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At the start of this year, I decided that it was finally time to read Cassandra Clare’s fifth Shadowhunter’s series, The Last Hours. The Last Hours trilogy—which includes Chain of Gold, Chain of Iron, and Chain of Thorns—is Clare’s second historical fiction series set in the wider urban fantasy world of the Shadowhunter Chronicles. I
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“An ending about endings.” That is the way that the dust jacket synopsis describes Any Way the Wind Blows, the finale to the Simon Snow trilogy. Endings are typically bitter sweet for me, but in Any Way the Wind Blows, Rainbow Rowell managed a conclusion that was satisfying in all the right ways. Note: Spoilers
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I’m usually weird about sequels. I’ll either read them immediately after finishing the first installment, or I’ll wait months–or in some cases years–before picking them up. In the case of Wayward Son, I dived right in after finishing Carry On. And what a time it was. (Note: This review will contain spoilers for books one
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Another TBR veteran, conquered! Carry On by Rainbow Rowell is a book that I’ve owned since it’s release in 2015. And as many times as I’ve tried to start it in the past, I was never in the right mood for it to stick. But timing is truly everything, because this book not only cured
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Hey, everyone! I’m back with a new book review, and this time it’s for Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé’s YA contemporary thriller, Ace of Spades! About the Book Gossip Girl meets Get Out in Ace of Spades, a YA contemporary thriller by debut author Faridah ç-Íyímídé about two students, Devon & Chiamaka, and their struggles against an anonymous bully. When two Niveus
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Hey, everyone! I’m back with a new book review. And this time it’s for the newly released Blackout, a young-adult anthology of interconnected Black Love stories set during a blackout in New York City. Blackout hits shelves today (June 22, 2021), so a huge thanks to EpicReads for my early review copy of the book!
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