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Not as good as It Takes Two but not bad

The Princess and the Fangirl (Once Upon a Con, #2) by Ashley Poston

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“I’m Jess- Jessica Stone,” says a girl on the stage, but it isn’t me. This isn’t happening. This is impossible The Princess and the Fangirl is a modern retelling of The Prince and the Pauper as told in the universe that 2017’s Geekerella takes place. Elle and Darien are tertiary characters this go around and our focus is instead on Darien’s costar Jessica and Imogen, a young woman running a campaign to keep Jessica’s character in the upcoming Starfield sequel. The story is told in alternating perspectives during ExcelsiCon where the two main characters run into each other and, with ulterior motives on both their parts, agree […]

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5/23/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:51 |

“Everyone in my life is a stranger, and that includes me.”

Holding Up the Universe by Jennifer Niven

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I enjoyed the heartbreaking All the Bright Places so when I saw Jennifer Niven’s follow up, Holding Up the Universe, I snapped it up. Niven again focuses on two teens who, up until now, have had no reason to spend any time together but are weighed down by similar stories. Jack Masselin is a popular high school baseball player with an on again off again relationship with the star of the drill team. He also has Prosopagnosia, a disorder where you cannot recognize faces even the faces of loved ones and family members. He has managed to get through life without anyone finding […]

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5/23/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:50 |

A feminist Ariel meets the DC Universe

Mera: Tidebreaker by Danielle Paige, Stephen Byrne

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Mera is princess of the underwater kingdom Xebel, and her nation is in a shaky peace treaty with the Atlantian Kingdom. Essentially their treaty is “Xebel is under Atlantian Rule, so don’t rebel and we’ll keep the peace.” But the citizens of Xebel are fed up and Mera’s father has his own plans for the kingdom. His first plan? Marry off Mera to a Xebel Warrior and childhood betrothed. Second plan? Send out said warrior to bring back the head of the prince of Atlantis.  But this isn’t good enough for Mera, who loathes the idea of her crown being […]

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5/23/2019 |

She might be a adorable dragon girl named Tohru, but she’s a lousy maid

Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid Vol. 1 by Coolkyoushinja

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I knew that reading Miss Kobayashi’s Dragon Maid Vol. 1 (Kobayashi-san Chi no Maid Dragon, #1) by Coolkyoushinja would be a tad of a challenge as I am not used to the manga style, but as I did know it was written in the manga format I caught on pretty quickly. What became my major issue was that the text did not flow. It seemed that it was starting mid-sentence then stop in another mid-sentence. Who is talking is not always clear either. Even though there are thought bubbles pointing toward the characters, things literally overlap and can be confusing. […]

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5/23/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:174 |

Welcome to Gracetown

Our Chemical Hearts by Krystal Sutherland

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Henry Page has led a fairly uneventful life; his young life’s ambition is to be editor of his high school newspaper and eventually get into a good college. Then the aloof Grace Town comes walking (limping?) into his life using a cane, wearing oversized boys’ clothing and keeping mostly to herself. The two of them are named co-editors of the newspaper and because this is a work of YA Henry finds himself falling for the mysterious manic pixie dream girl. Like any good MPDG worth her salt Grace is full of strange quirks. She has a car that she allows […]

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5/23/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:49 |

The movie Wes Anderson should have made

Your Robot Dog Will Die by Arin Greenwood

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Apparently this is the year I read all the dead dog books. So . . . sorry for that! TW: Animal cruelty, animal death. In a near future, scientists showcased exactly how terrible humans are by genetically trying to improve on animals. (As if there is anything to improve on in any animal.) Their experiments went extremely wrong, however, when dogs suddenly stop wagging their tales, and suddenly are no longer man’s best friend. As the effects of this tragedy sweep the nation and dogs become dangerous and are being abandoned or worse, it is decided a mass euthanasia is […]

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5/22/2019 |

Road Trip 101: Stay away from the Creepy Shadow Men

Are You Listening by Tillie Walden

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Are You Listening is an odd graphic novel for the 14 to adult crowd. The oddness can only be likened to as if it was the set up to a plot of a classic Twilight Zone episode (with a few modern elements: the two main charters are lesbians and there is a modern plot point).  There is much build up but then nothing happens until the end for traditional action. It is there we get the supernatural elements hitting and hitting hard! There are creepy shadow men. A cat that might be magic. And one trippy car chase that ends […]

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5/22/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:170 |

When you’re lucky and you find one bad a$$ writer!

Dreams from Many Rivers: A Hispanic History of the United States Told in Poems by Margarita Engle

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Dreams from Many Rivers: A Hispanic History of the United States Told in Poems created by Margarita Engle are romantic in places and always serious with her pride in her heritage. And while history tends to “lump” Spanish, Mexican, Cuban, Native and other “Hispanic peoples” into one group, Engle shows how each one is separate, how each interacted with the others how Moctezuma’s great-granddaughter could also be Cortez’s great-granddaughter. The mix of historical and fiction characters is a nice touch. Each poem shows how history has repeated itself multiple times but also, there is always something new as well (and […]

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5/21/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:169 |


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