While I was down from my surgery, there wasn't a whole lot I could do. However, I could hold my phone and read. Thanks to the pain and the medicines…
Category: book reviews
This is where you will be able to find all of the book reviews I’ve written here at CandidCeillie!
Review: The Prince and Her Dreamer
Clara feels stifled by the life that's been planned out for her, and clings to her only hope that something more might be possible: a mysterious book given to her…
Monday Mini-Reviews 11/12
I have a confession to make. I haven't finished reading any of my books that I have for review. But, I have read several other things that I want to…
Monday Mini-Reviews 10/29
It's Monday and I don't have a full review for you today. However, I do have several mini-reviews of books I've listened to in the last few weeks! You can read some…
Review: In the Vanisher’s Palace by Aliette de Bodard
When failed scholar Yên is sold to Vu Côn in In The Vanisher's Palace, one of the last dragons walking the earth, she expects to be tortured or killed for Vu Côn's amusement.But Vu…
Review: Tricked Anthology
An adult anthology of 5 stories featuring trickster themes, each loaded to the brim with conspiracies, scoundrels, tricks and plot twists galore. A jilted silent film star plans a revenge heist…
Monday Mini-Reviews: 10/15
The Poet X - Elizabeth Acevedo I listened to the audiobook for The Poet X because I know my attention span for poetry isn't as great as it could be.…
Review: All You Can Ever Know by Nicole Chung
What does it mean to lose your roots—within your culture, within your family—and what happens when you find them?Nicole Chung was born severely premature, placed for adoption by her Korean…
Review: A Blade so Black by L.L. McKinney
The first time the Nightmares came in A Blade so Black, it nearly cost Alice her life. Now she's trained to battle monstrous creatures in the dark dream realm known…
Review: 500 Words or Less by Juleah Del Rosario
In 500 Words or Less, Nic Chen refuses to spend her senior year branded as the girl who cheated on her charismatic and lovable boyfriend. To redefine her reputation among…
Review: Ghost Walk by Kay Solo
Maaya is a teenager who can see ghosts, and she and her three friends get by on the poor streets of Sark by sealing away troublesome spirits under the direction…
Monday Mini-Reviews: 9/10
I have not finished... any of the books I was supposed to review so far this month, so here's what I've been doing instead - listening to books that are…
Review: Under the Midnight Sun by Lore Graham
In Under the Midnight Sun, the eldest son of Thunderhill's warrior-kings, Otto Johanson lives for battle but has forsaken love since the death of his partner three years ago. Still…
Review: The Forest Queen by Betsy Cornwell
When sixteen-year-old Sylvie’s brother takes over management of their family’s vast estates in The Forest Queen, Sylvie feels powerless to stop his abuse of the local commoners. Her dearest friend…
Monday Mini-Reviews: August 6
Hey, friends! Today I'm reviewing three books that I listened to as audiobooks over the last few weeks. Audiobooks have been one of the main ways that I read books…