Category: Reviews
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Mulan: Before the Sword Review
Mulan has been a symbol of female empowerment since her movie came out, but she has been an inspiration long before the 1998 movie since her legend has been around for centuries. Lin inspired by both her legend and the movie crafts her own tale of Mulan figuring out her destiny before she saves China…
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Twilight/Life and Death Review
As readers of my blog have noticed, I’ve been on a YA dystopian binge but I figured I should also pay tribute to one of the books that forever changed the landscape of the YA and vampire genres- Twilight. Yep, I never read the books though with its renowned popularity, I have a good grasp…
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Mockingjay Review
The final book in the gut-punching trilogy asks us readers to choose which cute boy is cuter and. . . okay I’m joking. While I can see parts where Collins pushed back against the urges behind the scenes for more love triangle, Katniss and is undoubtedly the star of this book as she tackles the…
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Crossed Review
The second book in Condie’s Matched trilogy picks up quickly with Ky burying a body as part of his work as a decoy in the Outer Provinces. Technically, burying the bodies of his fellow decoys are not part of the job description, Officials couldn’t care less about the bodies as long as their jackets and…
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The School for Good and Evil Review
In The Forest Primeval A School For Good And Evil Two Towers Like Twin Heads One For The Pure One For the Wicked Try To Escape You’ll Always Fail The Only Way Out Is Through A Fairy Tale
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Bobbie Faye’s (kinda, sorta, not exactly) Family Jewels Review
Bobbie Faye returns with her unique brand of bad-luck chaos much to the mental break down of insurence adjusters everywhere. And this time it’s a family affair!
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Betty and Veronica: Rock and Roll Reviews
This rocking new issue introduces a new band, Rock Candi and new drummer to Riverdale, Jola Kitt. It’s a simple plot as one can imagine for a 5-page story where Betty and Veronica quit The Archies due to Reggie’s sexist comments dismissing Betty’s songwriting efforts and Archie not standing up for them. So they form…
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Matched Review
Does anyone remember the Matched trilogy? Cuz I remember the big debut of this book way back in third grade, and it was everywhere but it didn’t quite reach the same level of memorability as other dystopians like The Hunger Games or Divergent. Anyway, since I’m on a YA binge, I decided to read this…
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Beautiful Redemption Review
Since the stunning conclusion of the last book where the One who is Two aka Ethan Wate decided to jump off Gatlin’s water tower to save the world, Ethan and his friends are grappling with the consequences. Oh yeah, Ethan is not dead. I mean technically his body is. But his soul is in the…
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Cinder & Glass Review
This might be the last of my fairytale binge for some time, but what a way to end it. De La Cruz’s retelling of Cinderella is a historical. So no fairy godmother or dress-making mice here, but magic is still present in the air as Cinderellion enters the world of Versailles with its dazzling Hall…
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