Tag: #YA
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Soul of the Deep Review
Happy blog anniversary to me! Can you believe it’s been two years. time flies. Anyway, it’s been several months since Simidele made her deal with oisa of the dead, Olokun, that in exchange for helping to capture Esu, she will keep him company in the Land of the Dead. The bitter currents never leave her…
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Skin of the Sea Review
Simidele is one of Yemoja’s Mami Wata, mermaids who collects the souls of the dead tossed from ships and blesses their journeys to the beyond. But Simidele remembers her life as a human, in bits and pieces, she is the only one who doesn’t want to let the water wash away her memories as it…
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Dark Ascension: The Lost Ones Review
In a small fishing village in England, a modest couple expected a child. What they did not except were twins! James, the eldest is cautious, sensible, pragmatic, a way with numbers that is completely at odds with the expectation that he’ll continue their father’s fishing business. A fact he hates when he fears the sea.…
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For a Valentine’s Day Mood. . .
Well it’s V-Day again and for those singles who are looking for a good book to escape to or couples that want to read together, here are some of my favorite romance authors. Historical Julia Quinn-Ah yes, I’ll start with a popular one because she was my gateway author. I enjoyed the first season on…
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Book of the Month: Rise of the Snake Goddess
If you want to read my full review of the book, just click on the tags below. Anyway, rereading it didn’t bring up new insights for me. It’s still very enjoyable although I feel the first one was better as it had a tighter plot and it was longer in general. Still, there’s lots to…
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Love & War Review
I know it looks a bit ironic to start the month of Valentines, love and romance with a broken heart title but it is just the theme of the story, Alex and Eliza do triumph through their obstacles like any good HEA.
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Jan Books
Sunny G’s Series of Rash Decisions by Navdeep Singh Dhillon Sunny G is still reeling fom his brother’s death a few months before. It doesn’t help that his family have had no discussions about this. Between the Punjab way of not dealing with those issues and the Sikh belief that death just is, a natural…
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Past Present Future Review
I received this Netgalley ARC for free from Kanter’s agent in exchange for an honest review It may have been a few years since Solomon first published the adventures and romance of longtime rivals, Rowen and Neil on the eve of their graduation, but it’s only been a summer for the overachievers. Now, they’re apart…
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Finally Fitz Review
I received this Netgalley ARC for free from Kanter’s agent in exchange for an honest review. Ava (our titular “Fitz”) Fitzgerald’s brand is all about sustainability fashion. In fact, she has created quite a career out of it on social media. Soon, she’ll upgrade on a prestigious fashion internship in NY and prove to her…
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