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My Review of Blood Wisp by Sarina Langer

My Review: ★★★★ I was first introduced to this story via the audiobook by downloading it on StoryOrigin for review. I will say that I could not get through the audiobook, though I tried several times. The narrator seems to be putting on an English accent but doesn’t do so very convincingly, which leads to…
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My Review of Sentinals Awaken by Helen Garraway

My Review: ★★★ This was a hard one for me to get into for some reason. I’ve started it several times and had to backtrack multiple times to try to figure out what was going on. I think this has a lot to do with the writing style, which kind of hops around a bit.…
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My Review of The Ascendant Path: Scholar by Joshua C. Cook

My Review: ★★★★ I really enjoyed this story. It starts with Layten, a boy from a small village, who is chosen to become a scholar and study at the House of Knowledge. This is pretty standard Fantasy, but once he arrives at the House of Knowledge, that’s when the fun begins. I really enjoyed his…
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My Review of Skyler Phoenix by Damien Benoit-Ledoux

My Review: ★★★ I’m giving this book a solid 3 stars. I absolutely loved the book’s first half when Sklyer is dealing with the situation with the Tisdales and Cam. There were solid emotional beats, and the story felt realistic. I am from the South, and this is precisely how anyone in the LGBTQIA+ community…
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My Review of A Soul As Cold As Frost by Jennifer Kropf

My Review: ★★★★★ A Soul as Cold As Frost is an imaginative and adventurous masterpiece! The book is a mix of Narnia, Wonderland, and Howl’s Moving Castle, and in the best way! Helen receives a mysterious orb from an even more mysterious stranger. What happens next is unexpected and wonderous! She can now see a…
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My Review of Dark by Paul L. Arvidson

My Review: ★★★★ Dark is an adventurous romp through the pipe system of Dun’s planet, known as The River. Dun struggles with his dreams, which he fears may be prophetic, and his mission to discover what has happened to a neighboring clan. With his best friend Padj and their guide Myrch, Dun is exposed to…
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My Review of Isla Emerged by Deidre Sequeira

My Review: ★★★ Isla Emerged is a good, albeit short, story about a mermaid who is betrothed to her best male friend. However, she yearns for more from her life. Most of the book is spent with Isla trying to escape from her kingdom and then getting caught by her father or fiance, or sometimes…
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My Review of Tribe Of Midnight by Iris Knox

My Review: ★★★★ This is a difficult book to review. I really enjoyed the story. The concept is amazing, and the storytelling is crisp and well-paced. Still, it was very hard to like the love interest, Wyran, until very late in the book because of the abusive nature of his relationship with Lillian, the book’s…
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My Review of Blood of Olthetta by Aaron Volner

My Review: ★★★★★ This story was just the gem I’d been looking for! I love the world, the characters, and I need more! I need to know what happens next! The story starts off with Patrick, a goat herder who travels to the city of Olthetta to become a mercenary. As he reaches the beach,…
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My Review of The Sniggard’s Revenge by Jeff Chapman

My Review: ★★★ While I enjoyed the characters in the book, and the main premise was brilliant, the writing style was very hard to follow at times, and I found myself going back over sections again and again in order to understand what was actually going on. As such, it took me a very long…
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