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Review: The Unquiet by Mikaela Everett

Title: The Unquiet Author: Mikaela Everett Series: Standalone Rating: 2 Stars 464 pages Published September 22nd 2015 by Greenwillow Books Review copy received from the publisher Goodreads | Amazon | Book Depository The Unquiet makes me thoroughly uncomfortable. Not the story itself, even though the things the main character goes through are terrible, but the […]

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Review: Cress by Marissa Meyer

Title: Cress Author: Marissa Meyer Series: The Lunar Chronicles #3 Rating: 2 Stars 550 pages Published February 4th 2014 by Feiwel & Friends Bought Goodreads | Amazon | Book Depository Oh Cress, how I long to have enjoyed you. Both your little sisters, Cinder and Scarlet were five star reads for me. And although you […]

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Review: Unhinged by A.G. Howard

Title: Unhinged Author: A.G. Howard Series: Splintered #2 Rating: 2 Stars 387 pages Published January 7th 2014 by Amulet Books Review copy received from the publisher Goodreads | Amazon | Book Depository I was on the fence about Splintered. Having read Unhinged, I know for sure: A.G. Howard just isn’t the writer for me. After […]

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Review: Mistborn by Brandon Sanderson

Title: Mistborn Author: Brandon Sanderson Series: Mistborn #1 Rating: 2 Stars 647 pages Published July 31st 2007 by Tor Fantasy Gifted Goodreads | Amazon | Book Depository My feelings about Mistborn can easily be summarised: fantastic worldbuilding, predictable plot, and cardboard characters. I know this book has a very dedicated fan base though. If you’re […]

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Review: Splintered by A.G. Howard

Title: Splintered Author: A.G. Howard Series: Splintered #1 Rating: 2 Stars 371 pages Published January 15th 2013 by Amulet Books Bought Goodreads | Amazon | Book Depository Great concept and lovely world, but the story got ruined for me by the annoying love-triangle and even more annoying characters. Alyssa is the daughter of a mad […]

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Demonata Series (#7-10) Mini-Reviews

Title: Death’s Shadow (Demonata #7) Author: Darren Shan Published October 1st 2008 by HarperCollins It’s been ages since I last read a Demonata book, but there was enough recounting previous happenings that I had no issues getting back into the action. The narrator of Death’s Shadow is Bec, one of my favourite characters of the […]

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Review: Deadlocked by Charlaine Harris

Title: Deadlocked Author: Charlaine Harris Series: Sookie Stackhouse #12 Rating: 2 Stars 327 pages Published May 1st 2012 Bought Goodreads | Amazon | Book Depository We are nearing the end. Deadlocked is the 12th book in the Sookie Stackhouse series. In the 11th book, Dead Reckoning, I had already noticed that all of the character […]

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YA Mini-Reviews #1

Title: Find Me (Find Me #1) Author: Romily Bernard Published September 24th 2013 by HarperTeen Find Me is a young-adult thriller about a girl from a messed up family that tries to find out who killed one of her childhood friends. Although I quite liked this idea of a more gritty kind of thriller featuring […]

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Graphic Novel Review: Victorian Batman #1-2 by Brian Augustyn

Title: Batman: Gotham by Gaslight Author: Brian Augustyn et al. Series: Victorian Batman #1 Rating: 4 Stars 48 pages Published February 1st 1989 by DC Comics Bought Goodreads Summary: It’s the end of the nineteenth century, and Bruce Wayne is coming back from his trip around Europe to arrive at Gotham. But it seems like […]

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