Cannonball Read 18

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Better Than the Last Two Books in Series

A Question of Holmes by Brittany Cavallaro

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Please note that this review spoils some events from prior books. Well I try to complete series even when I dislike them since sometimes the author can pull things together. Cavallaro almost manages to redeem her characters in the fourth book in the Charlotte Holmes series, but for me, I found myself mostly bored about the case that Charlotte and her Watson were doing in this one. Cavallaro mostly focuses on Charlotte and Watson’s relationship and we now have Charlotte’s POV for the majority of […]

A Mr. Darcy With Heat

Pride, Prejudice, and Other Flavors by Sonali Dev

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Please note that I received this book via NetGalley. This did not affect my rating or review. Please note this book will be released May 7, 2019.  Wow. What a wonderful retelling of Pride and Prejudice. Only the Mr. Darcy character is gender swapped and instead of being an upperclass nobleman, we have a young surgeon whose family is descended from Indian royalty (Trisha Raje) I initially didn’t like that Dev had focused on the Mark Darcy character first, but I get why she did […]

Not a Great Retelling of Alice

Ever Alice by H.J. Ramsay

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Please note that I received this book via NetGalley. This did not affect my rating or review. This book will be released on August 1, 2019.  Well not too much to say here besides the fact I didn’t enjoy reading this one. I am always down for a fresh take on a retelling of a classic fairy tale, but Ramsay didn’t do a good job of developing Alice or the Queen of Hearts. The flow of the book was not very good and I thought […]

#CannonBookClub Announcement

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The vote is closed and we have a winner – A Study in Scarlet by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle will be the basis of our Classic and Retellings book clubs later this year! The voting was close for most of the week, and then there was a late surge – over 40 votes in the last 24 hours – and Sherlock pulled ahead. We’ll be having two discussions, one for A Study in Scarlet on August 16th and 17th and the second for the adaptation of your […]

See Into the Beast

The Beast's Heart by Leife Shallcross

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Please note that I received this book via NetGalley. This did not affect my rating or review. Well, this was okay. No big issues really, I just found myself bored reading it. We have how many retellings following Beauty from Beauty and the Beast? Well we get one told from the Beast’s point of view. I compared this book a bit to “Beastly” since that’s the only book I have read that told the story from the Beast’s point of view. I have to say […]

Curiouser & Curiouser

A Blade So Black by L.L. McKinney

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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 […]



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