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Book Reviews - Prince of Flames

2/8/2018

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Author: Ben Alderson

Genre: Fantasy

Length: 20 pages

Summary: Family.  Secrets.  Poison.

  This prequel novella is set before the events in Cloaked in Shadow (The Dragori Series Book 1), following Prince Hadrian and the moments leading up to his birthday feast.  Readers discover relationships between Hadrian and a handful of characters we meet in Cloaked in Shadow.  Read for insight into our fiery prince's mind, and see his reaction to that fateful feast that changes the course of so many lives.

My Review:  The Prince of Flames is #0 in his Dragori Series and holds as a prequel to his book Cloaked in Shadow.  I didn't have any type of expectations when reading this novella.  All I wanted was a good, gripping story that let me wanting more.
   And that is what I got.

​  The first sentence is generally where many of the authors captivate their readers into the unique world in which they are about to present and share.  Ben not only did that, but he decided to add more emotion and heart into this single sentence.  When I read this sentence, I looked up to Charisma and said, "What even is this sentence?? I am so moved?".  I was incredibly surprised because my heart began to pound with such anticipation and yearning for the next few sentence and I've never felt this before.  But he didn't stop.  He kept going, slowly adding more and more feeling to each word he chose with care. 
  
  At the beginning of the story, we have officially met two characters: Prince Hadrian and his mother.

  Oh. My. Goodness. Who. Are. These. People. Who. Have. Stolen. My. Heart.

  I was impressed with the way he delicately wrote about Prince Hadrian's mother.  She sounded graceful as the season Spring, she was portrayed as a delicate woman, and yet, her actions showed that she was fierce and strong.  I have read plenty of stories where this type of woman existed but they always fell into two categories: they either became way too delicate or way too OP.  There just wasn't a good balance of the two.

  Yet here I am, applauding Ben, as he was able to make her perfect.  She was able to stay in the middle of being a delicately strong warrior whose attitude was brave, though soft.
 
  Prince Hadrian was also brilliant.  We begin to know him about being interested in his mother's beauty, how her voice sounds like bells, and how she lights the world with her aura.  He wants to be with her all the time and the time that he sends with her, he cherishes every. single. moment. The story was in his perspective and I felt as though I could easily relate to all that he's gone through.

  In terms of description of the world, there wasn't much.  But his word choice was so powerful that it made up for it.  He used such descriptively beautiful words that not only was I able to picture the castle and the rooms within, but I was able to have room to create my own version of what everything looked like.  I always appreciate that type of freedom when reading.

  The plot definitely had the intentions of setting up for the first book, which was nice, but what was better was the fact that we got the prequel in the eyes of the other main character.  I was happily surprised.

  The secondary characters, especially the good friend to Prince Hadrian, were full of life and each of them had such important parts to play in the story.

  But, as with all books, there was one part of this book that I didn't like.  This was the scene where Prince Hadrian was met with his father.  From the way he narrated the story too when he actually spoke to his father (and it's only his father that he speaks this way, no one else), it was a drastic change.  When narrating and talking to his good friend, he sounds like a gentleman that carried pride and honor. Now, when he speaks with his father, he seems almost childish.  Of course, there are parts of the conversation where he resumes his 'gentlemen narrative voice', but that was close to the end of the conversation.  It was just a bit disappointing.

  Now, with all of that being said, my overall rating for this book would be a 4
 ½ out of 5.
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Top 10 Most Anticipated 2018 Releases - Part 1

1/3/2018

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  Hello, Twisters~

  Today, I'm going to share with you my top 10 most anticipated releases of 2018.  As you can tell from the title, this post is going to be in two parts: Part 1 will focus on the beginning of the year releases and Part 2 will focus more on the books that will be released closer to the year's end.  That means today, you'll see my top 5 anticipated book releases from January to April.

Zenith (The Androma Saga) by Sasha Alsberg and Lindsay Cummings

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  I've been following Sasha Alsberg on her YouTube (abookutopia) for about a year now and when I found out she was co-writing a book, I immediately began to anticipate this book's arrival.  I have pre-ordered the book and I am really nervous but excited to read it!

Book Release Date: Janurary 16th

The book summary, once read, completely captivated me and I hold very high expectations for this book.  I've read some reviews of this book by those who have received the ARC and, yes, there have been some mixed reviews, which can be said about any and every book in existence, but I'm hoping that I can really love this book.
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The Cruel Prince (The Folk of the Air #1) by Holly Black

  I haven't read any of books by Holly Black and... I probably should.  I've heard about this book for quite some time now, so I was actually very surprised to find that it came out a few days ago. Family members murdered, the hatred of a prince that sounds so much like love, and a young girl dying to belong.  And, knowing the type of genre that Mrs. Black has written in the past, I have found that this story has found a place in my heart.  Goodness, am I excited to read this book.

