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Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

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Dark Star Burning, Ash Falls White (Song of the Last Kingdom, #2) by Amélie Wen Zhao

February 5, 2024 by narfna Leave a Comment

Wow, what happened? I should probably say up front that I genuinely do not know how much of my negative experience reading this book was me, and how much was the book. I really liked the first book in this duology, but within about five pages of this one, I had completely turned on it. I really, really did not care what was happening, and trying to read it after that feeling appeared felt like I was torturing myself. FYI I did end up speed […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Young Adult Tagged With: #fantasy, Amélie Wen Zhao, chinese mythology, Dark Star Burning Ash Falls White, Song of the Last Kingdom, ya fantasy

narfna's CBR16 Review No:12 · Genres: Fantasy, Young Adult · Tags: #fantasy, Amélie Wen Zhao, chinese mythology, Dark Star Burning Ash Falls White, Song of the Last Kingdom, ya fantasy ·
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“In a conquered land, the only way to win was to survive.”

Song of Silver, Flame Like Night (Song of the Last Kingdom, #1) by Amélie Wen Zhao

October 24, 2023 by narfna Leave a Comment

30 Books in 30 Days, Vol. 3 Book 13/30 This one surprised me! There has really been a lot of authors the past several years who have rescued YA fantasy for me, and Amélie Wen Zhao is now one of them. This book was very well-written, had intense and interesting worldbuilding, a strong main arc and a strong conflict to guide it, and the characters often made decisions that while sometimes frustrating on a personal level for me, always made the story more interesting. There […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Young Adult Tagged With: Amélie Wen Zhao, narfna, Song of Silver Flame Like Night, Song of the Last Kingdom, YA, ya fantasy, Young Adult

narfna's CBR15 Review No:115 · Genres: Fantasy, Young Adult · Tags: Amélie Wen Zhao, narfna, Song of Silver Flame Like Night, Song of the Last Kingdom, YA, ya fantasy, Young Adult ·
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