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  • Kyoshi Duology Review

    For anyone who was a fan of the Avatar the Last Airbender series, you should definitely give this a read. It shares the series’ pathos, morals and humor, it fits right in with the bigger universe.

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  • Rachel’s Contemporary Romance Reads of 2021

    Rosie Danan’s The Roommate: Firstly, The Roommate was sweet but moreover, so so sexy, I have never learned so much about the porn industry in book. I’ll admit my previous knowledge was more on Clara’s side of thing but Josh. I could really come to see Josh’s side of things that porn is not only…

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  • Twisted Tales: So This is Love Review

    Elizabeth Lim hits out of the park again with her Twisted Tale that transforms a princess I found boring and uninteresting to a riveting heroine to root for. And Lim doesn’t even change her personality!

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  • Twisted Tales: Conceal, Don’t Feel

    Another solid book for the Twisted Tales line but not one of Calonita’s best compared to the other two she wrote for the series.

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  • Twisted Tales: Mirror, Mirror Review

    Since I enjoyed Calonita’s other book, I thought I’d give this one a try next and see how she spices up a princess I’ve never been interested in. Which she manages to accomplish quite well using a dual narrative between Snow White and The Evil Queen who is so named Queen Ingrid here.

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  • Twisted Tales: Reflection Review

    Now this was an excellent Twisted Tale. Not as dark as apparently the other books are with blood sacrifices and such, but I prefer it that way. This is rather an AU, a potential place for the story to go rather than a grittier and darker take on a tale we already know.

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  • Twisted Tales: Go the Distance Review

    I can’t say enough good things about this book. It’s part of a greater series called Twisted Tales which are stand-alone books that present a twist or what if situation of the Disney movies like “What if Aladdin never found the lamp” or “What if Wendy traveled to Neverland with Hook?” I hadn’t read any…

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  • The Final Girl Support Group Review

    I read Grady Hendrix’s Paperbacks from Hell annually every October so I had to see his fiction. And it’s just as wild and witty as his nonfic.   The Final Girl Support Group goes behind the scene of what happens to those final girls that kill their killer (and kill the sequel killer) and survive…

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  • The Light of Luna Park and Dreamland Burning Reviews

    Here are two historical novels on little known events to peruse on your own time.

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  • The Inheritance of Orquídea Divina Review

    So I was so so excited to get this book. It’s like the ONLY book I’ve ever read that has Ecuadorian characters.  It’s always Mexican/Dominican/Puerto Rican since those are the most common in the US. But this was a whole family of them. Plus the family and the author were from Guayaquil, Ecuador! Just where my…

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