Book Release Date: January 2nd

  The first book that introduced me to Mrs. Black was Doll Bones.  Unfortunately, I was too young to read the book, so I watched Mrs. Black publish book after book in the shadows.  BUT NOW, oh yes, I can finally indulge myself in her elegant and descriptive words of poetry.
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Children of Blood and Bone

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  I found out about this book recently actually.  I was looking at theliteraryllama's Instagram early last month and I saw this book.  I didn't know what it was about or anything like that, but the cover was beautiful and, after I read the plot, it was immediately put on my top 10.  I don't normally read a lot of books like this one because I feel as though they're much harder to find.

Book Release Date: March 6th 

  I haven't read any reviews or anything like that, so all I have to go on for the book is its plot and, let me tell you, I am not disappointed at all!  On the Author's bio on Goodreads, it is said that the book is getting a movie adaptation. I just hope that the movie lives up to the expectations to the book.
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Ash Princess (#1) by Laura Sebastian

  A princess enslaved in her own kingdom.  Witnessing murder and death from every corner, she does everything she can to survive. Losing her last resort to escape, she decides to take matters into her own hands.

Book Release Date: April 24th
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  This books sounded crazy amazing.  Reading the goodreads summary of the book, I was pumped up for another trope novel.
  I don't get around to reading a lot of YA fantasy romance novels, but I am way excited to after reading this book.

  But, I'm not trying to get my hopes up about this being an absolutely amazing book.  I'm sure it's going to be a good one, but I feel as though it might be a retelling of Cinderella (that's how the presentation of the book is coming off anyhow).
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Tempest and Slaughter (The Numair Chronicles #1) by Tamora Pierce

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  I don't believe that I have ever read anything by Tamora Pierce, but she is such an iconic author that I immediately knew who she was when I saw her name on the cover.

Book Release Date: February 6th

  I'm really excited for this book.  I love prequels and knowing that not only this is going to be a prequel, it is going to be a series for the prequel. 

Apparently, this booking is going to introduce the story of how Numair Salmal
ín came to Tortall.  I'm not sure who this person is or what type of world Tortall is, but this sounds like an epic journey.
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  This is it!  What books are you excited to be released?  Tell us in the comments!
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Book Reviews - The Islands of Chaldea

1/1/2018

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Author: Diana Wynne Jones; Completed by Ursula Jones

Genre:  Fantasy / Fiction

Length:  you do this

Summary:  Aileen was supposed to grow up magical – just like the other women in her family. Unfortunately, she’s just found out that the magic seems to have skipped a generation… but that’s not her biggest problem right now.

In her world, there are four Islands of Chaldea. The largest and most magical island has been cut off from the other three for decades – and is slowly draining the magic from them.
But now a prophecy has come to light. Someone from Aileen’s island will gather a man from each of the three islands, bring down the magical barrier, and unite them with the fourth island again. And according to the king, that someone is Aileen’s Aunt – who insists on dragging Aileen along. AND the boy Aileen is sure she’ll marry (one day); the local boy with more brawn then brain. Someone seems to want to stop them too… someone with an interest in keeping the Islands apart. But still, with magic on their side, nothing can go wrong. Right?

​My Review: Beautiful. Absolutely stunning.

**PROS:**
- The characters were absolutely magnificent. They were three-dimensional, they had human emotions, and they said the thoughts that I was thinking. Ivar, the son of the King of Skarr, was a snobby, arrogant child. But his transformation was beyond satisfying. Aileen, the daughter of Garth of Gallis, was quick to self-depreciation and criticism, but she turned out to be a very smart, capable individual with the ability to lead. Ogo, a Logran, seemed to be very stupid at the beginning of the story, but I found out that he was only misunderstood and that was actually incredibly observant and caringly blunt. Aunt Beck, the aunt to Aileen, was very... strange in my opinion. She was extremely blunt and was very rude every time she spoke, so I didn't like her as much as I wanted too. Every other character in this story just added color and spirit to the beautiful plot!

- The plot was full of twists and magic, both of which I love. 1) The antagonist was so smart. I was in complete shock when the full plan of the villain surfaced to life. 2) The story got started immediately. Even though the first sentence sounds irrelevant, it was an instant reading hook.

