Cannonball Read 18

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“I suggest a daring stealth adventure, and you have to ruin it by telling me it’s going to involve books.”

AMarvellous Light by Freya Marske

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Freya Marske’s A Marvellous Light is a charming enemies-to-lovers novel that definitely includes books. Briefly, Sir Robin Blythe is appointed as a parliamentary liaison tasked to investigate magical events and brief the prime minister. Edwin Courcey, a bookish man, is his magical contact and, perhaps, supervisor. Blythe is unaware that there is magic in England when he assumes the role, but shortly after, he is set upon in a dark alley and a magical tattoo is imprinted on his arm; he seeks out Courcey for […]

Read series in order

Dragon Master V04 Power of the Fire Dragon by Tracey West

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Read the Dragon Master series in order. This review is about book four, Power of the Fire Dragon by Tracey West. As an adult I could pick things up in the story arc that allowed me to understand what was going on, as we are starting in the middle of the characters stories. However, I am not sure if the age six to nine age range would be able to. I probably would have enjoyed it more having read book one, as there are things […]

A Chorus of Dragons, Series Review

The Ruin of Kings by Jenn Lyons

The Name of All Things by Jenn Lyons

The Memory of Souls by Jenn Lyons

The House of Always by Jenn Lyons

The Discord of Gods by Jenn Lyons

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How epic do you like your fantasy? Do you need world-ending battles between gods and demons? Do you love dragons and wizards? Vampires and zombies and shapeshifters? Magic swords and magic stones? How about pirates and kraken? Maybe some political intrigue and betrayal?? Well, buddy, have I got the series for you! I seriously feel like Stefon when I talk about this series, because these books have everything. Also, it’s told in varying timelines, by various narrators, under the conceit that these chronicles have been […]

The first two books in what I hope is a longer series!

Ninth House (Alex Stern #1) by Leigh Bardugo

Hell Bent (Alex Stern #2) by Leigh Bardugo

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I swear I heard about this book on NPR, and I swear it was Mary Louise Kelly talking about it. I can like hear her voice talking about it, but I can’t seem to verify that, so take my memory with a grain of salt. I just remember hearing about it on the radio (and I really only listen to NPR), and then immediately buying the kindle book from Amazon. It legitimately took me over three years to finally read it. I have no idea […]

Don’t read horror in the ER

Trance Book One by Joey Capuana

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Do not read horror in the ER. In my defense, Trance Book One has a colorful, awesome looking drag queen on the cover (and in my limited experience drag queens usually lend themselves to a thoughtful, but fun, time). I guess the witch/pentagram and the snake on the cover should have been a clue it was going to be spooky/graphic. But, again in my defense, I was reading on my tiny phone screen (reader copy form, final form due in mid/late May 2023) and could […]

Some Deserving Demises Literal and Otherwise

All of Our Demise by Amanda Foody, Christine Lynn Herman

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It took me a while to get into All of Our Demise; it’s part two of what’s basically the Tri-Wizard tournament mixed with the Hunger Games. There’s magic in this world, but the more powerful high magic is controlled by a select group. There are seven families, who once a generation send a champion into a tournament from which only the winner emerges alive, and whoever said winner represents gets to control the high magic for the next generation. In the second volume, the first […]



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