Category: Reviews
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Fairest Review
Since I tackled Ella Enchanted, I decided to read another of Levine’s classic fairytale retellings. This time she tackles Snow White and she does it with plenty of twists and panache. I’ve said before, but I’ll repeat again I really admire her imagination when building her magic system and creating distinct languages, lore and other…
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Beautiful Darkness Review
Readers, we return to the small town of Gatlin, South Carolina where the Daree Keen is the teen hot spot, DAR runs the town and Lena Duchannes’ life has been irrecoverably changed when she brought Ethan back to life and inadvertedly caused her substitute father, Macon Ravenwood’s death. Ethan Wate understands the complicated grief Lena…
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From Twinkle, With Love Review
This epistoloary novel is made up of letters from Twinkle to her favorite female directors like Ava Duv, Mira Nair, Nora Ephron etc. (they’re more diary entries than letters really) that immediately bring readers up to speed to who Twinkle Mehra is. A junior in high school, Twinkle dreams of becoming a film-maker and despite…
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12 to 22 Review
You might be able to guess from the title but this middle grade book brings its own tiktok take on the feel-good movie, 13 Going on 30. I’m surprised it hasn’t been done before since it’s so beloved. At least it’s something new from the constant variations of Freaky Friday. Harper Lancaster is thrilled that…
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Dark Ascension: The Wicked Ones Review
This new series brings readers the origin stories of some of Disney’s most notorious villains. Okay, they already have several books focusing on this topic but Benway’s book is more focused on a canonical reasoning for how the Tremine sisters became the ugly steps they are. There’s no really lame cause (hello Dalmations pushing Cruella’s…
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Hunger Games Review
Now this is a long-time coming as I had enjoyed the movies in middle school but committed the carnal sin of never having read the books. Time to rectify that. Of course, since I saw the movies I have a basic idea of what happens but its been years so it will be sort of…
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Archie’s Valentine’s Spectacular Review
Featuring a brand new story with a brand new character, everyone meet Cassie Cloud! Taller than most of the teens in Riverdale with brightly-hued hair, Cassie is someone who can see past appearances and reputations as in the case of Rotante’s More Than Meets the Eye: Rise of the Short Kings! It’s a cute story…
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Archie vs the World
It’s the 400th post already! I know I’m surprised too, and it’s not even this blog’s anniversary. Anyway, I thought I’d do another Archie post for the occasion and what better choice than the latest, epic one-shot Archie vs the World! Since the editors so enjoyed the team of Aubrey Sitterson’s writing and Jed Dougherty’s…
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When Dimple Met Rishi Review
This was a sweet romance coming from one of the most unexpected (and worst) first meetings. Rishi Patal comes up to introduce himself Dimple Shah, joking about starting their lives together as future husband and wife. Understandably, she not knowing who this wacko is, throws coffee in his face. Let’s back up a bit.
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Beautiful Creatures Review
I’ll admit I’m not coming to this blind as I read the sequel series first (I know, I know but Link and Ridley’s prologue for Dangerous Creatures was so much more intriguing to me than this one) and I saw the film adaptation when it first came out which is why I read said sequel…
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