- The map. The hardcover that I got had a map in the book before the actual story began, and this was so helpful. With as many cities and islands they traveled through, I lost a sense of direction. But it was nice to see a physical image of where there were traveling.

- Page 342. The story ends page 350. I have 8 more pages and this story is nowhere near being resolved. In fact, the intense fight scene hadn't begun yet! As the author slowly puts this story to a close, the characters are in such a dire predicament, my heart is pounding. As I continued reading, I found myself losing track of the page number and realized that the story ended perfectly, as well as with a perfect pace.

- The love in this was brimming with fluff. It was absolutely beautiful. At the beginning, there was one pairing, but I didn't like it at all, but it soon changed towards the end of the middle. It was right there when two couples were formed and then two more. So, in all, there were four couples and my heart was bursting with satisfaction and happiness. It was so nice to see so many lovers in such a story!

**CONS:**
- There were many parts of the book that had grammatical errors. Usually, I'm one to skip over those, but these errors were in such important areas.

- In the very beginning, they introduced two characters that weren't even talked about until the middle of chapter two and the other the middle of chapter three! I shouldn't have to wait that long to understand a single sentence in the first chapter.

- For some parts of the book, I definitely felt as though the book hadn't gone past the first draft phase. That was partially disappointing to me as I realized that part of the plot, even though it was already amazing, could have been fleshed out more.

- Closer to the end of the book, you could subtly tell that the writing style changed. It wasn't a bad change, not at all. But the fact that I had familiarized myself with Ms. Diana's writing style and it just changed to Ms. Ursula's was very surprising, still though, it wasn't bad.

All in all, I would definitely recommend this book to others!

I rate this book a 4 out of 5.
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Book Reviews: Heart of a Samurai

2/29/2016

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Author: Margi Preus

Genre: Historical Fiction

Length: 277 pages; including Historical Note, Glossary, and Bibliography and Suggested Reading then 301 pages

Summary: In 1841, a Japanese fishing vessel sinks. Its crew is forced to swim to a small, unknown island, where they are rescued by a passing American ship. Japan's borders remain closed to all Western nations, so the crew sets off to America, learning English on the way.

Manjiro, a fourteen-year-old boy, is curious and eager to learn everything he can about this new culture. Eventually the captain adopts Manjiro and takes him to his home in New England. The boy lives for some time in New England, and then heads to San Francisco to pan for gold. After many years, he makes it back to Japan, only to be imprisoned as an outsider. With his hard-won knowledge of the West, Manjiro is in a unique position to persuade the shogun to ease open the boundaries around Japan; he may even achieve his unlikely dream of becoming a samurai.

My Review: Okay, the only reason I got this book was because it had to do with samurais and Japan.  And I am so glad I did.  Okay, so I didn't see that this book was inspired by a true story (and I absolutely love those types
of books), and when I found out I started cheering (for like 15 seconds because I started reading immediately).  The book has a few pictures, it has a really nice 'Contents' page and the book has five parts.  The story itself, in my opinion, was kind of slow at the beginning.  It was just the main character explaining what happened to him and his group that he was with.  Then the story begins to pick up pace at the third chapter (which is the beginning of part 2).  This is where we meet more of the main characters and this is where the story begins to see some originality and uniqueness.  The MC becomes more developed and he becomes torn between to families: the one in America and the one he left behind in Japan.
  I don't believe there was any cursing and there was no inappropriate scenes.  All in all I give this book a four and half stars.
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Eighth Installment to the Harry Potter Books?!

2/18/2016

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WARNING!  THERE WILL BE SPOILERS IN THIS POST, SO IF YOU HAVE NOT FINISHED EITHER READING THE BOOKS OR WATCHING THE MOVIES, I SUGGEST YOU DO SO BEFORE YOU READ THIS POST.

Thank you.
  Yes everyone.  It's true.  There will (finally) be an eighth book to the Harry Potter series. I am so happy.  Although, it's a bit different than what I was expecting.  Before we get the actual book, there's going to be a play.  A PLAY.  That is NOT what I was expecting.  AT ALL.  (I bet there won't even be tickets by the time I have the chance to look for them...)  Why did she choose to make it a play, I am not sure, but it is definitely different.  And I'm not sure if it's an actual book or just the script of the play.  (I so hope it's a book.)
The Eighth Story. Nineteen Years Later.

