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Character Interview: Leo from Love Sugar Magic

By CandidCeillie November 21, 2017February 9, 2018

Hello, readers! Today I'd like to introduce you to a middle grade girl whose story I cannot wait to read! Leonora is the star of A Dash of Trouble by Anna Meriano, which is…

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Review:: Murder, Magic and What We Wore by Kelly Jones

By CandidCeillie September 25, 2017February 15, 2018

The year is 1818, the city is London, and 16-year-old Annis Whitworth has just learned that her father is dead and all his money is missing. And so, of course,…

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Review:: The Innkeeper Chronicles by Ilona Andrews

By CandidCeillie May 26, 2017March 25, 2018

Meet Dina Demille, a nice Texas gal who runs a seemingly ordinary, quaint B and B. But Dina's inn is a magic, thinking entity; her fluffy Shih-tzu, Beast really is…

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Review:: Shadowshaper by Daniel Jose Older

By CandidCeillie March 20, 2017March 31, 2018

Sierra Santiago was looking forward to a fun summer of making art, hanging out with her friends, and skating around Brooklyn. But then a weird zombie guy crashes the first…

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Review:: The Bone Witch by Rin Chupeco

By CandidCeillie March 6, 2017March 31, 2018

When Tea accidentally resurrects her brother from the dead, she learns she is different from the other witches in her family. Her gift for necromancy means that she’s a bone witch, a…

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Review:: Things We Lost in the Fire by Mariana Enriquez

By CandidCeillie February 17, 2017March 31, 2018

Things We Lost in the Fire is an arresting collection of short stories, reminiscent of Shirley Jackson and Julio Cortazar, by an exciting new international talent. Macabre, disturbing and exhilarating,…

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Review:: A Darker Shade of Magic by V.E. Schwab

By CandidCeillie December 16, 2016April 1, 2018

In A Darker Shade of Magic, Kell is one of the last travelers--magicians with a rare, coveted ability to travel between parallel universes connected by one magical city. There's Grey…

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TBT:: Graceling by Kristin Cashore

By CandidCeillie October 20, 2016April 9, 2018

Katsa has been able to kill a man with her bare hands since she was eight—she's a Graceling, one of the rare people in her land born with an extreme…

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Review:: The Secret Language of Stones by M.J. Rose

By CandidCeillie July 18, 2016April 22, 2018

I received The Secret Language of Stones by M.J. Rose as an e-galley from Netgalley and the publisher, Atria Books, in exchange for an honest review of this book. As…

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Review:: Lair of Dreams by Libba Bray

By CandidCeillie January 4, 2016May 9, 2018

This review of Lair of Dreams may contain spoilers for The Diviners! Please note that this is the second book in the Diviners series by Libba Bray. If you have not read…

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