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Book Review: The Changeling by Victor LaValle

August 8, 2017 by motifink

Apollo Kagwa has had strange dreams that have haunted him since childhood. An antiquarian book dealer with a business called Improbabilia, he is just beginning to settle into his new life as a committed and involved father, unlike his own father who abandoned him, when his wife Emma begins acting strange. Disconnected and uninterested in their new baby boy, Emma at first seems to be exhibiting all the signs of post-partum depression, but it quickly becomes clear that her troubles […]

Categories: Adult Ficiton, Paranormal, Realistic • Tags: adult, Arc, black author, fiction, NetGalley, NetGalley Review, paranormal, realistic fiction, Spiegel & Grau, The Changeling, urban fantasy, Victor LaValle

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Late Night Reads: Corliss (The Girls of Spindrift #1) by V.C. Andrews

June 29, 2017 by motifink

Corliss is not like other girls at her Los Angeles high school. Incredibly intelligent, shy, and a loner, she has difficultly in fitting in. What’s worse, a clique of girls is out to get her after she refuses to take drugs with them, leading to a violent confrontation. When Corliss is unknowingly drugged, her entire life is turned upside down and no one—not even the handsome valedictorian who had agreed to go out with her—looks at her the same way. […]

Categories: NetGalley, NetGalley Review, Pocket Star, Realistic, Young Adult • Tags: (The Girls of Spindrift #1), book review, Corliss, late night reads, NetGalley Review, novella, Pocket Star, V.C. Andrews

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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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Book Review: Mad Miss Mimic by Sarah Henstra

May 22, 2017 by motifink

Leo was born into a family with privilege and in 1870 she is short of nothing. Living with her wealthy sister, Leo seems to have the perfect life. But an intense speech impediment (stuttering) stops her from speaking, causing her to mimic her aunt’s words in order to satisfy society’s curiosity. Thus causing suitors to stay away from her except adventurer Mr. Thornfax. But why would he want a woman like her? And is he connected to the terror attacks plaguing the city […]

Categories: Historical Fiction, NetGalley, NetGalley Review, Pretty Covers, Young Adult • Tags: Arc, book review, historical fiction, Mad Miss Mimic, NetGalley Review, Penguin Canada, romance, Sarah Henstra, victorian, ya, young adult

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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

Book Review: Blood Rose Rebellion by Rosalyn Eves

March 20, 2017 by motifink

Sixteen-year-old Anna Arden is shunned in her society. Why? Because although born into a family that is part of the Luminate, powerful magic users, she does not have any ability to use magic. But when she breaks her sister’s spell, unintentionally, she is exiled to her family’s once powerful home, Hungary. Isolated from everything she has known, Anna, realizes that Hungary, although not in its former glory, is not what it seems and her “ability” to disable spells are valuable to those […]

Categories: Fantasy, Knopf Books for Young Readers, Young Adult • Tags: Arc, blood rose rebellion, book review, fantasy, NetGalley, NetGalley Review, rosalyn eves, young adult

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Book Review: Artie Conan Doyle and the Gravediggers’ Club by Robert J. Harris

March 17, 2017 by motifink

Artie Conan Doyle is 12 years old and while in the future he will write the great Sherlock Holmes for now he has to deal with the mystery before him. When sneaking out with his best friend, Ham, to explore Greyfriars Kirkyard, the two spot a woman in grey walking through a cemetery and footprints of enormous hound. Not one to look past questions, Artie, with the reluctance of Ham, follow clues to discover a series robberies that will lead […]

Categories: book review, Children, children's, Mystery, NetGalley, NetGalley Review • Tags: (Artie Conan Doyle Mysteries #1), Arc, Artie Conan Doyle and the Gravediggers' Club, book review, children's book, Kelpies, middle schoolers, mystery, NetGalley, NetGalley Review, Robert J. Harris, sherlock holmes

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Book Review: Nightborn (Thrones & Bones #2) by Lou Anders

January 16, 2017 by motifink

Karn Korlundsson has settled down since his adventures with Thianna. Life as a farmer and avid game player doesn’t require life threatening decisions. But when Thianna goes missing, Karn makes it his mission to find her. Even if it means traveling to a distance city, deciphering the riddle of the horn and fighting elves. If you have not read book one, here is my review. Jumping right in, I enjoyed this book but compared to the first one, I didn’t feel […]

Categories: Fantasy, Mythology, NetGalley, NetGalley Review • Tags: (Thrones & Bones #2), book review, children's, Crown Books for Young Readers, fantasy, Lou Anders, mythology, NetGalley, NetGalley Review, Nightborn

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NetGalley Review: Zodiac by Sam Wilson

November 16, 2016 by motifink

San Celeste, a society divided by Zodiac signs, are dealing with a series of brutal murders with victims from completely different walks of life. Detective Jerome Burton and astrological profiler Lindi Childs are on the case and despite their differences in beliefs, they know that this serial killer has bigger plans that can destroy the world as they know it. Let’s just say that this read was creative and the author deserves so much credit for creativity. Think of the caste system but […]

Categories: Adult Ficiton, NetGalley, NetGalley Review, Penguin Books, Pretty Covers, Realistic • Tags: Arc, book review, crime, NetGalley Review, Penguin, Sam Wilson, thriller, Zodiac

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Book Review: The Changeling by Victor LaValle

Late Night Reads: Corliss (The Girls of Spindrift #1) by V.C. Andrews

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

Book Review: Mad Miss Mimic by Sarah Henstra

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

Book Review: Blood Rose Rebellion by Rosalyn Eves

Book Review: Artie Conan Doyle and the Gravediggers’ Club by Robert J. Harris

Book Review: Nightborn (Thrones & Bones #2) by Lou Anders

NetGalley Review: Zodiac by Sam Wilson