Based on an original new story by J.K. Rowling, Jack Thorne and John Tiffany, a new play by Jack Thorne, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child is the eighth story in the Harry Potter series and the first official Harry Potter story to be presented on stage. The play will receive its world premiere in London's West End on July 30, 2016.

It was always difficult being Harry Potter and it isn't much easier now that he is an overworked employee of the Ministry of Magic, a husband and father of three school-age children.

While Harry grapples with a past that refuses to stay where it belongs, his youngest son Albus must struggle with the weight of a family legacy he never wanted. As past and present fuse ominously, both father and son learn the uncomfortable truth: sometimes, darkness comes from unexpected places.

This blurb (I love using that word!) came from Scholastic: Harry Potter and the Cursed Child

  Oh, and the story picks right back up where the epilogue from Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows ended.  I think this story, just from the little summary, is worth reading (or watching).  I'm looking forward to it.
  But this isn't all the Harry Potter news I had:

J.K. Rowling Announces American Wizarding School?

  J.K. Rowling is the star of surprises and hidden secrets!  The reason?  Do you remember in Harry Potter the Goblet of Fire, when Hogwarts wasn't the only wizarding school?  Well, apparently, there are actually eleven (can you believe that many!) wizarding schools.  I'll list them for you:
  • Mahoutokoro - You guessed it: JAPAN!
  • Uagadou - Africa!!!
  • Durmstrang Institute - Probably somewhere in Europe; uknown whereabouts
  • Ilvermorny - COMING SOON (is this the American wizarding school?  Hmm...?)
  • Beauxbatons Academy of Magic - Somewhere in Pyrenees
  • Castelobruxo - Brazilian school that takes students from all over South America

  Currently, there are seven wizarding schools that are known, but eleven of them exist.  Where could the others be???

  Alrighty!  That's pretty much all the Harry Potter news I have for today (well, other than that the Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them movie is going to be put into three movies, but other than that.....)!  Tell, what did you find the most interesting or exciting?  Tell us in the comments!

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Book Reviews: Ash and Bramble

11/28/2015

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Author:  Sarah Prineas

Genre:  Fantasy

Length: 464 pages

Summary: When the glass slipper just doesn’t fit . . .The tale of Cinderella has been retold countless times. But what you know is not the true story. Sarah Prineas’s bold fairy-tale retelling is a dark and captivating world where swords are more fitting than slippers, young shoemakers are just as striking as princes, and a heroine is more than ready to rescue herself before the clock strikes midnight.
Pin has no recollection of who she is or how she got to the Godmother’s fortress. She only knows that she is a Seamstress, working day in and out to make ball gowns fit for fairy tales. But she longs to forsake her backbreaking servitude and dares to escape with the brave young Shoemaker.
Pin isn’t free for long before she’s captured again and forced to live the new life the Godmother chooses for her—a fairy-tale story, complete with a charming prince—instead of finding her own happily ever after.


My Review: So, if you read the jacket's summary, it says that Pin exchanges her glass slipper for a sword.  Not to ruin it or anything but she doesn't.  At all.  Whatsoever.  Nada.  She doesn't change any shoe for any sword.  She 
only uses a sword once in the whole book!  (That's because she changed her weapon to something else, but I'm not going to say what.)

Anyways, when I read the beginning, I was so confused.  I was wondering how it all tied into the Cinderella story and why they were all going through that type of servitude.  It all unfolds slowly, but it all makes sense at the end.  I loved what they did with all the characters.

This book was separated into 3 parts.  The first part was when Pin was in servitude.  The second part is where the Cinderella story actually starts.  The third part is where they all are trying to escape from Story (< - - That reference only makes sense if you read the book).

The story itself was beautiful and timeless.  The concept and idea was something I would have never thought to put together.  I was completely dumb struck at the way it was executed and the beauty of the writing.

To me, all the characters were developed quite beautifully.  My favorite character was Shoe.  Hands down, no question.  Shoe was so perfect and wonderful and amazing and stubborn, but he was doing everything he did with the right intentions.  That's just some of the things of what I like about him.

I give this story 5 stars!
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Have you read Ash and Bramble?  If so, did you like it?  If not, would you read it?  Tell me in the comments!

Charisma
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Book Reviews: The Voyage of Lucy P. Simmons

11/28/2015

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Author: Barbara Mariconda

Genre: Fantasy

Length: 256 pages

Summary: An enchanted flute that vibrates when danger is near, sparkling mist that unlocks a drawer of family secrets, and a bookcase that expands to conceal her hiding place - these are the bits of magic Lucy P. Simmons has experienced since her parents drowned at sea.

