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Category: Book Review
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The Perfect Assassin by K.A. Doore
In the beginning, Amastan is learning to be an assassin only to find the leaders have outlawed assassinations. He is somewhat relieved at this as he didn’t know if he would be able to take a life if it actually came down to it. But then he finds a body,…
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The Reach Between Worlds by Cameron M. Hayden
The story was somewhat interesting. There are a few times Taro almost gets caught, and he gets lucky just squeaking by. There is also a test the students must pass. This test could mean their lives though. They all must work as a team, or they all fail. On this…
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A Conjuring of Light by V.E. Schwab
fter finishing A Gathering of Shadows, book 2 of the Shades of Magic series, I couldn’t wait to start A Conjuring of Light. The cliffhanger the book ends on is one leaving you going “nooo!” I was very happy I was able to work this into my Book Junkie Trials…
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Of Blood and Bone by Nora Roberts
This is the second book in the Chronicles of The One. A young girl, Fallon Swift, struggles with her destiny as The One. She doesn’t want to but in the end, knows she must.
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Kin of Kings by B.T. Narro
Things in the book seem to work out, and things just really start going right for Basem and his father. They make a key friend with one of the people who was watching the trials, and turns out to be a key person and family relation to the king. If…
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Mercy’s Magic
The ending comes at you like a hockey player, in their hockey gear, playing baseball. It just doesn’t make sense.
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Air Awakens by Elise Kova
I will admit I was a bit worried when I chose this book for my Book Junkie Trials TBR, but this book too that uncertainty and crushed it. It was a great first book for a month long readathon.
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My Life Among the Underdogs by Tia Torres
In one particular chapter she talks of a hurricane Katrina dog who makes an impression on one of her friends who has gone to help care for the displaced dogs and reunite them with their families. In this chapter she also talks of how cruel people can be in using…
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Sabriel by Garth Nix
The story is sad in a way. Because of the goings on and what has happened in the past, Sabriel doesn’t get to see much of her father. And then he is killed before he can teach her more of what she is, and what she can do. Sabriel then…
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Hunted by Meagan Spooner
This is a fantastic retelling of Beauty and the Beast. I picked this up remembering seeing it somewhere and hearing good things, but didn’t remember anything that was said about it. It wasn’t until I was probably half-way in, I remembered it was a Beauty and the Beast retelling.