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Review: Felix Ever After
Title: Felix Ever After Author: Kacen Callender Stars: ★★★★ (4 stars) If you’re looking for a book that deals with the complexity of intersectional marginalization and shows a diverse cast of characters coming of age through different trials in a realistic manner, this is it. This is all the book if you want the friends-to-lovers trope done right. Coming into this, I had a bit of a hard time…
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New Release: A War, Oh Brother!
Sometimes, the villain needs to correct the narrative.
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Fall of Victory
Fifty years ago, an alien armada’s attack on Earth was only thwarted by a powerful nano-tech shield. Now, a small crew aboard the Nike sets out to assess the enemy threat beyond that shield. But as they journey into unknown territory, they begin to uncover secrets about the original attack and the true nature of their mission. Can they succeed, or is humanity’s fate already sealed? Find out in…
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New Release: BAD BLOOD
New Release: BAD BLOOD
The Devil isn’t the only mastermind at work. With the wake from Mammon’s high summoning closed, Rochester was meant to be safe, but as the smoke clears, a new force with an old grudge makes its way into town. If only that were it, but when it rains in Rochester, it pours. Wolfram wanders the Grith. Giuseppe haunts the streets. With old enemies closing in on all sides, Jon’s luck might just run…
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Review: Nura and the Immortal Palace
Review: Nura and the Immortal Palace
Title: Nura and the Immortal Palace Author: M. T. Khan Stars: ★★★ (3 stars) Whether you’re a specialty press out of the midwest or a big hitter like Hachette, using Studio Ghibli as a comparison in your sell line is dangerous. Studio Ghibli’s Spirited Away holds a special place in my heart, and in a generation of teens who are growing up in an age where loving anime is popular, comparing to…
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Review: Twelfth
Title: Twelfth Author: Janet Key Stars: ★★★ (3 stars) Identity takes the stage in Key’s Twelfth whether it be how one character defines themself compared to their sister / their past self, etc. or to who they are / are not supposed to be and onward to the more familiar gender identity. Self-discovery is common in coming of age stories, so it’s an often repeated theme in middle grade. If you…
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Review: Duet
Not a fan. Probably not the right person to review this as the narrator annoyed me within the first few pages, but I generally like Elise Broach, so I kept going when I should have quit.
Title: Duet Author: Elise Broach Stars: ★★ (2 stars) Magical realism is hard to pull off. Depending on an author’s approach, it can feel very heavy handed, and when that happens, I often wonder why the author doesn’t just go full out into fantasy. Animal perspectives in magical realism (like object perspectives) are fine. The complicated human-like family structure of a bird family lost me. I…
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Review: Troublemaker
4/5 stars - relatable MC, emotional story, and a generally masterful handling of difficult topics.
Title: Troublemaker Author: John Cho Stars: ★★★★ (4 stars) While many know John Cho from Harold and Kumar or from Star Trek, I first saw him in Selfie. A brilliant and cancelled far too soon modern retelling of Pygmalion. If you haven’t seen it, I completely recommend it. John Cho and Karen Gillan are fantastic together. When Little Brown sent this my way, I was curious to see if this would…
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Review: Shinji Takahashi and the Mark of the Coatl
Despite the at times heavy-handed Disney marketing, Kagawa told an excellent story with interesting characters that I'd happily recommend.
Title: Shinji Takahashi and the Mark of the Coatl Author: Julie Kagawa Stars: ★★★★ (4 stars) Kagawa manages to create a cinematic world that touches upon well-known destinations as well as one that the main stream generally ignores. Considering the positive reviews already pouring in for this one and that it came from Disney/Hyperion, I’m hoping that the second chance for Percy Jackson proves…
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Review: The Einsteins of Vista Point
The reveal is highly predictable, and the tension is slow with pacing at times breaking any chance at rising intrigue. All in all, not horrible but disappointing.
Title: The Einsteins of Vista Point Author: Ben Guterson Stars: ★★★ (3 stars) I am not familiar with Guterson’s other works, so I don’t think I went into this one with the same biases that I’ve noticed in other reviews. That being said, I also didn’t have any particular expectations of Guterson. Everything fell onto this one novel, which might have worked against him. All in all, this is a…
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Review: Ellen Outside the Lines
Review: Ellen Outside the Lines
Title: Ellen Outside the Lines Author: A.J. Sass Stars: ★★★★ (4 stars) Two things to know about my personal biases before going in: 1) My mother worked most of her life for BOCES, and as I worked summer school for them when I was older, I worked with a variety of kids on the autism spectrum. 2) I’m non-binary. That meant I was walking into a book on edge. Luckily, A.J. Sass is non-binary…
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Review: The Witch, The Sword, and the Cursed Knights
Review: The Witch, The Sword, and the Cursed Knights
Title: The Witch, the Sword, and the Cursed Knights Author: Alexandria Rogers Stars: ★★ (2 stars) This review is spoiler free! After reading the blurb, I instantly felt the marketing team wanted to sell this as Wicked meets The Sword in the Stone. As I grew up on Arthurian legend and still can’t resist even the most ridiculous of retellings, I strapped myself in for an exciting ride. On the…
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New Release: GRAVE GATHERING
New Release: GRAVE GATHERING
Mammon left a ticking time bomb beneath Rochester, and the Daughters want to blow it up before anything else can slip through. No matter the cost. Big picture and inhumane seem to go hand-in-hand to Jon, and he’s done. If the Daughters think a million mortals are a reasonable sacrifice, they’ll have to burn the city down over his dead body. Jon’s rebellion against the magical community’s ideas…
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Cover Reveal: Grave Gathering
Cover Reveal: Grave Gathering
Mammon left a ticking time bomb beneath Rochester, and the Daughters want to blow it up before anything else can slip through. No matter the cost. Big picture and inhumane seem to go hand-in-hand to Jon, and he’s done. If the Daughters think a million mortals are a reasonable sacrifice, they’ll have to burn the city down over his dead body. Jon’s rebellion against the magical community’s ideas…
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Review: Rea and the Blood of the Nectar
Rea and the Blood of the Nectar - great villain and MC, odd lesson - 3/5 stars.
Title: Rea and the Blood of the Nectar Author: Payal Doshi Stars: ★★★ (3 stars) Coming June 15th from Mango and Marigold Press, Rea and the Blood of the Nectar is Payal Doshi’s debut, and she comes in swinging. For anyone who remembers Sailor Moon and the wonderful trend of the magical girl, this will bring back memories as Rea makes friends and learns secrets about herself and the world…
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Going Indie
Going Indie - Join my Launch Team - get a free book, edit, and network access!
As most of you know, I was picked up by a small press in 2016. They published two books in my Warlock of Rochester series and a stand-alone paranormal romance, but as I’ve grown in my day job in the industry, my creative direction has changed. Though it may be a bad rom-com cliche, my publisher and I grew apart. We had different ideas about where the series would go, and both of us had different…
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New Release: GETTING TO GOAL
Two rivals turned unlikely friends fight to overcome the obstacles between them and their Olympic dreams, but when that friendship heats up, will they risk it for love?
No longer on Channillo and newly edited (with a brand new cover) – my YA Sports Romance!!
Beni is tall and quiet. The only place she’s ever fit in was on the ice, but her first year on the Port Edmond High School varsity team might be her last.
Half the team doesn’t want her around. The other half doesn’t care, and no amount of goals seems to change their minds. When Beni checks their…
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