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The Iron Flower
There is always a fear that the first book in a series you love was a fluke and that the next book is going to be less than the book before it. Not so with The Iron Flower.
The Black Witch, Controversy, and My Opinion
The first thing I heard about The Black Witch was about the controversy. The word was out through my more internet connected friends that this book handled racism like a drunk teenager with a Roman ca...
Strange the Dreamer: A Pleasant Surprise
I read Laini Taylor’s Daughter of Smoke and Bone series and didn’t love it. It had all the elements of a story I should love, but it never engaged me. Luckily for Strange the Dreamer, it had Gods, fai...
Children of Blood and Bone Review
Children of Blood and Bone is a book as steeped with violence as the name suggests. Full of magic, gods, political conflict, mages, princesses and princes this West-African inspired fantasy story is g...
Shadow Scale (and Seraphina) by Rachel Hartman
Shadow Scale and Seraphina are a smart must-read for anyone who love medieval fantasy, strong heroines, or dragons.
Day 9: Book That Made You Ill
What an ambiguous topic. What does that even mean? I have yet to encounter a book so bad it makes me throw my guts up upon contact, but I am sure there is one out there. I dread the day I find that bo...
Holes
Holes is also a pretty great film. The adaptation managed to stay very close to the source material and the story translated well to screen. The Holes film was a treat for long time fans and a great i...
Holes Review
Holes was a fairly successful Disney movie, but how does it compare to the prize winning novel? And more importantly, do they both still hold up? Find out in this Holes review.
Beauty Queens Review
Beauty Queens is a cross between Lost, The Lord of the Flies and the beauty Pageant Circuit. With Libba Bray's dark sense of humour she pokes fun at contemporary society, the media and beauty standard...