Category: Reviews
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Twisted Tales: A Whole New World Review
This book was an excellent and dark take on the scenario of “What if Aladdin never found the lamp?” That turns out to be a bit of misnomer because Aladdin does find the lamp. Jafar just happens to snatch it out of Aladdin’s hands and leaves him to be buried under mounds of sands. In…
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Twisted Tales: Once Upon a Dream Review
Ah yes, this twist on Sleeping Beauty was the first Twisted Tales book in the series, and an excellent intro to any newcomer I believe. The book asks “What if Sleeping Beauty hadn’t woken up?”. In fact it pulls Prince Phillip to sleep too once he kisses the princess. For our story starts not as…
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Archie Vol. 1 Review
I won’t go to into my feelings on Riverdale (that’s a whole different five page essay I’ve written) but my basic feelings is that after the first season it misuses the characters and in their zeal to show edgy things like sex, drugs and death, they believe it will cover up their flaws in plot,…
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Dionysos: The New God Review
Hey, it’s my birthday and I got the final book of George O’Connor’s The Olympians series as a gift. And is Dionysos a fitting conclusion to this 10+ year series? You bet it is. For those who don’t know, The Olympians is a comic series tackling each god in the Greek pantheon, depicting their fantastical…
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Curse of the Blue Tattoo Review
Starting right after Jacky is taken off the deck of the Dolphin, she is sent to Boston’s Peabody Lawson’s School for Young Ladies. The proper place for a female, but not the proper place for Jacky. Even though she’s determined to become a proper lady for her dear midshipman, Jaimy, our favorite sailor is meant…
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Bobbie Faye’s Very (very, very, very) Bad Day Review
I found this in my search for my comedoc mysteries like Stephanie Plum. While funny, I found it to be more like a comedic action flick on steroids.
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Things You Won’t Say Review
This was a very timely novel in light of police brutality in the news and everywhere else.
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The Opposite of Me Review
This was told from a one person perspective of Lindsey. Lindsey is the good girl, the smart one, the rational one in the shadow of her beautiful twin sister. Lindsey loves her sister but acknowledges that they will never be truely close. So Lindsey works her adult life trying to become the VP of her…
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The Best of Us Review
This is told through four alternating views founded on the themes female friendship and marriage, as you can tell it is a reoccurring base in her books. Three college friends are invited by their old dorky college friend, Dwight who has become a computer millionaire. The millionaire and his wife decided to have a little…
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Skipping a Beat Review
Now Skipping a Beat was very different from the last two Sarah Pekkanen books I read since it was about one person and solely a love story. An heartfelt bittersweet love story. It’s like The Vow and I think it should become a movie too. The main character is Julia, who has been faithfully married…
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