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Quick View Review: Overall Rating: **** (5/5) Amazon Rating: **** (4.5/5) One Sentence Review: A sequel that took this series from 4 ish stars to 5 and beyond, this book took me on a rollercoaster of newfound love for the characters, one of the most suspenseful plots EVER, and outstanding writing. Full Review: For the resistance in 1950s Germany, the war may be over, but the fight has just begun. Death camp survivor Yael, who has the power to skinshift, is on the run: The wor

Quick View Review Overall Rating: **** (4.2/5) Amazon Rating: **** (4.6/5) One-Sentence Review: A magical story set in a world you will without a doubt wish was real, this novel fell a little flat with characters but made up for it with the flawless plot, writing style, and, of course, fantastical setting. Full Review Scarlett has never left the tiny island where she and her beloved sister, Tella, live with their powerful, and cruel, father. Now Scarlett’s father has arranged

Quick View Review Overall Rating: *** (3.4/5) Amazon Rating: *** (3.9/5) One Sentence Review: If you are looking for a moving, descriptive, historical fiction novel, this is for you, but if not, this will just be depressing and sort of stale. Full Review Rutherford Calhoun, a newly freed slave and irrepressible rogue, is lost in the underworld of 1830s New Orleans. Desperate to escape the city’s unscrupulous bill collectors and the pawing hands of a schoolteacher hellbent on

Quick View Review General Rating: *** (3.5/5) Amazon Rating: **** (4.5/5) One Sentence Review: A book with a slow plot but characters that might as well be real, this book is a classic coming-of-age story that I enjoyed but didn’t love quite as much as I thought I would. Full Review: Sydney's handsome, charismatic older brother, Peyton, has always dominated the family, demanding and receiving the lion's share of their parents' attention. And when Peyton's involvement in a dru