The magic is helping Lucy keep her house - Father's beloved "ship on shore" - out of the hands of her greedy uncle Victor.  Lucy thinks the magic is coming from Marni, a mysterious woman who seems to be one with the sea itself... and who bears a striking resemblance to the mythical siren in the paining in Father's study.

Together, Lucy and Marni devise a plan to stop Uncle Victor's conniving ways.  In the process, Lucy makes unexpected friends and discoverst hat courage may be the most powerful magic of all.  But will if be enough to prevail in the face of her evil uncle?

My Review: (I though friendship was the strongest magic.)

This book is sooooo amazing!
So you all might not know, but I can't for the life of me read or watch embarrassing moments.  They really just won't work.  This book, however, has none of those unbearable moments!  It was great!

Anyway, this book sparked my interest when I was going through the library the day before (yeah, I think so) we went on Thanksgiving vacation.  I saw the cover and loved, so I picked it up and went on my way.  I was not expecting all the things in side of this book.

The characters were wonderfully developed.  All the characters captured you from the very beginning when they're introduced in the story.  My favorite characters were Lucy (obviously) and Walter (who you will all meet later in the book).

The writing was superb.  This book was set in the Victorian-era, so the language is everything that it would be back then.  Because of this, some parts of the language isn't the greatest.  It's not that horrible, but just telling you all.  If you're sensitive to some types of speech, then you might not want to read this book.  The iffy language disappears after the 1st chapter and after that it is spread across the book, only popping up once or twice in that one chapter, then 5 (maybe even 6) chapters later, there is another character saying that stuff.

The story was quite vivid and captured you when the first sentence is read.  The characters, mystery and magic help move the story along.  The ending is so wonderfully satisfying that you could just end there, but not every answer was answered in this book.

I loved reading the book.  It's absolutely wonderful!  I'm so glad this book is a trilogy and that all the books have been published.  My rating is 5 stars!
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Have you read the Voyage of Lucy P. Simmons?  If so, did you like it?  If not, would you read it?  Tell me in the comments!

Charisma
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Book Review: Shadow Scale

11/28/2015

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Author: Rachel Hartman

Genre: Fantasy

Length: 608 pages

Summary: The kingdom of Goredd: a world where humans and dragons share life with an uneasy balance, and those few who are both human and dragon must hide the truth. Seraphina is one of these, part girl, part dragon, who is reluctantly drawn into the politics of her world. When war breaks out between the dragons and humans, she must travel the lands to find those like herself—for she has an inexplicable connection to all of them, and together they will be able to fight the dragons in powerful, magical ways. 
 
As Seraphina gathers this motley crew, she is pursued by humans who want to stop her. But the most terrifying is another half dragon, who can creep into people’s minds and take them over. Until now, Seraphina has kept her mind safe from intruders, but that also means she’s held back her own gift. It is time to make a choice: Cling to the safety of her old life, or embrace a powerful new destiny? 

My Review: Well, this book was certainly not what I was expecting.  Nothing at all.  This book surprised me in so many ways that I think it might have scared me at some
points.  Or in the least startled.

The Setting: Just like before, it was imaginative and creative as ever.  You saw every landscape so vividly and clearly.  Because Seraphina traveled into more lands and experienced different things than the first book, you actually get to see their lands in a beautiful way.  This was one of the best parts about the book.

The Characters:  Because Seraphina is gathering her other half-dragons, you get to meet a lot of new characters then you did in the last book.  Most of them are quite refreshing while others... others you just want them to completely disappear from the book and live a happy life with the other characters.  Here were my favorites:

Princess Glisselda!  She was a magical wonderful person in this book.  She was a very determined young girl, she knows how to lead a whole kingdom, and she... she's just great.

Abdo and Orma are always going to hold such an awesome place in my heart.  Though they have quite tragic stories in this book...  :(

And I really do not like Jannoula.  She is probably the worst character in this whole book.  No... she is the worst character in this book.  She fools you every single time, and you think she's good, then she does something horrible and you go back to thinking she's evil.  -_-  I really just don't like her.


Also, I wanted to tell you all this.  Close to the end, Jannoula says her background and it is very... inappropriate.  There was something small like this in Seraphina, but it wasn't like this.  So please don't start this book and expect it to be all okay, because this isn't.

That is my review!  I give this book.... *drum roll* 4 stars!
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Have you read Shadow Scale?  If so, did you like it?  If not, would you read it?  Tell me in the comments!

