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The New Enchantress by Sunayna Prasad
The exciting conclusion to Alyssa’s story. Alyssa once again gains powers, but this time they’re meant for her. She grows and after some mishaps, learns to start properly wielding her magic.
Friendship is a large theme throughout the whole series and it was great to see Alyssa’s friends with her throughout the ups and downs.
Thank you Book Influencers and Sunayna for the copy!
A Curse of Mayhem by Sunayna Prasad
In book 2 we meet up with Alyssa 6 months after the events of book 1. She lives with her godfather now and we have a whole cast of new characters, along with our ever helpful Simon.
The story shows Alyssa juggling new found powers she’s been cursed with, confidence issues, and every day teenhood and junior high life. It’s full of adventure, fun, and life lessons.
Thank you book influencers and Sunayna for the copy!
The story shows Alyssa juggling new found powers she’s been cursed with, confidence issues, and every day teenhood and junior high life. It’s full of adventure, fun, and life lessons.
Thank you book influencers and Sunayna for the copy!
The Frights of Fiji by Sunayna Prasad
An exciting middle grade novel that takes you to different parts of the world and shows you colourful and wild combinations of nature and animals.
Also, that potion that immediately readjusts your body in a new timezone could come so much in handy in real life.
Thank you book influencers and Sunayna for the copy!
Also, that potion that immediately readjusts your body in a new timezone could come so much in handy in real life.
Thank you book influencers and Sunayna for the copy!
Crossing Day by William A. Glass
Crossing Day is a story that explores how the world would be had the confederacy gained independence and teamed up with a certain sect of Germans. In this world slavery still exists; queer, trans, and disabled people disappear along with Jews and people who oppose the confederate reign.
It’s a scary reflection of what the world could’ve been and how close it could be again. The villains of the story are the most scary because we know there’s people in this world who still think this way.
But the story does a good job of showing that even in the worst places, there is always hope and even helping just one person can make the world just a little bit better.
The main plotline follows this group of teens as they work to save their friend, who is a slave, from a terrible home, and they race up north to get out of the CSA to the USA.
The group of friends we follow come from different backgrounds, but end up on equal footing by the end of book. Those who were raised in a system that made them believe lies are able to still realise how wrong they are.
The story makes you think about just how lucky we are for the world to have changed and how hard we have to work to make sure it never returns that way. I cared about the characters, and the story shows how it only takes just one generation to spread lies and keep people uneducated, but many generations to break those untruths and start healing the world.
Thank you ireadbooktours for the copy!
Sunny Gale by Jamie Lisa Forbes
It was so interesting to learn about an era and subject I knew next to nothing about. ‘Sunny Gale’ follows the story of a young woman in 1895 frontier Nebraska. She has dreams of a rodeo career and follows them.
This was a lovely female-led historical fiction in which you can tell a lot of research had been undertaken to place Sunny in her world.
Sunny’s dream of a rodeo career doesn’t fit in with society’s expectations, but she defies them, creates a legacy for herself, and paves the way for those coming after her.
Thank you ireadbooktours for the copy!
A Melody of Death by C.E. Page
Another immersive installment in the Bright and Shadow world.
The mystery is unfolding. We got reveals, we got magic, we got romance. I love the crew of the Queen and I’m so intrigued on what’s gonna happen next after that cliffhanger ending!
Until the Last Page by Chantal Gadoury
If you love fairytale retellings and are after a fun read, pick up this book!
Jo gets to live out our dream of being sucked into (literally!) the book she's reading. She's cares about everyone she comes across, even if they are supposed to be fictional, and is determined to help them in any way she can. Aneurin is a classic stuck up prince when we first meet him, and he gets some wonderful character development.
The story was a joy to read. Thank you Chantal for the copy!
Jo gets to live out our dream of being sucked into (literally!) the book she's reading. She's cares about everyone she comes across, even if they are supposed to be fictional, and is determined to help them in any way she can. Aneurin is a classic stuck up prince when we first meet him, and he gets some wonderful character development.
The story was a joy to read. Thank you Chantal for the copy!
L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future Volume 40: The Best New SF & Fantasy of the Year by L. Ron Hubbard, L. Ron Hubbard
This year brings another batch of talented writers and artists. From space travel, to wendigos, to AI cats, to falling in love with a toaster (yep!) - there’s truly something for everybody.
Along with a look into the future of sci-fi and fantasy publishing, we also get a glimpse into the past with an interview from the 80s with L. Ron Hubbard himself.
If you want to jump back into sci-fi, this is a great option as each story allows you to read in bite-sized chunks and work through the book. Or you can always sit and binge the entire thing at once.
Happy 40 years to the anthology!
Thank you Galaxy Press and Book Influencers . com for the copy!
Of War and Heroes by Benjamin Sanford
Of War and Heroes is a classic fantasy farm boy to hero story with a twist. The world is fully immersive and have intricately created monarchies and armies. But the fantasy land elements combine with humans crash landing and making Super Bowl references!
You learn the differences in our world and theirs every time a human makes a normal human reference and the Araxians don’t get it. The poor Araxians don’t have carrots or dogs!
Tosha and Raven’s storyline was the most interesting to me. I knew how it was going to go up to a certain point and then it took me in a completely different direction to what I expected.
The found family coming together was great and I can’t wait to see what happens to them in book 2.
Thank you iRead Book Tours for the copy!
You learn the differences in our world and theirs every time a human makes a normal human reference and the Araxians don’t get it. The poor Araxians don’t have carrots or dogs!
Tosha and Raven’s storyline was the most interesting to me. I knew how it was going to go up to a certain point and then it took me in a completely different direction to what I expected.
The found family coming together was great and I can’t wait to see what happens to them in book 2.
Thank you iRead Book Tours for the copy!
The Ghosts of Rathalla by Matthew K. Perkins
The Ghosts of Rathalla takes place in a unique setting where our two main characters journey across a continent to deliver a message in hopes of stopping a war.
It is full of deep lore and history which affects every decision the characters make. From reincarnation to not riding horses, each religion in this world has a reason they act the way they act.
From the first chapter us as the reader know what the main characters are going to find at the end of their journey, but they do not. This brings a whole heap of anticipation. The book is only about 200 pages, but there’s a whole adventure found within.
Thank you book influencers . com and ireadbooktours for the chance to read and review!
It is full of deep lore and history which affects every decision the characters make. From reincarnation to not riding horses, each religion in this world has a reason they act the way they act.
From the first chapter us as the reader know what the main characters are going to find at the end of their journey, but they do not. This brings a whole heap of anticipation. The book is only about 200 pages, but there’s a whole adventure found within.
Thank you book influencers . com and ireadbooktours for the chance to read and review!