I think this is my sixth review of a book from this series? I first started the series wayyy back in 2014, and boy has so much changed. The story, character, and tone from the first couple books have changed drastically and the fan base has grown so large! The first time I met Shannon, I was the only one in line to sign with her and we were able to talk for like ten to twenty minutes!
Title: A Torch Against the Night (An Ember in the Ashes #2) Author: Sabaa Tahir Publisher: Razorbill Publication Date: 2016 Page Count: 452 Age Recommendation: 14 Elias and Laia are running for their lives. After the events of the Fourth Trial, Martial soldiers hunt the two fugitives as they flee the city of Serra and …
Title: More Happy Than Not Author: Adam Silvera Publisher: Soho Press, Inc Publication Date: 2015 Page Count: 295 (Hardcover) Age Recommendation: 14 Part Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, part Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe, Adam Silvera's extraordinary debut confronts race, class, and sexuality during one charged near-future summer in the …
Title: King of Scars Author: Leigh Bardugo Publisher: Macmillian Publishing Group Publication Date: 2019 Page Count: 514 (Hardcover) Age Recommendation: 13 Nikolai Lantsov has always had a gift for the impossible. No one knows what he endured in his country’s bloody civil war—and he intends to keep it that way. Now, as enemies gather at …
Title: Siege and Storm (Grisha Trilogy #2) Author: Leigh Bardugo Publisher: Henry Holt and Company Publication Date: 2013 Page Count: 432 (paperback) Age Recommendation: 13 Darkness never dies. Hunted across the True Sea, haunted by the lives she took on the Fold, Alina must try to make a life with Mal in an unfamiliar land, …
Hello everyone! A lot has been happening in these past several months: increasing threat of nuclear war, protests, new books. One thing that hasn't been happening in these past seven months is me posting on this blog. Wack! Yeah, I know it's been exactly seven months since I last posted. I honestly wish I had …
Title: Heartless Author: Marissa Meyer Publisher: Rampion Books Publication Date: 2016 Page Count: 453 (Hardcover) Age Recommendation: 13 Long before she was the terror of Wonderland—the infamous Queen of Hearts—she was just a girl who wanted to fall in love. Catherine may be one of the most desired girls in Wonderland, and a favorite of …
Hello all! Long time no see. 2018, especially the last few months, have been a bit wild for me. I'm in the middle of tenth grade and I am so much busier with schoolwork than ninth grade (granted, I am working a little harder, but there is more work regardless). Luckily I love school, but it hasn't …
Title: Flashback (Keeper of the Lost Cities #7) Author: Shannon Messenger Publisher: Aladdin Publication Date: 2018 Page Count: 845 glorious pages (Hardcover) Age Recommendation: 13+ In this unforgettable seventh book, Sophie must let the past and present blur together, because the deadliest secrets are always the ones that get erased. Sophie Foster doesn’t know what—or …
Title: Music Boxes Author: Tonja Drecker Publisher: Dancing Lemur Press, L.L.C. Publication Date: March 5th, 2019! Page Count: 158 (Paperback) Age Recommendation: 9+ I got this book in exchange for an honest review! Thank you! "I only desire your talent...” Twelve-year-old Lindsey McKay's biggest dream is to be a famous ballerina. But after moving to …
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