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I liked this upon finishing it five months ago . . .

The Luminaries (The Luminaries, #1) by Susan Dennard

September 7, 2023 by narfna Leave a Comment

. . . but I have since had almost everything about it fall out of my head. Had I written this review right after finishing like a good little reviewer, it would have been four stars, but I think the fact that it hasn’t stuck with me and I had to look up so much in order to even write this paltry review is definitely working against the book, and I’ve bumped it down to 3.5 stars, rounded down, as a result. Also I remembered […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Young Adult Tagged With: #fantasy, narfna, susan dennard, The Luminaries, ya fantasy, Young Adult

narfna's CBR15 Review No:78 · Genres: Fantasy, Young Adult · Tags: #fantasy, narfna, susan dennard, The Luminaries, ya fantasy, Young Adult ·
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Camp Half-Blood 4 Life (Percy Jackson and the Olympians series review)

The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan

The Sea of Monsters by Rick Riordan

The Titan’s Curse by Rick Riordan

The Battle of the Labyrinth by Rick Riordan

The Last Olympian by Rick Riordan

July 1, 2023 by Owlizabeth Leave a Comment

I read this series when it was originally published and didn’t think about it much after I’d finished. I liked it, yes, but it wasn’t a new obsession for me and I never really planned on revisiting Percy’s world. Then I watched the teaser for the Disney+ show coming out next year and checked them out from the library and that’s how I spent my last two weeks. The series follows Percy Jackson, who finds out he’s a demigod, the son of Poseidon and a […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Young Adult Tagged With: #fantasy, adventure, greek mythology, Percy Jackson, reread, Rick Riordan, series read, ya fantasy, Young Adult

Owlizabeth's CBR15 Review No:33 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Young Adult · Tags: #fantasy, adventure, greek mythology, Percy Jackson, reread, Rick Riordan, series read, ya fantasy, Young Adult ·
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Not on the bandwagon for this series

Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas

May 30, 2023 by CoffeeShopReader Leave a Comment

Throne of Glass sounded promising and it’s been on my list for a while. I finally picked it up; it starts off well, but then it seems to forget about the actual plot and focuses on the romantic possibilities of the incredibly obvious possible triangle between Celaena, Chaol, and Dorian, and the courtly scheming, mostly by two totally underdeveloped characters who might actually rather deserve each other. There is some supernatural evil looming in the background the whole time, but that too is pretty predictable […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Young Adult Tagged With: #fantasy, assassin, Romance, sarah j maas, Sarah J. Mass, Throne of Glass, YA, ya fantasy

CoffeeShopReader's CBR15 Review No:47 · Genres: Fantasy, Young Adult · Tags: #fantasy, assassin, Romance, sarah j maas, Sarah J. Mass, Throne of Glass, YA, ya fantasy ·
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“The magic is not in the ceremony of pouring the tea or the sharing of the cup. It is in the connection, the brief joining of souls. The tea leaves are a channel, the ingredients the signposts.”

A Magic Steeped in Poison (The Book of Tea, #1) by Judy I. Lin

May 11, 2023 by narfna Leave a Comment

A Magic Steeped in Poison is a YA fantasy that follows Ning, who is an apprentice teamaker (shennong-shi) in a world where teamaking is magic. She was an apprentice to her mother, but one day accidentally brews the tea that poisons and kills her. Her sister did not die, but is gravely ill and fading fast. Amidst a rash of poisonings across the country, and Ning’s frantic attempts to cure her sister, the government announces that they are looking for the greatest shennong-shi in the […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Young Adult Tagged With: A Magic Steeped in Poison, Judy I. Lin, narfna, The Book of Tea, YA, ya fantasy, Young Adult

narfna's CBR15 Review No:51 · Genres: Fantasy, Young Adult · Tags: A Magic Steeped in Poison, Judy I. Lin, narfna, The Book of Tea, YA, ya fantasy, Young Adult ·
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I’m so sad about it, but this was so flawed.

The Sunbearer Trials (The Sunbearer Duology, #1) by Aiden Thomas

April 4, 2023 by narfna Leave a Comment

This was fine. But “fine,” after reading this author’s wonderful debut, Cemetery Boys, is not enough. I feel like there were so many flaws baked in to this book before the author even started writing it, and they didn’t do enough to overcome them. The worldbuilding choices made in this book baffled me, and it read like a middle grade novel with f-bombs thrown in. (Not good when you’re aiming for upper YA.) Gonna bullet point this one to sort out my thoughts. *This was pitched […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Young Adult Tagged With: #fantasy, Aiden Thomas, latinx stories, LGBTQIA, narfna, read harder challenge 2023, The Sunbearer Duology, The Sunbearer Trials, trans protagonist, ya fantasy

narfna's CBR15 Review No:43 · Genres: Fantasy, Young Adult · Tags: #fantasy, Aiden Thomas, latinx stories, LGBTQIA, narfna, read harder challenge 2023, The Sunbearer Duology, The Sunbearer Trials, trans protagonist, ya fantasy ·
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The Frozen Crown

Who’s Your Daddy

The Frozen Crown by Greta Kelly

January 24, 2023 by Debcapsfan Leave a Comment

I got The Frozen Crown on audiobook a while ago and only recently finished it. Not because it wasn’t good, I did like it, I think I’ve just been more interested in print books lately. Askia is the heir to the kingdom of Saravesh. Her kingdom is invaded by the ruler of the Roven Empire, Radovan, who wants her for her magic abilities. Magic abilities she has to keep hidden because of the Shazir, magic hunting priests and zealots killed her parents for plot reasons. […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Fantasy, Young Adult Tagged With: Greta Kelly, ya fantasy

Debcapsfan's CBR15 Review No:2 · Genres: Audiobooks, Fantasy, Young Adult · Tags: Greta Kelly, ya fantasy ·
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