Book Review: Red City (The New Alchemists #1) by Marie Lu

I’m so glad that I finally read Red City ! This debut adult fantasy from a well-established author (whose other works I’ve read and frequently enjoyed) centers two individuals: Ari, a young man taken from the life he knows and transported across the sea to be brought up as an alchemist within the Lum…

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Abbreviations #115: Skyhunter, Cold Snap + The Bone Shard Daughter

Skyhunter is a series starter is set in the nation of Mara, the last independent nation whose freedom is as fiercely guarded as the borders patrolled by the elite military force known as the Strikers. Our heroine is Talin, a young female Striker who does not speak and communicates primarily in sign…

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Book Review: Rebel

I have no idea why I didn’t immediately pick up Rebel when it was released last year (especially when I went out of my way to refresh my memory by picking up the Legend series in graphic novel form). But I finally read it! And I fully recommend avoiding my mistake and putting this series ender on …

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Book Review: The Kingdom of Back

The Kingdom of Back centers around a historical figure I wasn’t all that familiar with prior to reading this novel: Nannerl Mozart, elder sister to Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (yes, that Mozart), a gifted musician and composer in her own right. Drawing inspiration from Nannerl’s own history, and the fi…

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Playing The (High Stakes) Game • Wildcard

If you’ve been reading this ol’ blog since last year, or following me on any of my other social media accounts, you’ll already know that Warcross was my favorite book I read in 2017 . I love it so much, in fact, that I decided I needed to reread it before I picked up the sequel this year. It was so …

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Abbreviations #40 | Retribution Rails, Renegades + Batman: Nightwalker

Retribution Rails  by Erin Bowman Series: Vengeance Road #2 Previous Book in Series: Vengeance Road Publisher: HMH Books for Young Readers Publication Date: November 7, 2017 Source: ARC received from the publisher (Thanks!) Buy the Book: Book Depository | IndieBound | Barnes & Noble | Amazon Reece Mur…

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Marie Lu's Video Game Recommendations | Warcross Blog Tour

Hi, my name is Alexa and I'm freaking obsessed with Warcross ! (I'm so obsessed that I shared a glowing review and came up with my own Warcross team. ) I'm so excited for today's post for two reasons: 1) it is the official publication date for Warcross so more of you can now grab a c…

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Player / Hunter / Hacker / Spy • Warcross

You know the feeling you get when you finish a novel and you just know that you’ve had one of the best reading experiences of your life? Well, take that feeling, multiply it by infinity and what you’ll get is how I felt when I finished Warcross . I loved, loved, loved this novel so damn much. So mu…

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#PlayWarcross

If you've been following me on Instagram, Twitter or YouTube since the month of May, then you will know that I love Warcross . I talked it up constantly to folks at BEA (and outside of it, because I can't help myself), I book pushed it hard on Macky and Mel (and more friends are getting put…

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Fight for Freedom

Legend  / Prodigy / Champion  by Marie Lu Series: Legend #1-3 Publisher: Putnam Juvenile Publication Dates: November 29, 2011 / January 29, 2013 / November 5, 2013 Source/Format: Bought || Hardcover; Borrowed from Rachel || Hardcover I read my fair share of dystopian novels in my earliest days of blogging…

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