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Book Review: Nameless Queen by Rebecca McLaughlin

January 8, 2020 by motifink

Everyone expected the king’s daughter would inherit the throne. No one expected me. It shouldn’t even be possible. I’m Nameless, a class of citizens so disrespected, we don’t even get names. Heck, dozens of us have been going missing for months and no one seems to care. But there’s no denying the tattoo emblazoned on my arm. I am queen. In a palace where the corridors are more dangerous the streets, though, how could I possibly rule? And what will […]

Categories: Crown Books for Young Readers, Fantasy, NetGalley, NetGalley Review • Tags: Arc, book review, Crown Books for Young Readers, fantasy, magic, Nameless Queen, NetGalley, Rebecca McLaughlin, young adult

2020 Cover Love

January 1, 2020 by motifink

If you recall from last year (hehe) I did a series throughout the year called cover love to high new releases and their beautiful covers. Its 2020 and I am still keeping that ball rolling. Beyond the fact that these books look gorgeous and will look absolutely stunning on my bookshelf, they sound fantastic. What books are you looking forward to so far this year?

Categories: Adult Ficiton, Fantasy, Pretty Covers, Realistic, Retellings, Romance, Young Adult • Tags: Contemporary, cover love, fantasy, fiction, friendship, historical, mystery, new releases, romance

Book Tour: The Dark Lord Clementine by Sarah Jean Horwitz

October 23, 2019 by motifink

Dastardly deeds aren’t exactly the first things that come to mind when one hears the name “Clementine,” but as the sole heir of the infamous Dark Lord Elithor, twelve-year-old Clementine Morcerous has been groomed since birth to be the best (worst?) Evil Overlord she can be. But everything changes the day the Dark Lord Elithor is cursed by a mysterious rival. Now, Clementine must not only search for a way to break the curse, but also take on the full […]

Categories: Algonquin Young Readers, Fantasy • Tags: Arc, book review, book tour, fantasy, magic, middle school readers, Sarah Jean Horwitz, The Dark Lord Clementine

Book Review: Marrow Charm by Kristin Jacques

October 21, 2019 by motifink

Azure ‘Azzy’ Brimvine lives in a world decimated by magic, where humans have retreated underground from the overwhelming dangers of the surface. But Below is no safer than Above. Magic borne plagues continue to eat away at the remaining human cities, a sickness that doesn’t merely kill, but creates aberrations from the stricken: people twisted by magic into something dark, dangerous, and powerful. It is an existence of fear and constant dread. When Azzy’s brother, Armin, is infected and cast […]

Categories: Fantasy, NetGalley, NetGalley Review, Young Adult • Tags: Arc, fantasy, Kristin Jacques, magic, Marrow Charm, NetGalley, The Parliament House, young adult

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: 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: Gods of Jade and Shadow by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

July 30, 2019 by motifink

The Jazz Age is in full swing, but Casiopea Tun is too busy cleaning the floors of her wealthy grandfather’s house to listen to any fast tunes. Nevertheless, she dreams of a life far from her dusty small town in southern Mexico. A life she can call her own. Yet this new life seems as distant as the stars, until the day she finds a curious wooden box in her grandfather’s room. She opens it—and accidentally frees the spirit of […]

Categories: Adult Ficiton, Fantasy, Mythology, NetGalley, NetGalley Review • Tags: Arc, book review, fantasy, Gods of Jade and Shadow, mythology, NetGalley, Silvia Moreno-Garcia

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