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Review: Cinderella Is Dead by Kalynn Bayron

Posted November 10, 2020 by Charlotte in Reviews / 2 Comments

I received this book for free from Netgalley, Tandam Collective in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.Cinderella Is Dead by Kalynn Bayron Published by Bloomsbury YA on August 6, 2020 Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Young Adult Pages: 389 Format: E-Arc, Paperback Source: Netgalley, Tandam Collective Buy on Amazon Goodreads It’s 200 years since Cinderella found her prince, but the fairytale is over. Sophia knows the story though, off by heart. Because every girl has to recite it daily, from when she’s tiny until the night she’s sent to the royal ball for choosing. And every girl knows that she has only one chance. For the lives of those not chosen by a man at the ball . are forfeit. But Sophia doesn’t want to be chosen – she’s in love with her best friend, Erin, and hates the idea of being traded like cattle. And when Sophia’s night at the ball goes horribly wrong, she must run for her life. Alone and terrified, she finds herself hiding […]

Review: Court of Lions by Somaiya Daud

Posted August 24, 2020 by Charlotte in Reviews / 0 Comments

I received this book for free from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.Court of Lions by Somaiya Daud Series: Mirage, #2 Published by Hodder on August 6, 2020 Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Young Adult Pages: 336 Format: E-Arc Source: Netgalley Buy on Amazon Goodreads Two identical girls, one a princess, the other a rebel. Who will rule the empire? After being swept up into the brutal Vathek court, Amani, the ordinary girl forced to serve as the half-Vathek princess’s body double, has been forced into complete isolation. The cruel but complex princess, Maram, with whom Amani had cultivated a tenuous friendship, discovered Amani’s connection to the rebellion and has forced her into silence, and if Amani crosses Maram once more, her identity – and her betrayal – will be revealed to everyone in the court. Amani is desperate to continue helping the rebellion, to fight for her people’s freedom. But she must make a devastating decision: will she step aside, and watch her people suffer, […]

Review: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins

Posted July 19, 2020 by Charlotte in Reviews / 0 Comments

The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins Series: The Hunger Games #0 Published by Scholastic on May 19, 2020 Genres: Dystopia, Fantasy, Fiction, Young Adult Pages: 517 Format: Hardback Source: Own Copy Buy on Amazon Goodreads It is the morning of the reaping that will kick off the tenth annual Hunger Games. In the Capital, eighteen-year-old Coriolanus Snow is preparing for his one shot at glory as a mentor in the Games. The once-mighty house of Snow has fallen on hard times, its fate hanging on the slender chance that Coriolanus will be able to outcharm, outwit, and outmaneuver his fellow students to mentor the winning tribute. The odds are against him. He’s been given the humiliating assignment of mentoring the female tribute from District 12, the lowest of the low. Their fates are now completely intertwined — every choice Coriolanus makes could lead to favor or failure, triumph or ruin. Inside the arena, it will be a fight to the death. Outside the arena, Coriolanus starts to feel for his doomed tribute… and must weigh his need […]

Review: Crown of Oblivion by Julie Eshbaugh

Posted July 8, 2020 by Charlotte in Reviews / 0 Comments

I received this book for free from Publisher in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.Crown of Oblivion by Julie Eshbaugh Published by HarperCollins on November 12, 2019 Genres: Dystopia, Fantasy, Fiction, Young Adult Pages: 480 Format: Arc Source: Publisher Buy on Amazon Goodreads Astrid is the surrogate for Princess Renya, which means she bears the physical punishment if Renya steps out of line. Astrid has no choice—she and her family are Outsiders, the lower class of people without magic and without citizenship. But there is a way out of this life—competing in the deadly Race of Oblivion. To enter the race, an Outsider is administered the drug Oblivion, which wipes their memory clear of their past as they enter a new world with nothing to help them but a slip of paper bearing their name and the first clue. It’s not as simple as solving a puzzle, however—for a majority of the contestants, the race ends in death. But winning would mean not only freedom for […]

Review: Grace and Fury by Tracy Banghart

Posted June 28, 2020 by Charlotte in Reviews / 0 Comments

Grace and Fury by Tracy Banghart Series: Grace and Fury #1 Published by Hodder & Stoughton on July 1, 2018 Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Young Adult Pages: 310 Format: Hardback Source: Fairyloot, Own Copy Buy on Amazon Goodreads In a world where women have no rights, sisters Serina and Nomi Tessaro face two very different fates: one in the palace, the other in prison. Serina has been groomed her whole life to become a Grace–someone to stand by the heir to the throne as a shining, subjugated example of the perfect woman. But when her headstrong and rebellious younger sister, Nomi, catches the heir’s eye, it’s Serina who takes the fall for the dangerous secret that Nomi has been hiding. Now trapped in a life she never wanted, Nomi has only one way to save Serina: surrender to her role as a Grace until she can use her position to release her sister. This is easier said than done. A traitor walks the halls of the palace, and deception lurks in every corner. But Serina is running out of time, imprisoned […]

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