Category Archives: Prose

A Quiet Kind of Thunder by Sara Barnard

Posted on April 13, 2018 by

Steffi suffers from a lot of mental health disorders, including severe anxiety, panic disorder, and selective mutism. She cannot talk except in rare circumstances or in the few locations/with the few people she’s most comfortable. Rhys is new at school, … Continue reading →

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The One, by John Marrs

Posted on April 9, 2018 by

If a DNA test could match you to the one person in the world you are biologically compatible with, would you take the test? How would your results influence your actions? Can terms like “love” and “soulmate” really be quantified … Continue reading →

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Tess of the Road, by Rachel Hartman (audio)

Posted on April 6, 2018 by

Tess has always been the “bad” twin, in her angelic sister’s shadow, tormented by her mother and younger brothers. Her family is completely miserable: parents estranged and impoverished, half-sister who is also a half-dragon, and Tess herself, “ruined” at the … Continue reading →

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Reign the Earth, by AC Gaughen

Posted on March 30, 2018 by

Check out the Goodreads description here. I had mixed feelings about this book. Something about it grated on me the entire time I was reading, and at the same time, I was unable to put the book down. Part of … Continue reading →

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Children of Blood and Bone, by Tomi Adeyemi

Posted on March 26, 2018 by

From GoodReads: Zélie Adebola remembers when the soil of Orïsha hummed with magic. Burners ignited flames, Tiders beckoned waves, and Zelie’s Reaper mother summoned forth souls. But everything changed the night magic disappeared. Under the orders of a ruthless king, maji … Continue reading →

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Killman Creek, by Rachel Caine (audio)

Posted on March 9, 2018 by

To avoid spoiling the first book in this series (Stillhouse Lake, which I read last month), I’ll just say that in this book, the Proctor family is still on the run. Only now, Gwen has decided to go proactively hunting … Continue reading →

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The Boy on the Bridge, by MR Carey (audio)

Posted on March 5, 2018 by

As this is a prequel to The Girl with All the Gifts, I don’t want to say much about the story that might give away spoilers from either book. Scaled back to the bare bones, this book details the journey … Continue reading →

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