Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time


Late to the Party and Leaving Early

A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas

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For some unknown reason I suddenly started seeing a lot of junky AI images, reels, and posts about the ACOTAR series, likely something to do with the recent announcement of two more books to the series. I have never read this series. I figured I pick up the first one to see. Verdict: I can see how-why the series might get addictive, but I also am not planning to continue with it. A Court of Thorns and Roses is basic fantasy, and romance, with some […]

When the overshadowed friend gets her turn as the MC

The White Cat’s Revenge as Plotted from the Dragon’ King’s Lap by Aki, Kureha, Yamigo

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This was a library impulse grab. The White Cat’s Revenge as Plotted from the Dragon’ King’s Lap (v.1) is as you might guess from the title one of the trendy isekai manga with a long-ish title.  It is also as you might guess total fluff, wish fulfillment for anyone who might have felt overshadowed or overlooked. IT’s basically a Cinderella tale of two childhood friends, one of whom (Ruri) never seems to get to enjoy things for herself thanks to the presence of her golden […]

A twist on Beauty and the Beast in this start to a romantic fantasy duology (I refuse to accept romantasy as a genre, you can’t make me)

Silver & Blood by Jessie Mihalik

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Thank you to NetGalley and Avon for this ARC. It has not affected my opinions or my review. About a year ago, the small village where Riela lives alone after the death of her father was threatened by a flood. Riela unlocked magical powers and managed to divert the water and save the village. Now one of the villagers has been savaged by a monster in the woods, and the mostly hostile villagers insist that she go into the forest and dispatch the monster for […]

Once upon a time, there was a seemingly ugly cygnet (of sorts) and a probably utterly doomed prince

The Swan's Daughter by Roshani Chokshi

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4.5 stars Thank you to NetGalley and St. Martin’s Press for this ARC. My opinions are my own. Demelza is the seventh and youngest daughter of Araminta, a legendary veritas swan (extremely beautiful women who have the power to turn into swans, and whose voices compel anyone who hears it to tell the truth) and Prava, a centuries-old, very ambitious, and some would say, evil wizard. However, when veritas swans fall in love, the person they love gains control over them through a magical necklace […]

Gotta Love a Book with Pictures

The River Has Roots by Amal El-Mohtar

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I really enjoyed this little fairy tale novella that focuses on the bonds of sisterhood. The sisters, Esther and Ysabel, have a job of singing to two massive willow trees over the River Liss, a river that is imbued with magic. They live a fairly simple, happy life, though Esther’s love life is starting to come between them just a bit. I don’t want to say too much about this short (99-page) book because it’s too easy to spoil given its length. The prose is […]

Mirror, Mirror

Hemlock and Silver by T. Kingfisher

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This is T. Kingfisher’s take on the Snow White story, and as always, I quite enjoyed her take. But it’s also not my favorite of hers (that might still be Nettle and Bones for these stand alones). There was something with this one where it felt like we stalled in the middle or forgot the main point of the story and got too distracted. Another review on Goodreads stated something along the lines of this being a novel where the author got a bit too […]



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