Tag: #melissadelacruz

• Ranking The Chronicles of Never After

  De La Cruz puts her own spin on the fractured fairytale genre with the Never After series where a youn fangirl gets a dream (or nightmare come true). Her beloved book series is releasing it’s epic finale, only to find out that the 13th book is never ever coming out. Because it hasn’t been written…

  rachelbeerwoman

  October 11, 2023

  Uncategorized

  #chroniclesofneverafer, #fantasy, #fracturedfairytale, #macmillan, #melissadelacruz, #rachelreads&reviews, #roaringbookpress, #thebrokenmirror, #thestolenslippers, #thethirteenthfairy

• Snow and Poison Review

  De La Cruz’ sophmore fairytale retelling may have similarities to her first with a dying father, whirlwind romance and possibly wicked stepmother but she manages to deliver a new twist to this classic tale. It’s just unfortunate that with its shorter page length, the story feels rushed and less magical than its predecessor.

  rachelbeerwoman

  May 10, 2023

  Reviews

  #fairytale, #fantasy, #historicalfantasy, #historicalfiction, #melissadelacruz, #putnam'ssons, #retelling, #snowandpoison, #snowwhite

• Cinder & Glass Review

  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…

  rachelbeerwoman

  March 25, 2023

  Reviews

  #cinderandglass, #cinderella, #fairytale, #historicalfiction, #melissadelacruz, #penguinrandomhouse, #putnam'ssons, #rachelreads&reviews, #retelling, #YA

• A Secret Princess Review

  Margaret Stohl and Melissa de La Cruz team up once again for a reimagining of beloved literary characters from Frances Hodgson Burnett’s canon. The choice of pairing Mary Lennox and Sara Crewe is perfect as they are just those two literary characters that you just picture like when one thinks of Wendy Darling, one also…

  rachelbeerwoman

  March 21, 2023

  Reviews

  #alittleprincess, #asecretprincess, #littlelordfauntlory, #margaretstohl, #melissadelacruz, #penguinrandomhouse, #putnam'ssons, #rachelreads&reviews, #retelling, #secretgarden, #YA

• Feb Books

  Someone to Love by Melissa de la Cruz Almost a companion to Something in Between, readers may remember Royce’s much nicer younger sister Olivia “Liv” Blakely. Now it’s four years later and the sweet kid is dealing with a tumultuous personal demon. Bulimia and cutting. The former is her way of making sure she’ll always…

  rachelbeerwoman

  February 28, 2023

  Book Suggestions

  #balzerandbray, #beckyalbertalli, #belles, #bellestrilogy, #cleopatra'sdaughter, #courtneysummers, #crownpublishing, #feiwel&friends, #goingdark, #hachettebookgroup, #harlequinpublishing, #harlequinteen, #harpercollins, #I'mthegirl, #instantkarma, #jencalonita, #littlebrownbooksforyoungreaders, #marissameyer, #melissadelacruz, #michellemoran, #oliviaabtahi, #penguinrandomhouse, #perfectlyparvin, #poppy, #putnam'ssons, #rachelreads&reviews, #simonvsthesomosapiensagenda, #someonetolove, #st.martinspublishing, #thegrassisalwaysgreener, #theupsideofunrequited, #unionsquareandco, #winterwhite, #YA

• DC Ink

  Raven by Kami Garcia I believe this is the start of Garcia’s Teen Titans books for DC Ink. Well they were the start for me at least and it gets right into the action of a fatal car crash. Raven has amnesia, and her mother is dead. Luckily, she still has her aunt and cousin…

  rachelbeerwoman

  August 24, 2022

  Book Suggestions

  #beastboy, #beastboylovesraven, #comics, #dccomics, #dcink, #dearjusticeleague, #gabrielpicolo, #gothamhigh, #gustavoduarte, #isaacgoodhart, #kimgarcia, #kodykeplinger, #laurenmyracle, #lauriehalseanderson, #manuelpreitano, #mariekenijkamp, #melissadelacruz, #michaelmoreci, #michaelnorthrop, #nicolegoux, #poisonivy:thorns, #rachelreads&reviews, #raven, #sarahkuhn, #sarakipin, #sasmilledge, #shadowofthebatgirl, #thelostcarnival, #theoraclecode, #thomaspitilli, #underthemoon, #victorandnora:agothamlovestory, #wonderfulwomenoftheworld, #zatanna:thejewelofgravesend

• Jo and Laurie Review

  For all those who rooted for Laurie and Jo to end up together, this is for you.

  rachelbeerwoman

  June 9, 2022

  Reviews

  #joandlaurie, #littlewomen, #margaretstohl, #melissadelacruz, #penguinrandomhouse, #rachelreads&reviews, #retelling, #romanticretelling, #YA

• Isle of the Lost and the Difficulties of Continuity

  Okay, I’ll admit when I first heard of the Descendants movies involving Kristen Chenworth way back in 2014, I had made fun of it. Especially the unimagenative names given to the children of the characters. I mean Evie – Evil Queen, Jay- Jafar, it just seemed so lazy. But then I read the first Isle…

  rachelbeerwoman

  May 4, 2022

  Book Suggestions

  #continuity, #descendants, #disney, #disneyhyperion, #isleofthelost, #melissadelacruz, #rachelreads&reviews, #thoughts

• If you like this, try. . .

  I decided to take a little break from my “Favorite book (insert genre) suggestions” and try this. These are books I couldn’t fit under one particular category nor do I love them them enough to write a paragraph of why one should give it try. Besides I a lot of them have overlapping themes/genres/ideas with…

  rachelbeerwoman

  March 20, 2022

  Book Suggestions, Uncategorized

  #3sistersclub, #akemidawnbowman, #amazingdaysofabbyhayes, #amigasinc, #annanadthefrenchkiss, #asteptowardfalling, #aurevoircrazyeuropeanchick, #beachblondes, #berkley, #betweenthelines, #bloomsbury, #bumped, #cathleendaley, #cheer, #chooseyourowndestiny, #clementine, #confectionatelyyours, #dish, #disneyhyperion, #exposure, #flirtclub, #foreverfour, #friendsforkeeps, #fromthefilesofmadisonfinn, #girlmadeofstars, #gooneybirdgreene, #greenwillowbooks, #hachettebookgroup, #harlequinpublishing, #harpercollins, #heroine, #ifyoulikethistry, #laurenbarnholdt, #letinsnow, #likenoother, #lindseylevitt, #littlebrownbooksforyoungreaders, #mariekenijamp, #melissadelacruz, #middegrade, #missperegrineshomeforperculiarchildren, #onlittlewings, #peaceloveandbabyducks, #penguinrandomhouse, #petalpushers, #piratica, #popularitypapers, #princessforhire, #rachelreads&reviews, #randaabdelfattah, #scholastic, #simon&schuster, #sisterhoodofthertravellingpants, #somethinginbetween, #sometimesithappens, #st.martinspress, #st.martinspublishing, #starfish, #stillstarcrossed, #suchaprettygirl, #sweetheartofprospercounty, #teashopgirls, #thealley, #thecupcakequeen, #theearthmybuttandotherbigroundthings, #theegyptgame, #thefemaleofthespieces, #thegirlwhofell, #thelineswecross, #theyearmysistergotlucky, #thisiswhereitends, #throneofglass, #ttyl, #YA, #youinfiveacts