Category: Young Adult Fantasy & Science Fiction
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King’s Cage by Victoria Aveyard Book Review
I tore through Aveyard’s third (but not final) book in the Red Queen series. These books have some addictive qualities: they’re easy to read, and they’re really, really hard to put down. Just one more chapter and I swear I’ll call it a night – two hours later at 3 am, you say the same thing. […]
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Glass Sword by Victoria Aveyard Book Review
Glass Sword is the second book in Victoria Aveyard’s wildly popular Red Queen series. In this young adult high fantasy, the world is divided by blood type: red versus silver. The Silvers maintain control with their varying paranormal abilities while the Reds, normal humans, serve and die underneath them. But a rebellion is growing with […]
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Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard Book Review
Another hyped-up series! How can I resist? I’ve been looking to get to this series for a while and now that the third book is out, I went ahead and got all three for a back-to-back reading. Red Queen has been blowing up GoodReads since its release in 2015 and judging from the sheer volume […]
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Harry Potter and the Cursed Child by John Tiffany & Jack Thorne Book Review
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child is a story by J.K. Rowling that has been adapted by John Tiffany and Jack Thorne into a play and officially serves as book 8 in the Harry Potter series. Although the story is from the mind of J.K. Rowling, the book, which is a play script, is written by […]
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End of Days by Susan Ee Book Review
End of Days is the final book in the Penryn & the End of Days trilogy by Susan Ee, a post-apocalyptic, supernatural set of thrillers for young adults. In this dark urban fantasy, angels of Judeo-Christian lore herald the foretold apocalypse and have wreaked havoc on the earth, killing and destroying wherever possible. Unlike your […]
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World After by Susan Ee Book Review
World After is the second book in the wildly popular Penryn & the End of Days series by Susan Ee. This young adult fantasy is set in a post-apocalyptic United States after the world was essentially destroyed by warrior angels who heralded the coming judgement day. There will be spoilers on the first book, so […]
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Angelfall by Susan Ee Book Review
Angelfall is the first in a series of young adult post-apocalyptic fiction where world destruction has been caused by an army of warrior angels. This novel was a Cyblis Award Nominee for Fantasy & Science Fiction but its popularity truly spread by word of mouth. The first book in the Penryn & the End of Days […]
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Empire of Storms by Sarah J. Maas Book Review
Sarah J. Maas has been dominating the bestseller lists and the GoodReads Choice awards for the past couple of years with her Throne of Glass and A Court of Thorns and Roses series as she’s been churning out novel after thick novel in both incredibly popular series each year. Empire of Storms is the fifth book […]
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The Rise of the Boe by Evan and Scott Gordon Book Review
The Rise of the Boe is is the second book in The Tinker and the Fold series by father and son team Evan and Scott Gordon. This scifi adventure is meant for middle school and young adult readers. There will be some spoilers in this review on the first book, so if you’re planning on […]
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The Problem with Solaris 3 by Evan and Scott Gordon Book Review
Problem with Solaris 3 is the first book in The Tinker and the Fold series by Evan and Scott Gordon, a father and son duo. I was intrigued by the reviews from Kirkus and California Bookwatch, and even more curious when I discovered that Evan (the son) is only in middle school. Could we have another Christopher […]
