Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

A Solid Sequel

Espíritu by Aiden Thomas

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cbr18 BINGO: 26 (published 2026) If Cemetery Boys was Yadriel’s story, this one is Julian’s story. We get POV chapters from both characters, but more from Julian. The book is set a month or two after the first book, and the brujx community has welcomed Julian with open arms. This makes it difficult to navigate his relationships with his “normie” brother and friends because he has to keep brujx secrets. Julian can now see and talk to spirits, but when he starts seeing dark marks on himself and […]

CBR BINGO: Craft—Author writing fanfiction of her own book!

The Sixth Faction (The Sixth Faction, #1) by Veronica Roth

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This is a four star book but I’m giving it an extra .25, because I can now! And because I was so into this when it’s been so hard for me lately to really be into and finish new books. I let my curiosity get the better of me with this one. I was really into Divergent when it was first published, and then the second two books devolved into something very disappointing, which at the time made me angry, but I just don’t think […]

Oh No, We Won

Everybody Wants to Rule the Word Except Me by Django Wexler

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We did it, Team! Our Davi is now Dark Lord Davi Morrigan Skulltaker, First of Her Name, Ruler of Wilders, Slayer of Beasts! Unfortunately, the win comes with the mandate to “kill all humans,” which is a problem because Davi is not a genocidal maniac. In this second book of the Dark Lord Davi series, Davi and her friends try to keep those wilders who are genocidal from succeeding in their maniacal goals. This means working with the humans she gave up on in the […]

A Really Good Sequel

Sunsplitter by S. A. MacLean

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CBR18 BINGO: Season (the characters live and travel to places that are only ever 1 season) I liked this book quite a bit more than the first one. I was engaged the whole way through and never felt like it could stand to be shorter. It turns out there are immortal creatures that even daeyari are afraid of. Antal’s father Avroz enlists Antal to help track down one that has been hunting in the Season-Locked Planes, especially Antal’s territory. Fi joins the hunt, and chapters are from […]

Slightly predictable for a reader without making the characters seem obtuse

The Knight and the Moth by Rachel Gillig

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While I liked the author’s previous duology, The Shepherd King, I didn’t love it. It was one of those where I quite enjoyed the magic system and the plotting but thought the characters needed a little bit more, and that they were missing some fairly obvious clues. I really enjoyed The Knight and the Moth – the main character just felt so much more developed. While I predicted quite a few of the developments that happened later, I also don’t think they were to the […]

“And Now I’m Covered in the Colors”

Silver & Blood by Jessie Mihalik

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As far as I am aware, this is Jessie Mihalik’s first full length fantasy novel but given how much I enjoyed her sci-fi romance novels, I was of course going to read this one. Well, to be clear I didn’t actually finish the third novel of Starlight’s Shadow because the couple was annoying me but the first one in that trilogy was so good! And the Consortium Rebellion is also very much worth checking out. And this book was just fun! Riela has lived in […]



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