Violet was never supposed to be a dragon rider. Her future was meant for the words, to live in the archives as a scribe. But then her father dies and she’s left to the will of her mother — the Commanding General – who sends her to the dragon riding academy instead. The problem is, you either graduate or you die. Violet isn’t ready for the first challenge just to enter the school, the boy that calls her Violence, or the physical strain put on her already fragile body. Violet takes it one day at a time, surprising herself until the dreaded moment when the dragons get to pick their riders. Will they see her as the weak person she is, or give her a chance?
Read MoreThey say parents shouldn’t have to say goodbye to their kids, but best friends shouldn’t have to say goodbye either. Bailey can’t stop blaming herself. It was her house that her best friend left in the middle of a snowstorm. She was the one who didn’t ask Vanessa about the text message that made her frown. Now Vanessa is dead and Bailey wants to know why she was driving through the mountain pass instead of heading for home. Stealing her mother’s chatbot, Bailey compiles every piece of information she has about Vanessa, asking the bot questions in hopes that it can explain everything to her. But sometimes the truth is worse than your imagination.
Read MoreSam Porter might just be looking at his nemesis. The serial killer was said to have jumped in front of a bus that very morning. But why did he commit suicide after alluding Porter’s team for so long? Porter does know that they’re short on time. The man was carrying one of his signature white boxes meaning that he took another victim. Down to the wire, Porter and his team rush to find the missing girl while also piecing together the killer’s allusive past from the journal found in the dead man’s pocket. Can Porter finally put to rest the man that’s been haunting his life for five years, or will there be more questions left unanswered?
Read MoreHell Bent continues the story of Alex Stern. But this time, she’s trying to find her way into hell. Returning to Yale after a summer of relaxing and becoming the muscle for her former drug dealer, Alex has one thing on her mind – finding a way to save Darrington. It’s not going to be easy, though. She’s got a new head of Lethe to contend with, her job as a Dante, and a new set of murders to help solve. And let’s not forget that there’s a new monster in town.
Read MoreIt’s time to review my entire journey of Arc of a Scythe. But first, make sure you’ve listened to my review of Scythe.
Read MoreFML is the story of two brothers in search of getting their original bodies back. From losing an arm and a leg for one brother to the full body of the other one, the pair had to pay an equivalent exchange when attempting to resurrect their mother. Edward uses his connections as a State Alchemist to search for the mysterious Philosopher’s Stone, a magic-enhancing device that could just give them the power they need for the task. But they’re not the only ones on the hunt and the people supposedly wielding the stones aren’t really human. Their search has them stumbling into the middle of a conspiracy that’s been going on for decades, leading them to the real source of the Philosopher’s Stones.
Read MoreLooking for that perfect dark book for the beach? Look no further. I’ve compiled a list of the best summer reads for all sorts of reasons.
Read MoreChildren can have a cruel, absolute sense of justice. Children can kill a monster and feel quite proud of themselves. A girl can look at her brother and believe they’re destined to be a knight and a bard who battle evil. She can believe she’s found the thing she’s been made for.
Hazel lives with her brother, Ben, in the strange town of Fairfold where humans and fae exist side by side. The faeries’ seemingly harmless magic attracts tourists, but Hazel knows how dangerous they can be, and she knows how to stop them. Or she did, once.
At the center of it all, there is a glass coffin in the woods. It rests right on the ground and in it sleeps a boy with horns on his head and ears as pointed as knives. Hazel and Ben were both in love with him as children. The boy has slept there for generations, never waking.
Until one day, he does…
As the world turns upside down, Hazel tries to remember her years pretending to be a knight. But swept up in new love, shifting loyalties, and the fresh sting of betrayal, will it be enough?
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Read MoreThe City Beautiful is about a Jewish immigrant named Alter living in Chicago during the World’s Fair. All he’s trying to do is keep his head down and earn enough money to bring the rest of his family to America. What he’s not prepared for is being possessed by his friend’s dybbuk after his friend is found dead in the fair. Led to believe that the death was no mere accident, Alter reconnects with someone from his past while searching to find who might have killed his friend.
Read MoreFeyre’s one job is to keep her family alive during the harsh winter, but when she kills a wolf to get the prey that they’re both after, she finds out that she killed no ordinary wolf but a Faery. Her punishment… either forfeit her life or spend the rest of it in the faery realm. What she doesn’t expect to find there though, is a caring faery who plans to let her live out her life in peace. A faery that has provided for her family while she’s gone. And a faery trying to keep the faery realm together. Now Feyre, a mere human, might be the last chance at saving what’s about to be destroyed.
Read MorePhil Lord and Christopher Miller, the creative minds behind The Lego Movie and 21 Jump Street, bring their unique talents to a fresh vision of a different Spider-Man Universe, with a groundbreaking visual style that's the first of its kind. "Spider-Man(TM): Into the Spider-Verse" introduces Brooklyn teen Miles Morales (Shameik Moore), and the limitless possibilities of the Spider-Verse, where more than one can wear the mask. - IMDB
Read MoreThe most important list of the year… My most anticipated books for 2021.
Read MoreAfter a year of writing movie reviews, I think it’s time to share my favorite movies from 2020.
Read MoreAnother year is behind us… a year I’m sure we all want to leave in our rearview mirror. But with 2020 gone, it’s time to list my tops reads from the year.
Read MoreAfter landing her dream job in Paris, Chicago marketing exec Emily Cooper embraces her adventurous new life while juggling work, friends and romance. - Netflix
Read MoreI’m mixing things up this week in preparation for jolabokaflod by featuring a guest review by my good friend Ali from Ali’s Reviews and More. In this review, she talks all things manga hunting and her latest manga score.
Read MoreBored waitress Bonnie Parker falls in love with an ex-con named Clyde Barrow and together they start a violent crime spree through the country, stealing cars and robbing banks. - IMDB
Read MoreJae is a girl on her own. A girl trying to find her father. Taken by ghosts, Jae thinks he’ll be in the Outlands. One problem… the Rangers are the only ones allowed access. Working as a bounty hunter in hopes of gaining the notoriety to become a Ranger herself, Jae stumbles on her biggest bounty when members from the Harney gang sit in her booth at a bar one night. She doubts her luck could be this great. Jae agrees to join them on their next heist in hopes that she can thwart their plan and drag them to the sheriff instead. However, nothing is as the bounty paints it and she learns the deadly gang is on their own hunt. A hunt that could possibly help her reach her father. But getting their help would be to become the very people that she hunts.
Read MoreA group of women take on Fox News head Roger Ailes and the toxic atmosphere he presided over at the network. - IMDB
Read MoreAround the world, black hand prints are appearing on doorways, scorched there by winged strangers who have crept through a slit in the sky.
In a dark and dusty shop, a devil’s supply of human teeth grows dangerously low.
And in the tangled lanes of Prague, a young art student is about to be caught up in a brutal otherworldly war.
Meet Karou. She fills her sketchbooks with monsters that may or may not be real, she’s prone to disappearing on mysterious "errands", she speaks many languages - not all of them human - and her bright blue hair actually grows out of her head that color. Who is she? That is the question that haunts her, and she’s about to find out.
When beautiful, haunted Akiva fixes fiery eyes on her in an alley in Marrakesh, the result is blood and starlight, secrets unveiled, and a star-crossed love whose roots drink deep of a violent past. But will Karou live to regret learning the truth about herself? - Goodreads
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