Charisma
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Book Review: Seraphina

9/18/2015

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Author:  Rachel Hartman

Genre:  Fantasy

Length:  465 pages

Summary:  In the kingdom of Goredd, dragons and humans live and work side by side - while below the surface, tensions and hostility simmer. The newest member of the royal court, a uniquely gifted musician named Seraphina, holds a deep secret of her own. One that she guards with all of her being. When a member of the royal family is brutally murdered, Seraphina is drawn into the investigation alongside the dangerously perceptive--and dashing--Prince Lucian. But as the two uncover a sinister plot to destroy the wavering peace of the kingdom, Seraphina's struggle to protect her secret becomes increasingly difficult... while its discovery could mean her very life.

My Review:  My goodness, this book was not at all what I was expecting.  I didn't think it was going to be set in that time period (why I didn't I don't know because it screams it on the cover..), I didn't think Prince Lucian was going to be that awesome, and just wow.  Let me break this down before I jumble all my words.

The Setting:  This setting was so imaginative and lively that I truly got transported into this place.  Rachel Hartman
created every detail and painted a picture in your mind in which you could get swept away.  It was great!

The Characters:  Wow.  Just wow.  Well, we'll start with Seraphina.  I liked her, but on some parts, I was saying to myself, "WHY DID YOU JUST DO THAT!?!?"  She's a nice person, who has to keep this life-threatening secret (which I will not spill for those people reading this before they get the book).  She is a very skilled musician, so-much-so that she's the court composer's assistant.  She pretty great overall.

Prince Lucian was just great.  So great!  Gaah!  He's so amazing!  In the book, he's the guy who will be offended for that moment, then the next day, he'll be like, "Oh, yeah.  That thing.  I thought we had put that aside a long time ago."  IT'S SO WONDERFUL!!!!  *Clears throat*  Anyways...

There is lovely Orma.  My goodness, he's amazing.  Just as awesome, if not more awesome then Prince Lucian up there.  He is Seraphina's mentor and he... he has a very calm-like personality.  I didn't expect that at first, but later on, I kind got used to it.  :)

And finally not to ruin anything else, there is Abdo!  Abdo is one of the best people I have ever read in a book.  He's caring, he's reckless... there's just not a lot of words to describe how amazing he is.

Okay, now that we've gotten that out of the way, we can continue:

My rating for this is 4 1/2 out of 5 stars.
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Also, Alexa from Verbosity did a review on this book.  Here's the link:

Seraphina by Rachel Hartman - Verbosity Book Review

I completely agree with her for the Writing Style and Dialogue for this book.  It was absolutely amazing!

Have you read Seraphina?  What were some things that you like about if you did?  If you haven't read Seraphina, are you looking forward to reading it?  Tell us in the comments!

Charisma
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Book Review: Nancy's Mysterious Letter

9/3/2015

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Author: Carolyn Keene

Genre: Mystery

Length: 174 pages

Summary: By mistake Nancy Drew receives a letter from England intended for an heiress, also named Nancy Drew. When Nancy undertakes a search for the missing young woman, it becomes obvious that a ruthless, dangerous man is determined to prevent her from finding the heiress or himself. Clues that Nancy unearths lead her to believe that the villainous Edgar Nixon plans to marry the heiress and then steal her inheritance.

My Review: Okay, I haven't read a Nancy Drew book in a good year or two, and I've been longing for a good mystery, so I decided to put this one on hold for me to read.
  I actually remember this book because I was trying to read yet something happened that didn't make me finish.
  When I began reading, the only thing that ran through my head was, "This is too repetitive."
  Repetitive?! That's all I could think about? And after that small comment, I never looked at the book the same. If a part of the book sounded awkward, my writer mind would say, 'Oh! Why not take a second and see if you can fix that part?'. I'm actually really surprised that I made it through the whole book.
  I still love Nancy Drew, don't get me wrong, and I still love
Carolyn Keene, but unfortunately, I have to give this book a three star.
  The reason why is because you found out who the crook was in, what, the first chapter? That made the whole book like, 'Yeah, I know who did this!' but it was very unsatisfying because I am always excited to find out at the end who the crook was, not at the very beginning.  Also, I felt like the whole entire mystery was figured out and that the only thing the characters did in the story was elaborate on the so called 'mystery'.
  Honestly, I was just very disappointed. Don't get me wrong, it's a great book and other people might adore it, but it just didn't flow for me.


~Bianca
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