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A peace that blacked yer eye, a peace that split yer lip.

June 25, 2016 by Blingle Bells Leave a Comment

  I think there are two ways to write about a not-first book in a series or trilogy: short and vague to avoid spoilers, or not. I’m gonna go with door number two because it’s impossible to write about this book without spoiling the resolution to the cliffhanger at the end of book one.   So…   If you don’t want to know what happens to Viola…   … … … …     … … … …   Still here? Okay. This book just […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Young Adult Tagged With: Dystopian, Fiction, Patrick Ness, trilogy, YA

Blingle Bells's CBR8 Review No:22 · Genres: Fiction, Young Adult · Tags: Dystopian, Fiction, Patrick Ness, trilogy, YA ·
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YYou’re the Chosen One! No… You’re the Chosen One! Wait who’s the Chosen One?

June 19, 2016 by Andrea Krieter Leave a Comment

Rating: 4/5 Summary: After spending the summer apart, Titus and Iolanthe are eagerly awaiting the start of term at Eton. Planning a romantic getaway in the Crucible is a lot easier when Atlantis isn’t trying to kill you. Before their relationship can pass the physical barrier, they stumble upon another great elemental mage. Is Iolanthe the Chosen One or is this other mage the Chosen One? Titus is trapped between the two with only his mother’s visions to guide him and they haven’t been helping. […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Mystery, Romance Tagged With: cute couple, lightning, magic, stunning sequel, trilogy, YA

Andrea Krieter's CBR8 Review No:30 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Mystery, Romance · Tags: cute couple, lightning, magic, stunning sequel, trilogy, YA ·
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Ow, Todd?

June 6, 2016 by Blingle Bells Leave a Comment

This book had me like… And then… And then… You know what part. If you’ve read it, you know exactly what part that one is for, and that’s all I’m going to say about that. I don’t even know what to say about this book. It is everything I’m not usually into: there are fantasy elements, long journeys through rough terrain, a boy and his dog – fine stuff, but totally not my thing. It somehow wound up on my Goodreads to-read list, and I […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Young Adult Tagged With: Dystopian, Fiction, Patrick Ness, trilogy, YA

Blingle Bells's CBR8 Review No:21 · Genres: Fiction, Young Adult · Tags: Dystopian, Fiction, Patrick Ness, trilogy, YA ·
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Well this was definitely… different and peculiar…Vintage Photos are Awesome

May 27, 2016 by Andrea Krieter Leave a Comment

Rating: 4.5/5 Summary: Jacob has always been ordinary, he’s lived an ordinary life though he yearns for the extraordinary. His grandfather used to tell him fantastical stories of his childhood and of kids with unique and peculiar powers. Jacob believes the stories until he watches his grandfather die in his own arms. After finding a mysterious letter, he knows that he must travel to the island of his grandfather’s childhood. What he finds there is even stranger than he expected and Jacob begins an extraordinary […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Mystery, Suspense Tagged With: creepy read, trilogy, vintage photos, YA

Andrea Krieter's CBR8 Review No:16 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Mystery, Suspense · Tags: creepy read, trilogy, vintage photos, YA ·
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You have to do more than just change the terminology to make it sound new

May 24, 2016 by maydays Leave a Comment

This is the first in a YA trilogy, and I’m not moving on to book two.  I feel like that’s the whole review, but I’ll elaborate 🙂 My book club friend recommended this based on my love of dystopian stories.  Kayla and Mishalla are teenage GENs (Genetically Engineered Nonhumans) living on a future planet colonized after Earth became uninhabitable.  Those who could afford and fund the move have become the planet’s top class, the Trueborn.  The Lowborn were brought along for their inital indentured servitude. […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Science Fiction Tagged With: Dystopian, maydays, trilogy, YA

maydays's CBR8 Review No:18 · Genres: Fiction, Science Fiction · Tags: Dystopian, maydays, trilogy, YA ·
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The Last Time I Encountered Something Centred on a Male ‘Witch’ It was “The Covenant”: This is Much Better

May 19, 2016 by Lisa Bee Leave a Comment

Half Bad. Half Wild. Half Lost. It sets itself up to follow the usual young adult series storyline, yet there was something really intriguing about this series to me, and I absolutely devoured all three of the books as fast as possible. It might be that I’ve never really experienced the mythology of witches presented quite in the way this book does, which made it interesting to me. There is also such a survival instinct present in these books, and a connection to nature that […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction Tagged With: half bad, sally green, trilogy, YA, Young Adult

Lisa Bee's CBR8 Review No:14 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction · Tags: half bad, sally green, trilogy, YA, Young Adult ·
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