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Book Review: White Stag by Kara Barbieri

January 16, 2019 by motifink

As the last child in a family of daughters, seventeen-year-old Janneke was raised to be the male heir. While her sisters were becoming wives and mothers, she was taught to hunt, track, and fight. On the day her village was burned to the ground, Janneke—as the only survivor—was taken captive by the malicious Lydian and eventually sent to work for his nephew Soren. Janneke’s survival in the court of merciless monsters has come at the cost of her connection to […]

Categories: Fantasy, NetGalley, NetGalley Review, Young Adult • Tags: Arc, book review, fantasy, Kara Barbieri, Permafrost, White Stag, young adult

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Short Review for a Short Story: Harlem by Eric Jerome Dickey

January 14, 2019 by motifink

When Harlem gets off on a murder charge due to insanity, the asylum he’s sent to feels worse than death, with one exception: the beautiful nurse Daphane. As their relationship grows, so do the stakes: she has the ability to help him escape, and he has the ability to set her free from her abusive relationship. Yet Harlem has one big secret: he was perfectly sane when he committed his crime. But in the end, Daphane’s own secret may be […]

Categories: Adult Ficiton • Tags: adult, book review, Dutton, Eric Jerome Dickey, Harlem, novella, short story

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Book Review: War of the Wilted (Garden of Thorns, #2) by Amber Mitchell

January 11, 2019 by motifink

Rose will not rest until the Gardener is dead. But there are bigger battles to fight, and Rayce—leader of the rebellion and the only man Rose has ever loved—believes their best chance at winning the war is to join forces with her sworn enemy. Saving innocent people is more important than her quest for revenge. But their new ally can’t be trusted—and he knows her darkest secret. One betrayal could leave the war and Rayce’s life hanging in the balance, […]

Categories: Fantasy, NetGalley, NetGalley Review, Pretty Covers, Young Adult • Tags: Amber Mitchell, Arc, book review, fantasy, Garden of Thorns, romance, War of the Wilted, ya

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End of an Reading Era

January 9, 2019 by motifink

it’s the end of an expensive and beautiful relationship. Its truly a sad time for me. And its completely you and just a slight bit of me. So, I have decided to stop reading Sandra Brown books and to be honest it kind of hurts that I have made this decision because we have a long relationship. When I was, I would say 14 and reading Cosmopolitan magazines, behind my parents back, I came across my first Sandra Brown book. […]

Categories: Uncategorized • Tags: Adult Fiction, end of an era, envy, mirror image, sandra brown, slow heat in heaven, the crush

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2019 Goals

January 4, 2019 by motifink

Alright. So I will bite. Seeing everyone create their 2019 goals and their excitement may actually give me something to look forward to. Instagram Goals I currently have 242 followers. My 2019 goal is to get 500 followers. With that being said, I would need to post more. At this point in my life, I can committee to twice a week. Either on a Sunday, Weds or Saturday beginning the first week of Jan. Instagram is an abyss for me. […]

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Book Review: Small Spaces by Katherine Arden

December 26, 2018 by motifink

After suffering a tragic loss, eleven-year-old Ollie only finds solace in books. So when she happens upon a crazed woman at the river threatening to throw a book into the water, Ollie doesn’t think–she just acts, stealing the book and running away. As she begins to read the slender volume, Ollie discovers a chilling story about a girl named Beth, the two brothers who both loved her, and a peculiar deal made with “the smiling man,” a sinister specter who […]

Categories: Children, children's, Fantasy, Horror • Tags: book review, children book, fantasy, G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers, horror, Katherine Arden, middle school readers, Small Spaces

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Book Review: Nyxia Unleashed by Scott Reintgen

December 19, 2018 by motifink

Emmett Atwater thought Babel’s game sounded easy. Get points. Get paid. Go home. But it didn’t take long for him to learn that Babel’s competition was full of broken promises, none darker or more damaging than the last one. Now Emmett and the rest of the Genesis survivors must rally and forge their own path through a new world. Their mission from Babel is simple: extract nyxia, the most valuable material in the universe, and play nice with the indigenous […]

Categories: Fantasy, NetGalley, NetGalley Review, science fiction, Young Adult • Tags: Arc, book review, fantasy, NetGalley, Nyxia Unleashed, science fiction, Scott Reintgen, space, The Nyxia Triad #2, ya

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Graphic Novel Review Sleepless, Vol. 1 by by Sarah Vaughn

December 14, 2018 by motifink

Lady “Poppy” Pyppenia is guarded by the Sleepless Knight Cyrenic, but becomes endangered when an assassin threatens her life in the new king’s reign. As Poppy and Cyrenic try to discover who wants her dead, they must navigate the dangerous waters of life at court, and of their growing feelings for one another. – Goodreads I have been eyeing this book since its release and last week I finally got the opportunity to read it. I was pulled in by […]

Categories: Fantasy • Tags: Alissa Sallah (Colorist), book review, Deron Bennett (Letterer), fantasy, graphic novel, Leila del Duca (Artist), review

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The Minis: Webtoons

December 10, 2018 by motifink

Hawk, a Knight who bows before no one, and Kira, an inventor with a title, are in the middle of a war between 12 knights,meant to protect mankind against Keres, ancient creatures with a thirst for souls. Between a potential romance between Hawk and Kira, the world building and just likeable characters, this is a solid read that has the potential to becoming something big. But beware, it is currently on hiatus.  3 Pickles A 29 year old unemployed, but hopeful romantic […]

Categories: Fantasy, webtoons • Tags: comics, fantasy, romance, the minis, video games, webtoons

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