Rachel Reads & Reviews

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Gamora and Nebula: Sisters in Arms Review

I know, I know I have said I am not much of a Marvel fan but I enjoyed Lee’s nonfiction works and I have a passing knowledge of Guardians of the Galaxy due to my roommate watching them. With basic knowledge of the characters, I felt like this book would be a easy intro since…

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November 11, 2022

Reviews

#adventure, #disneyhyperion, #gamoraandnebula, #mackenzilee, #marvel, #marvelicons, #rachelreads&reviews, #scifi, #sistersinarms, #YA
Prince of Song and Sea Review

I was super excited to read this book, I mean if that gorgeous cover (by Brittany Jackson btw) wasn’t enough, the promise of whole line of books telling the movies from the POV from the Disney Princes was a big attention-grabber. The princes are important as many have pointed out that they often the save…

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November 10, 2022

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#disney, #disneyhyperion, #disneyprinces, #linseymiller, #princeofsongandsea, #rachelreads&reviews, #thelittlemermaid, #YA
The Heiress Review

You may think the Saybrooks have it all. Why wouldn’t you? Living on Fifth Avenue, the scion of a jewalry empire with the latest fashions and technologies with all the riches and vacations at your fingertips. They seem just like you ony prettier and more famous. However with all those riches come with a lot…

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November 9, 2022

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#harpercollins, #mystery, #rachelreads&reviews, #sarashepard, #theheiress, #YA
Ranking The Turners

Courtney Milan’s Turner series follows a trio of brothers who come from a gentry class and thoroughly impacted in different ways by their religiously-mad mother. All grown up they have suffered her mark and hold quite a bit of bagge within themselves and in their relationships with each other. All grown-up, the eldest brother, Ash…

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November 8, 2022

Rankings

#courtneymilan, #historicalromance, #rachelreads&reviews, #regencyromance, #theturners, #unclaimed, #unlocked, #unraveled, #unveiled
Wild Rover No More Review

We have come to the end of the line as Meyer presents the last adventure of the cork-like Jacky Faber. But will her fate end at the gallows as she so direly predicted back when she was a young street urchin in London?

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November 7, 2022

Reviews

#bloodyjack, #bloodyjackadventure, #bloodyjackadventures, #historicalfiction, #houghtonmifflin, #lameyer, #nauticalfiction, #rachelreads&reviews, #wildrovernomore, #YA
Boston Jacky Review

Jacky is back in her beloved Beantown and while she does not burn the place down as she did in her first stay, she still brings about plenty of trouble. She is “ever so hard on her friends,” as well as one Jaimy Fletcher but we’ll get to that.

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November 6, 2022

Reviews

#bloodyjackadventure, #bloodyjackadventures, #bostonjacky, #historicalfiction, #houghtonmifflin, #lameyer, #nauticalfiction, #rachelreads&reviews, #YA
Viva Jacquelina! Review

The inodimatble Jacky Faber is back, blackmailed by the British Intelligence into a new mission where she is sent over the hills and far away to the plains in Spain to be exact. . . And Portugal but that doesn’t fit the rhyme. Anyway, being Jacky her mission to spy on the French as they…

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November 5, 2022

Reviews

#bloodyjackadventure, #bloodyjackadventures, #historicalfiction, #houghtonmifflin, #lameyer, #nauticalfiction, #rachelreads&reviews, #vivajacquelina!, #YA
Book Highlight: Extraordinary Mothers and Daughters

This is the perfect book for Mother’s Day as if the title wasn’t clue enough. The beautiful collages by Natasha Cunningham highlighting black and white portraits overlayed with flowers adds to the theme. Split into six chapters by Emily Freidenrich shows the warmth, love and osmetimes complex bonds of twenty five famous mother-daughter figures even…

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November 4, 2022

Book/Author Highlight

#chroniclebooks, #emilyfreidenrich, #extraordinarymothersanddaughters, #natashacunnigham, #nonfiction, #rachelreads&reviews
The Lunar Chronicles: Stars Above Review

With this lovely anthology of stories, Meyer returns to the world of the Lunar Chronicles, filling in the gaps, revealing angst, sweetness and turning point moments in their lives.

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November 3, 2022

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#aftersunshinepassesby, #anathology, #carswell'sguidetogettinglucky, #fairytale, #feiwel&friends, #glitches, #macmillan, #marissameyer, #rachelreads&reviews, #scifi, #somethingoldsomethingnew, #starsabove, #thekeeper, #thelittleandroid, #thelittlemermaid, #thelunarchronicles, #themechanic, #theprincessandtheguard, #YA
The Lunar Chronicles: Fairest Review

Meyer does it again with this prequel to her popular Lunar Chronicles series. Fairest is technically a prequel as it sets up events years before Cinder but it was released between Cress and Winter. But since it’s such a stand-alone you can read it before, after or in between. The main point is to give…

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November 2, 2022

Reviews

#fairest, #fairytale, #fantasy, #feiwel&friends, #macmillan, #marissameyer, #rachelreads&reviews, #scifi, #thelunarchronicles, #YA