book review

Review | Evermore (Everless #2) by Sara Holland

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Title: Evermore (Everless #2) by Sara Holland

Publisher: Harper Teen

Published: December 31, 2018 (US)

Read as: US Hardcover

Average Goodreads rating: 3.59

My rating: 3.5

Jules Ember was raised hearing legends of the ancient magic of the wicked Alchemist and the good Sorceress. But she has just learned the truth: not only are the stories true, but she herself is the Alchemist, and Caro—a woman who single-handedly murdered the Queen and Jules’s first love, Roan, in cold blood—is the Sorceress.

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Review | Escaping from Houdini (Stalking Jack the Ripper #3) by Kerri Maniscalco

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Title: Escaping from Houdini (Stalking Jack the Ripper #3) by Kerri Maniscalco

Publisher: Jimmy Patterson

Published: September 18, 2018

Read as: US Hardcover

Average Goodreads rating: 4.15

My rating: 3

Audrey Rose Wadsworth and her partner-in-crime-investigation, Thomas Cresswell, are en route to New York to help solve another blood-soaked mystery. Embarking on a week-long voyage across the Atlantic on the opulent RMS Etruria, they’re delighted to discover a traveling troupe of circus performers, fortune tellers, and a certain charismatic young escape artist entertaining the first-class passengers nightly.

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Review | Kingdom of Ash (Throne of Glass #7) by Sarah J. Maas

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Title: Kingdom of Ash (Throne of Glass #7) by Sarah J. Maas

Publisher: Bloomsbury

Published: October 23, 2018

Read as: Audiobook from Audible

Average Goodreads rating: 4.7

My rating: 5

Aelin has risked everything to save her people―but at a tremendous cost. Locked within an iron coffin by the Queen of the Fae, Aelin must draw upon her fiery will as she endures months of torture. Aware that yielding to Maeve will doom those she loves keeps her from breaking, though her resolve begins to unravel with each passing day…

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Review | Muse of Nightmares (Strange the Dreamer #2) by Laini Taylor

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25446343Title: Muse of Nightmares (Strange the Dreamer #2) by Laini Taylor

Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers

Published: October 2, 2018

Read as: Audiobook from Audible

Average Goodreads rating: 4.59

My rating: 3.5

Sarai has lived and breathed nightmares since she was six years old.

She believed she knew every horror and was beyond surprise.

She was wrong.
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Review | Damsel by Elana K. Arnold

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Title: Damsel by Elana K. Arnold

Publisher: Balzer + Bray

Published: October 2, 2018

Read as: US hardcover

Average Goodreads rating: 3.67

My rating: 4

The rite has existed for as long as anyone can remember: when the prince-who-will-be-king comes of age, he must venture out into the gray lands, slay a fierce dragon, and rescue a damsel to be his bride. This is the way things have always been. Continue reading →