Category: Reviews
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Lovely War Review
Set in the backdrop of WWI, two loves stories intertwine as the couples face trauma, and bigotry with the help of the gods.
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Disney Descendants: School of Secrets Review
Unlike my post on the Isle of the Lost, this one will be an actual review of the series overall. Unlike the Isle of the Lost series, this has some leeway in escaping continuity issues. They are not to set up movie plots or examine the main characters. This focuses on side characters that appear…
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A Frozen Heart Review
As we all know when a popular movie comes out, we must have the movie in novelization form. How else will we learn what the characters are thinking? Even though it’s basically a rehash of what we already saw onscreen. Well, Elizabeth Rudnick’s book takes a creative angle in simply focusing on the point of…
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Catching Air Review
Two couples jump on the chance to take over a cozy BnB in Vermont. The husbands, Peter and Rand Danner are brothers and are gung-ho about making it work. Peter’s wife, Kira sees it as a wonderful change after working in corporate laeyer in Florida. Alyssa just hopes it will be a quiet place for…
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Betty and Veronica: Senior Year Review
Another entry into the new new look series of graphic novels following everyone’s favorite teenagers. Here Jamie L. Rotante takes another dive into the friendship of Betty and Veronica as they head into their senior year.
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Twisted Tales: What Once was Mine Review
The latest tale in the series is written by Liz Braswell and takes a bit of a different approach than the other novels. First off, it’s a frame story beginning at Sloane Kent Memorial Hospital with 16 year old twins, Danielle and Brenden. Danielle is there for her chemotherapy treatments and after endless rewatches of…
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Twisted Tales: Part of Your World Review
Liz Braswell’s take on the Little Mermaid asks “What if Ariel had never defeated Ursula?” And that is a dark future indeed.Ariel is the mute ruler of Atlantica with her father’s demise, Eric is in a permanent hypnotic daze content in his role as the Mad Prince making operettas as his wife, Princess Vanessa rules…
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Jinx Review
As with the rest of the Archie Comics 2015 update, Lil Jinx gets a turn by updating her fun hijinks to high school and it is definately fun to see how the mischevious little girl and all her friends grew up. And don’t worry Lil Jinx retains her hot tempered nature. Whether it be fighting…
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Reality Check Review
Since I so enjoyed Calonita’s Secrets of My Hollywood Life, I decided to check out her stand alone novel, Reality Check. While Secrets starred Kaitlin, an actress who had been working on tv and movies since she was 5 years old, the protagonist here is Charlie Reed, a regular girl who waitresses and goes to…
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Beautiful Little Fools Review
With The Great Gatsby now in public domain, Jillain Cantor duly stepped in to provide the ladies of Gatsby their own story. Set in the years leading up to, during and after Gatsby’s death, the novel follows Daisy, Jordan and Catherine and shows the pasts they hide, the secrets they keep and the disillusioned view…
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