of the work of her predecessor. But then Sonia feels, well not content, but settled at the home, doing her watercolors and getting to be […]

The Dinner Party by Fredia McFadden

The Dinner Party by Fredia McFadden

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The Dinner Party is a Pick Your Poison Adventure book. You are broke and about to be kicked out of your apartment by your roommate. You get a choice of taking on a waitressing gig that your friend calls you about at a remote home in the mountains or trying to figure out something else for money. Heck, you even get the chance to stand up to your roommate, feed a cat, and even pick up a hitchhiker. I can’t lie, this is probably one […]

I wish most of this book didn’t feel like homework

Prince of Storms by Kit Rocha

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3.5 stars Thank you to Montlake and NetGalley for this ARC. This book is on sale now. Naia, Einar and Aleksi return to the ice queen’s island to figure out who tried to kidnap them and are soon joined by all the other deities of the High Court of the Sheltered Lands, concerned about them and wondering exactly who is behind this most recent plot. As Naia’s powers keep growing and she needs to use them to protect the innocent residents of the island from […]

Magic, Heists, Revenge

The Feywild Job by C. L. Polk

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I always find reading therapeutic, even if it’s just an escape into a story. Sometimes I read the perfect book at the perfect time. I’ve been going through a friend break-up and I picked up The Feywild Job at just the right moment for its magic to work on me. Saeldian and Kell have to come to terms with the way their partnership ended ten years earlier in order to survive the job they’ve been tricked into. The Feywild Job opens with Saeldian as a […]



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