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Manga Review: Wonderland by Yugo Ishikawa

October 7, 2019 by motifink

Teenage girl Yukko awakens to find that she has shrunken in size–but this is no rabbit hole or fairy tale–this is real life! In a desperate and bloody struggle to stay alive, while fleeing giant predators and other twisted dangers, Yukko learns that she is not the only person who has turned tiny. Can she survive long enough to learn the truth behind her curious transformation?- Goodreads This is a Alice in Wonderland retelling. But it is no where near […]

Categories: Fantasy, Manga • Tags: alice in wonderland, book review, manga, Manga Monday, Manga Review, retelling, seven seas, wonderland, Yugo Ishikawa

Book Tour Book Review: The Gilded King by Josie Jaffrey

October 4, 2019 by motifink

In the Blue, the world’s last city, all is not well. Julia is stuck within its walls. She serves the nobility from a distance until she meets Lucas, a boy who believes in fairytales that Julia’s world can’t accommodate. The Blue is her prison, not her castle, and she’d escape into the trees if she didn’t know that contamination and death awaited humanity outside. But not everyone in the Blue is human, and not everyone can be contained. Beyond the […]

Categories: Fantasy, kindle, Paranormal, Young Adult • Tags: book review, book tour, Fantasty, Josie Jaffrey, kindle unlimited, Sovereign #1, The Gilded King, The Write Reads, vampires, young adult

Book Review: Whispers of Shadow & Flame by L. Penelope

October 2, 2019 by motifink

The Mantle that separates the kingdoms of Elsira and Lagrimar is about to fall. And life will drastically change for both kingdoms. Born with a deadly magic she cannot control, Kyara is forced to become an assassin. Known as the Poison Flame in the kingdom of Lagrimar, she is notorious and lethal, but secretly seeks freedom from both her untamed power and the blood spell that commands her. She is tasked with capturing the legendary rebel called the Shadowfox, but […]

Categories: Fantasy, NetGalley, NetGalley Review, Pretty Covers • Tags: Arc, book review, fantasy, L. Penelope, New Adult, Whispers of Shadow & Flame, young adult

Book Review: The Ghost Collector by Allison Mills

September 25, 2019 by motifink

Shelly and her grandmother catch ghosts. In their hair. Just like all the women in their family, they can see souls who haven’t transitioned yet; it’s their job to help the ghosts along their journey. When Shelly’s mom dies suddenly, Shelly’s relationship to ghosts—and death—changes. Instead of helping spirits move on, Shelly starts hoarding them. But no matter how many ghost cats, dogs, or people she hides in her room, Shelly can’t ignore the one ghost that’s missing. Why hasn’t […]

Categories: Children, children's, NetGalley, NetGalley Review • Tags: Allison Mills, Annick Press, Arc, book review, family, middle school readers, NetGalley, paranormal, The Ghost Collector

Book Review: Saving Fable by Scott Reintgen

September 20, 2019 by motifink

Indira has been a character-in-waiting her entire life. So she can’t believe her luck when she’s finally chosen to travel to Fable and study at the renowned Protagonist Preparatory, a school known for producing the best heroes. But Indira’s dreams of achieving hero status don’t exactly go as planned. A failed audition lands her in the school’s side-character track, and her best efforts to prove advisors–famous characters like Alice from Wonderland and Professor Darcy–wrong are constantly sabotaged. Indira is starting […]

Categories: Children, children's, Crown Books for Young Readers, Fantasy, NetGalley, NetGalley Review • Tags: Arc, book review, Crown Books for Young Readers, fantasy, middle school readers, NetGalley, Saving Fable, Scott Reintgen

Book Review: A Jewel Bright Sea (Mage and Empire #1) by Claire O’Dell

September 18, 2019 by motifink

It was her talent for tracking magic that got Anna Zhdanov sent to catch a thief. A scholar’s daughter sold as a bond servant, she has no desire to recover the Emperor’s jewel for herself. But a chance to earn her freedom has driven her to the untamed Eddalyon province, awash with warm breezes, lapping waves, and more danger than she could possibly guess. Within days her cover as an indolent noblewoman is in question, and it’s clear there’s […]

Categories: Adult Ficiton, Magic • Tags: A Jewel Bright Sea, Adult Fiction, Arc, book review, Claire O'Dell, Mage and Empire #1, magic, NetGalley, Pirates, Rebel Base Books, romance

Manga Monday: Otherworldly Izakaya Nobu

September 16, 2019 by motifink

A Japanese style pub called “Nobu” exists in a back alley of the fictional medieval European city of Eiteriach. Its customers? A pair of slacker soldiers, a spoiled heiress, an uptight tax collector, and more… When the citizens of this strange world sit down to enjoy some unfamiliar Japanese cuisine, their troubles simply melt away… The curtain rises on this otherworldly eatery and the gourmet fantasy about to unfold within!- Goodreads I have only read the first volume to this […]

Categories: Manga, Young Adult • Tags: book review, cooking, fantasy, Manga Review, Otherworldly Izakaya Nobu, Udon Entertainment

Author Interview: Johanna Nield

September 11, 2019 by motifink

Hey Guys! I have had the most amazing pleasure to conduct an extended Quick Five interview with author Johanna Nield. Author of the New Beginnings series, Ms. Nield is excited to share the re-release of her series, after self-publishing, with the UK publising company Cranthorpe Miller. Y’all I cannot tell you how great this interview was. To be able to dig deep wth Ms. Nield about changing from self-publishing to sponsored publishing, to find out more about her as a […]

Categories: Uncategorized • Tags: Adult Fiction, author interview, Johanna Nield, New Beginnings, romance

The Return of Manga Monday: So You Want to Get Into Manga

September 9, 2019 by motifink

Starting next week, I will be bring back Manga Monday. It was one of my favorite posts of the week but life got in the way and I wasn’t able to keep up with it. With that in mind, I wrote this post, so you all will be prepared for the next coming weeks. I really do. Let’s get to it. Here is what you should know about manga (insert what manga is). . . there are so many different […]

Categories: Manga • Tags: manga, Recommendations

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