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Review | Tweet Cute by Emma Lord [Blog Tour]

Title: Tweet Cute (2020) Author: Emma Lord Publisher: St Martin’s Publishing Group Imprint: Wednesday Books Read: 20th – 26th December 2019 Genre: young-adult; contemporary Rating: 4 out of 5 stars “Meet Pepper, swim team captain, chronic overachiever, and all-around perfectionist. Her family may be falling apart, but their massive fast-food chain is booming — mainly thanks to Pepper,…
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Review | The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E. Harrow

Title: The Ten Thousand Doors of January (2019) Author: Alix E. Harrow Publisher: Little, Brown Imprint: Orbit Read: 2nd – 5th September 2019 Genre: historical fiction; fantasy Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars “In a sprawling mansion filled with peculiar treasures, January Scaller is a curiosity herself. As the ward of the wealthy Mr. Locke, she feels little…
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Review | My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite

Title: My Sister, the Serial Killer (2018) Author: Oyinkan Braithwaite Publisher: Penguin Random House Read: 21st – 23rd August 2019 Genre: thriller Rating: 2.5 out of 5 stars “Korede’s sister Ayoola is many things: the favorite child, the beautiful one, possibly sociopathic. And now Ayoola’s third boyfriend in a row is dead, stabbed through the heart with Ayoola’s…
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Review | Gods of Jade and Shadow by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

Title: Gods of Jade and Shadow (2019) Author: Silvia Moreno-Garcia Publisher: Quercus Imprint: Jo Fletcher Books Read: 5th August – 1st September 2019 Genre: historical fiction; fantasy; mythology Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars “The Jazz Age is in full swing, but Casiopea Tun is too busy scrubbing floors in her wealthy grandfather’s house to do more than dream…
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Review | Under a Dancing Star by Laura Wood

Title: Under a Dancing Star (2019) Author: Laura Wood Publisher: Scholastic Read: 1st – 3rd July 2019 Genre: young-adult; historical fiction; romance; retelling Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars “In grey 1930s England, Bea has grown up kicking against conventions. There are so many rules. She must marry. She can’t choose. She must keep the family estate safe.…
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Review | The Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch

Title: The Lies of Locke Lamora (2006) Author: Scott Lynch Publisher: Orion Books Imprint: Gollancz Read: 21st – 28th July 2019 Genre: fantasy Rating: 5 out of 5 stars “They say that the Thorn of Camorr can beat anyone in a fight. They say he steals from the rich and gives to the poor. They say he’s part…
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Review | Nevermoor by Jessica Townsend

Title: Nevermoor: The Trials of Morrigan Crow (2017) Author: Jessica Townsend Publisher: Hachette Children’s Group Imprint: Orion Children’s Books Read: 5th – 11th June 2019 Genre: children’s; fantasy Rating: 5 out of 5 stars “Morrigan Crow is cursed. Having been born on Eventide, the unluckiest day for any child to be born, she’s blamed for all local misfortunes,…
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Review | Her Royal Highness by Rachel Hawkins

Title: Her Royal Highness (2019) Author: Rachel Hawkins Publisher: Penguin Imprint: G.P. Putnam’s Sons Books for Young Readers) Read: 20th – 24th June 2019 Genre: young-adult contemporary Rating: 4 out of 5 stars “Millie Quint is devastated when she discovers that her sort-of-best friend/sort-of-girlfriend has been kissing someone else. Heartbroken and ready for a change of pace, Millie…
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Review | Les Misérables by Victor Hugo

Title: Les Misérables (orig. 1862, ed. 1987) Author: Victor Hugo Translator: Lee Fahnestock and Norman McAfee Publisher: Signet Classics Read: 1st – 31st May 2019 Genre: classics Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars “Introducing one of the most famous characters in literature, Jean Valjean–the noble peasant imprisoned for stealing a loaf of bread–Les Misérables ranks among the greatest…
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Review | Ghostly Echoes by William Ritter

Title: Ghostly Echoes (2016) Author: William Ritter Publisher: Algonquin Young Readers Read: 26th – 27th June 2019 Genre: YA fantasy; historical; mystery Rating: 4 out of 5 stars “Jenny Cavanaugh, the ghostly lady of 926 Augur Lane, has enlisted the services of her detective-agency tenants to solve a decade-old murder— her own. Abigail Rook and her eccentric employer,…
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