Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

Featured Review Archive

These reviews, which were promoted in CBR social media, on our homepage, and in Pajiba Love, appear below by review publication date, not by date featured.

 

No Reunions

There Should Have Been Eight by Nalini Singh

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Especially do not attend any reunions that are in memory of a lost friend or are being held in New Zealand.  Between this book, Wellington Paranormal, and Taskmaster NZ I’m starting to be very suspicious of what’s happening on that island. Eight teenagers were the best of friends until everyone’s favorite, Bea, died. Over the next nine years the group has drifted apart but Bea’s sister Darcie has organized a reunion for them at her family’s creepy mansion out in the countryside. It should be […]

A Historical Fantasy That Delivers Both Plot and the Feels

A Marvellous Light by Freya Marske

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Robin Blythe really doesn’t need more complications in his life, so learning magic exists and getting cursed in the same day as well as starting his new job isn’t exactly fantastic.  Especially since someone thinks he know something about what may have gotten his predecessor killed.  Robin can’t help but be a little enchanted by his prickly magical counterpart, Edwin Courcey, though or magic itself.  As the two of them delve into removing the curse on Robin, it quickly becomes clear things are far more […]

All Systems Red

All Systems Red by Martha Wells

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All Systems Red is the first book in the Murderbot Diaries, by a huge margin the most enjoyable sci-fi I’ve read in the past few years. It is simple, an easy read, hilarious, and since this is my second time through, holds up on a re-read. Murderbot is a SecUnit, a cyborg made from robotic parts and cloned tissues for use on the Corporation Rim, a loose conglomerate of corporate entities at the edge of space-faring civilization. Most corporations are complete assholes, with frequent use […]

Is Destiny A Choice?

Red String Theory by Lauren Kung Jessen

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I was given an ARC of this audiobook in exchange for an honest review. Rooney Gao is an artist who feels she has always lived in the shadow of her famous artist mother. Her mother’s breakthrough piece was a live video of the birth of her daughter, Rooney. Rooney feels that because of her notoriety since birth, she has to create under the alias, Red String Girl (RSG). RSG’s creations all use red string to convey messages about destiny and interconnectedness. Rooney believes strongly in […]

A Sweet Spin on Shakespeare

Midsummer's Mayhem by Rajani LaRocca

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I am a regular listener of the podcast The Worst Bestsellers. While the hosts often read and make gentle fun of some very popular books, they also recommend books to read instead of the bestseller. This book was recommended and I really enjoyed it. Midsummer’s Mayhem is a cute confection of a book for readers ages 8-12 and loosely follows the plot of a Midsummer Night’s Dream. Mimi Jackson is 11, living with her two older sisters and one older brother. One day, a new […]

If stealing from dragons is bad, what about stealing for them?

Never Steal from Dragons by Patrick Dugan

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Never Steal From Dragons is a fun cozy sci-fi/fantasy heist adventure. A lot of the expected tropes are present: a group of very highly skilled but very different individuals are forcibly assembled by a mysterious powerful individual who wants them to steal something in return for basically making their dreams come true; it is of course an offer that cannot be refused. Chaos, clever remarks, etc. ensues. In the world of Harmony, there are any number of beings recognizable from folklore including pixies, dragons, kitsune, […]



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