Wild About You by Madison Score
The Heart Trials by J. Elle
Yesteryear by Caro Claire Burke
This Wretched Alchemy (Ruinous Fate Saga #1) by Tina Mars
The Phone Swap by Lia Louise
Killing Sadie by Rachel Peterson
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I really like dark academia books with unique magic systems so was excited to read this book. The magic system here is definitely unique where magic users can manipulate different elements. Norah is our FMC and she can manipulate probability. When magic users use their magic, however, it can draw possibility beasts whose bites are deadly. When her father is bitten and his health quickly deteriorates, she joins the academy to follow a rumor that a cure can be found there. When she finds out that only senior research assistants are allowed in the archives—and you can only become one by winning a team trial designed to push your navigation abilities to the brink, Norah reluctantly joins a team.
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This is a slow burn Gilded Age book that combines mystery, magic, and romance. Vesper is a young, ambitious journalist with the failing Basalton Globe. The book opens with her attending a society gala with the hopes of interviewing an inventor introducing this recent magical invention. Vesper resents Basalton high society who use sorcery to fuel their luxurious lifestyles rather than help those less fortunate. Vesper briefly interviews the inventor, however a brief time later finds him dead in the garden. Two men are the police’s main suspects, with the prime suspect being industrialist Maximilian Kite.
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WHO GIVES YOU LIFE?
PATER AETERNUS.
WHO GIVES YOU PURPOSE?
PATER AETERNUS.
WHO GIVES YOU JOY?
PATER AETERNUS.
This book was a wild ride! Pater Aeternus, governing party of the fascist, galaxy-spanning Decurion Empire, is run by the Eternal Father. He dictates your status, the work you can do, who you can marry, and women’s purpose is to have as many children as possible. The entire planet is heavily surveilled and even a whisper of discontent is immediately quashed. People are routinely snatched up and disappear forever (sound familiar?). Most are murdered. A few are “re-educated” and come back as fanatical loyalists.
Continue reading “The Infinite State (The Decurion Saga #1) by Richard Swan”
How do you not like a book with a cinnamon roll MMC that projects himself as a boring loser to the girl he’s crushing on, but literally kills people that makes her mad? Rue thinks Hugo is the most boring man alive. He meets her every evening at the mailbox for an awkward conversation that makes her inwardly roll her eyes. But he’s got a dark secret that he never wants her to know about. He hunts down men that abuse women and children and kills them. Turns out, so does she!
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This is an entertaining, twisty mystery/thriller set in 1951 post-WWII and the characters are students at Oxford University. Ginevra Bishop is the daughter of a viscount and is studying to prove she’s more than a debutante. Sidney Braithwaite is a war veteran trying to get past his nightmares and improve his situation so he doesn’t have to return to being a miner in his small hometown. The duo have an unfortunate first meeting and after that, have little contact with each other.
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This is book 21 in the Cork O’Connor series but can be read as a standalone. There are issues from previous books that are referenced, but won’t impact a first time reader’s enjoyment of the book. This book has plenty of action and suspense that will keep you glued to it. Cork also goes through a lot of self-reflection in this book. He tries to come to terms with his capacity for peace and forgiveness but also for rage and vengeance.
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This book was so adorable!! Blakely has a talent for giving us characters that can be spunky and strong, and yet have vulnerabilities you can relate to. Remy was all of those things, and more. Lake was the perfect gruff, grumpy, and protective book boyfriend that always melts your heart. Fake dating is my favorite trope and this couple was so cute as they managed faking their relationship with everyone with the real feelings that were developing. I love a book that is funny and has witty banter and Blakely never disappoints. I was laughing and smiling throughout the book.
Continue reading “Just Playing for Keeps (Hockey Ever After #2) by Lauren Blakely”
Twenty-five years ago Barb, Nicolette, and Lorelei were best friends in small town Seaside. They meet a drifter named Sam at an amusement park and they all go to the drive-in. The girls have a fight and the last time Barb and Nicolette see Lorelei is when they left her at the drive-in with Sam. A few days later Lorelei’s body turns up in a cranberry bog and Sam is later arrested. He confesses to killing 4 other girls besides Lorelei and goes to prison.
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I loved this book! The sarcasm, snark, and wit from the main character, Rosalind (daughter of Romeo & Juliet) was off the charts. This book was so entertaining with snarky observations, witty asides, and just full out funny moments. Rosalind knows exactly who she is and what she wants – and it’s NOT to be married to Escalus the younger, prince of Verona. Neither one of them wants to get married, but the alliance between the Montagues and the Capulets rests on the union.
Continue reading “Teach the Torches to Burn (Daughter of Montague) by Christina Dodd”
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