Category: Reviews
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The Books of Bayern: Enna Burning Review
It’s been two years since Enna’s best friend, Isi aka Ani stopped the potential war between Bayern and Kilandree. Enna has returned home to take over the house since her mother’s death with her brother. But Enna is no longer content in the Forest as she used to be. But she isn’t needed in the…
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The Books of Bayern: The Goose Girl Review
Hale’s haunting retelling of The Goose Girl starts with a princess, a princess born with a word at her tongue. Once she awakes three days later, she doesn’t know the name but she grows entangled with the speech of animals. It’s an ancient magic, and a distrusted one compared to people-speak. Princess Anidori-Kiladra Talianna Isilee…
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Ogre Enchanted Review
All Evie wants is to be a healer. In fact, she’s running quite a fruitful apothocary for her village in Jenn with her best friend, Wormy as her first patient and bookkeeper. But much to Evie’s distress, Wormy likes her far more than a friend. Even though they’re way too young in Evie’s opinion but…
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A Tale of Two Castles Review
This was unlike any other fairytale Levine has created! Very loosely inspired by Puss in Boots (and by inspired, it has cats, and that’s where the similarities end), Levine creates a distinct new kingdom where 12-year old Elodie sets off to apprentice herself as a mansioner. That’s the word for actor over there. But apprenticenships…
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Perfect Scoundrels Review
Worlds collide in the thrilling conclusin to The Heist Society trilogy when one of their own becomes the mark of an insidious long con and tests the line between business and personal feelings. And for once, Kat may not be able to steal it back.
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The Legacy of Yangchen Review
After the unsteady state Yangchen left Bin-Er with her companion’s betrayal and the secret cover-up of one enemy allowing another advisary to take economic stage, Yee has a lot for the readers (and the characters) to balance. It’s all about diplomacy, geopolitics and deception and it keeps you at the edge of your seat the…
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Extras Review
Three years after Tally unleashed the mind-rain, Japan is running on a reputation econnomy. Whether you’re a neofoodie, techhead, mangahead, reputation bomber or kicker, you gain money and privileges based on your face ranking. Basically, Westerfeld predicted influencers and people being paid because they’re instagram/tiktok famous. Decades before it happened! Amazing and really surreal. Aya…
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Specials Review
We’re back to square one, sort of. Tally is once again brainwashed after surgery but this time she’s not another one of the bubblehead pretties but a special, a superhuman soldier with fangs, ultra-senses and titanium skeleton. Basically the world’s deadliest weapon and an enforcer of Dr. Cable to keep moore of the Smokies’ cure…
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Pretties Review
Where we last left Tally, she bravely sacrificed her mind to become pretty, knowing at the opportune time, David and the others would give her the potential cure so they can see if it will really work and spread their message across PrettyTown.
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Uglies Review
In a world where everyone is ugly until they turn sixteen, everyone is equal. After all, people in the past used to be so prejudiced. Fighting wars over race, giving unfair privileges to those who happen to be prettier or taller or more attractive even if they’re unqualified. From there, humanity realized its flaws and…
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