Cannonball Read 15

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“We women have been taught since birth that virtue is our greatest asset. I have nothing against virtues—I’d like to think that there are many virtues I practice assiduously. But power does not yield to virtue. Power yields only to power.”

Murder on Cold Street (Lady Sherlock, #5) by Sherry Thomas

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I liked this one, but the mystery plot got convoluted at the end and I had to re-read several bits multiple times, and stop and think about things before it all came together for me. That confusion aside, this also didn’t have as high of emotional stakes for the characters I cared most about. The biggest stakes are for Inspector and Mrs. Treadles, since Inspector Treadles has been accused of two murders. Reasonably, as it turns out, as he was found in a locked room […]

“Summer went away, still the yearning stays”

It's Not Summer Without You (2010) by Jenny Han

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“Before Jeremiah or anybody else could answer me, I made a run for the sliding doors, and then I stumbled down the steps and sprinted onto the beach. I felt like a flying comet, a streak in the sky, like I hadn’t used my muscles in so long and it felt great to stretch my legs and run. The house, all lit up with people inside, felt a million miles away. I knew he’d come after me. I didn’t have to turn around to know […]

It’s Important to Have the Occasional Existential Crisis About Trust. Probably.

A Trial of Sorcerers by Elise Kova

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On it’s face, Trial of Sorcerers is basically just about what happens when you send the various elemental benders from Avatar: The Last Airbender through the Tri-Wizard Tournament. Which is fun! But actually a vehicle for a VERY different story. Because inside of the framing plot device, Trial of Sorcerers is fundamentally a story about trust. Our core is this: Years ago, a disastrous Carrie-style incident caused our heroine to lose control of her magic and kill someone. It was an accident. It was still manslaughter. […]

A little romance

The Thorn and The Blossom: A Two-Sided Love Story by Theodora Goss

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The Thorn and The Blossom is a novella by Theodora Goss which uses the tale of Gawain the Green Knight from Arthurian legend as a point of departure. Goss takes the legend, updates it to the modern age and provides her readers with a charming love story told from two perspectives. The Thorn and The Blossom is the story of Evelyn Morgan and Brendan Thorne, and it is the story of Gawan, Queen Elowen, the sorceress Morva and the thousand year curse. The reader can […]

Disney tricked me and I’m not even mad!

If the Shoe Fits by Julie Murphy

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I have loudly declared for a long time that we should have a hiatus on all Cinderella remakes. And I have rallied for a shorter time on the sad habit of Disney retreading old IP over and over again. It’s not that I am so mad about them redoing the same fairy tales all the time, but in a world where there are truly hundreds of versions of their Disney Princess tales, why not tell a fresh version of the story? I decided to read […]

CBRBINGO – IN THE WILD: “‘You can’t just not do things acause of the consequences.’ ‘Consequences are literally the reason not to do things. That’s what they’re *for*.”

The Secret Lives of Country Gentlemen (The Doomsday Books, #1) by K.J. Charles

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30 Books in 30 Days, Vol. 3 Books 15/30 I feel like this is one of those books I will re-read and then instantly bump up to five stars, but for now I’m leaving it at 4.5 rounded down because those are just my feelings right now. Despite the subject matter (smuggling! hiding things in swamps! thievery! treason! murder! leaving people to drown! worse things I don’t feel comfortable putting an exclamation mark after!), the relationship between our two main characters, Sir Gareth Inglis and […]



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