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Book Review: Rose Petal Graves (The Lost Clan #1) by Olivia Wildenstein

June 27, 2017 by motifink

Ancient secrets cannot remain buried forever. Founded two centuries ago by a powerful tribe of Gottwa Indians, Rowan was a quiet town, so quiet that I fled after graduation. Staying away was the plan, but Mom died suddenly. Dad said she suffered a stroke after she dug up one of the ancient graves in our backyard, which happens to be the town cemetery. Creepy, I know. Creepier still, there was no corpse inside the old coffin, only fresh rose petals. […]

Categories: Fantasy, NetGalley, NetGalley Review, Young Adult • Tags: (The Lost Clan #1), Arc, book review, fae, fantasy, NetGalley, Olivia Wildenstein, romance, Rose Petal Graves, self published, ya

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Impatiently Waiting For: The Cruel Prince (The Folk of the Air #1) by Holly Black

June 21, 2017 by motifink

Jude was seven years old when her parents were murdered and she and her two sisters were stolen away to live in the treacherous High Court of Faerie. Ten years later, Jude wants nothing more than to belong there, despite her mortality. But many of the fey despise humans. Especially Prince Cardan, the youngest and wickedest son of the High King. To win a place at the Court, she must defy him–and face the consequences. In doing so, she becomes […]

Categories: Fantasy, Magic • Tags: (The Folk of the Air #1), 2018, books, Brown Books for Young Readers, fae, fantasy, holly black, Impatiently Waiting For, Little, Little Brown Books for Young Readers, The Cruel Prince, young adult

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Manga Review: Not Lives Vol. 1 by Wataru Karasuma, Jason DeAngelis (Editor), Angela Liu

June 20, 2017 by motifink

Mikami Shigeru is a video game genius—he can play and conquer any game, and just as easily program his own. While planning his next project, Shigeru discovers a strange oddity among his stack of research materials—a game disc labeled NOT ALIVE. Absorbing into his body, the disc thrusts him into a strange parallel reality where he becomes the “Player” of a real life video game, one where he controls the mysterious and skilled Amamiya Kyouka as his new female avatar. […]

Categories: Manga, Romance, Young Adult • Tags: (Editor), Angela Liu, book review, fantasy, Jason DeAngelis, Manga Review, Not Lives, romance, video games, Wataru Karasuma

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What Tanya Wants: June 2017

June 2, 2017 by motifink

Categories: Fantasy, Mythology, Pretty Covers, Romance, Young Adult • Tags: adult, Cora Carmack, Emily R King, fantasy, fiction, its always the husband, Judith McKnaught, mystery, mythology, Roar, romance, Seanan McGuire, Song of the Current, The Hundredth Queen, thriller, young adult

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Book Review: The Song From Somewhere Else by A.F. Harrold, Levi Pinfold (Illustrator)

May 31, 2017 by motifink

Frank doesn’t know how to feel when Nick Underbridge rescues her from bullies one afternoon. No one likes Nick. He’s big, he’s weird and he smells – or so everyone in Frank’s class thinks. And yet, there’s something nice about Nick’s house. There’s strange music playing there, and it feels light and good and makes Frank feel happy for the first time in forever. But there’s more to Nick, and to his house, than meets the eye, and soon Frank […]

Categories: Bloomsbury USA Childrens, book review, Children, children's, Fantasy, NetGalley, NetGalley Review • Tags: A.F. Harrold, Bloomsbury Children's Books, book review, children books, fantasy, Levi Pinfold (Illustrator), netgalley. netgalley review, The Song From Somewhere else., young adult

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Book Review: Girls Made of Snow and Glass by Melissa Bashardoust

May 29, 2017 by motifink

At sixteen, Mina’s mother is dead, her magician father is vicious, and her silent heart has never beat with love for anyone—has never beat at all, in fact, but she’d always thought that fact normal. She never guessed that her father cut out her heart and replaced it with one of glass. When she moves to Whitespring Castle and sees its king for the first time, Mina forms a plan: win the king’s heart with her beauty, become queen, and […]

Categories: Adult Ficiton, Fantasy, NetGalley, NetGalley Review, Retellings • Tags: book review, fairy tales, fantasy, Flatiron Books, Girls Made of Snow and Glass, glbt, Melissa Bashardoust, NetGalley, NetGalley Review, retelling, romance, snow white

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The Rise of the Dawnstar Blog Tour: Giveaway

May 4, 2017 by motifink

In honor of the release of The Rise of the Dawnstar by Farah Oomberbhoy, there is a give away!!! *throws confetti* For each stop on tour, there will be a special number at the end of the post. Collect all the numbers, add them up, and enter to win one of three prizes! Grand prize: Runner-up: Once you have all the numbers you can enter the giveaway here. The giveaway closes on May 21st, 11:59pm Eastern US time. My number is 7. […]

Categories: Fantasy, Magic, NetGalley, NetGalley Review, Romance, Young Adult • Tags: Arc, book tour, fantasy, Farah Oomerbhoy, giveaway, magic, NetGalley, romance, the last firedrakes, The Rise of the Dawnstar, young adult

May 4, 2017 by motifink

Name: Farah Oomerbhoy Twitter: @FarahOomerbhoy Website: http://farahoomerbhoy.com/ Books: The Last of the Firedrakes (The Avalonia Chronicles #1) and The Rise of the Dawnstar (The Avalonia Chronicles #2) Buy: Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Itunes I would like to first off begin saying that this author knows how to write a story. This is not to say other authors I read don’t but Ms. Farah turned a simple story into a beautifully crafted series. What makes your style of writing different from other YA fantasy […]

Categories: Fantasy, Magic, NetGalley, NetGalley Review, Romance, Young Adult • Tags: (The Avalonia Chronicles, Arc, book tour, fantasy, Farah Oomerbhoy, interview, magic, negtalley, quick five, romance, the last firedrakes, The Rise of the Dawnstar, young adult

Book Review: The Rise of the Dawnstar (The Avalonia Chronicles #2) by Farah Oomerbhoy

May 1, 2017 by motifink

The seven kingdoms of Avalonia are crumbling and evil is spreading across the land like a plague. Queen Morgana is close to finding a way to open The Book of Abraxas and it’s only a matter of time until she uses the power trapped inside its pages to enslave the entire world. With Avalonia growing more dangerous by the day, Aurora must travel through war-torn lands and deep into the heart of the fae kingdom of Elfi. Her goal is to find a legendary […]

Categories: Magic, NetGalley, NetGalley Review, Romance, Young Adult • Tags: (The Avalonia Chronicles, Arc, book review, fantasy, Farah Oomerbhoy, magic, NetGalley Review, romance, The Rise of the Dawnstar, Wise Ink Creative Publishing, young adult

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Book Reviews & Author Interviews

Tag: fantasy

Book Review: Rose Petal Graves (The Lost Clan #1) by Olivia Wildenstein

Impatiently Waiting For: The Cruel Prince (The Folk of the Air #1) by Holly Black

Manga Review: Not Lives Vol. 1 by Wataru Karasuma, Jason DeAngelis (Editor), Angela Liu

What Tanya Wants: June 2017

Book Review: The Song From Somewhere Else by A.F. Harrold, Levi Pinfold (Illustrator)

Book Review: Girls Made of Snow and Glass by Melissa Bashardoust

The Rise of the Dawnstar Blog Tour: Giveaway

Quick Five© with Farah Oomerbhoy

Book Review: The Rise of the Dawnstar (The Avalonia Chronicles #2) by Farah Oomerbhoy