Category: Reviews
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We get to the last of my dystopian trilogy trifecta. Well technically, it could be called a quartet as it has the Four prequel but it’s a prequel so it doesn’t really count. Anyway, much like The Hunger Games, I never read the books. I saw the first two movies and I’m aware of the…
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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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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 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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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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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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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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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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The second book in the Queen’s Council series brings readers back to Imperial China as Mulan takes upon a role she never thought she’d serve, or even deserves. Set a few years after Mulan saved China, she has created an all-female militia, teaching women how to fight and defend their village from bandits and other…
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What happens after happily ever after? That’s what this new series focuses on because while the Disney Princesses line are famous for the latter part, being a Princess, but that’s just a stepping stone. After all, most princesses are expected to promoted to queen by marriage or by their own rule. This series delves into…
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