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Not Quite “Wonder”ful

A Blade So Black by L.L. McKinney

October 29, 2019 by KatSings Leave a Comment

Bingo Update: This is for Not My Wheelhouse. I love fantasy, but I tend to skip Urban Fantasy. I read this specifically to challenge that about myself. Bonus Note: I won a free copy of this from a contest on GoodReads, courtesy of Fierce Reads. A quick summary with no spoilers. A Blade So Black is a contemporary reimagining of the Alice in Wonderland story. Sort of. Set in present day Atlanta, our heroine is Alice, this time portrayed by a badass black teen with […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Young Adult Tagged With: #notmywheelhouse, cbr11bingo, LL McKinney

KatSings's CBR11 Review No:20 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Young Adult · Tags: #notmywheelhouse, cbr11bingo, LL McKinney ·
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Curiouser & Curiouser

A Blade So Black by L.L. McKinney

February 15, 2019 by Classic Leave a Comment

Well this was an interesting first book in a planned trilogy (I am guessing). There’s enough there to maybe have me read book #2. The world building was interesting, but didn’t delve enough in the end. The character development of everyone in this book was not great. I absolutely hard sighed at a love triangle showing up which I am sure is going to get more play in the next book. I also think that the time jumps didn’t help matters and I think that […]

Filed Under: Young Adult Tagged With: #fantasy, A Blade So Black, LL McKinney, retellings, Young Adult

Classic's CBR11 Review No:37 · Genres: Young Adult · Tags: #fantasy, A Blade So Black, LL McKinney, retellings, Young Adult ·
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