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When I read the description of this book, I thought that it sounded like someone took Rick Riordan’s books, Megamind, and The Good Place and put them into one novel. Which is a fantastic idea, by the way. In Loki: A Bad God’s Guide to Being Good by Louie Stowell, Loki has done one bad thing too many … Read more

I received an advance reader’s copy (ARC) of Aces Wild by Amanda Dewitt. Since this version is just a proof and not the final version, I won’t quote directly and will keep my comments general. In Aces Wild, Jack Shannon’s world is falling apart. His mother, owner of a major Las Vegas casino, has just been … Read more

I received an advance reader’s copy (ARC) of You Only Live Once, Danny Bravo by Mark Oshiro. Since this version is just a proof and not the final version, I won’t quote directly and will keep my comments general. In You Only Live Once, Danny Bravo, Danny has just started middle school. He’s hoping it will … Read more

I received an advance reader’s copy (ARC) of Wildoak by C. C. Harrington. Since this version is just a proof and not the final version, I won’t quote directly and will keep my comments general. In Wildoak, Maggie’s stutter makes her reluctant to talk in school, or at all. Her father is nearly at the end … Read more

I received an advance reader’s copy (ARC) of Big Tree by Brian Selznick. Since this version is just a proof and not the final version, I won’t quote directly and will keep my comments general. In Big Tree, we follow the lives of two sycamore seeds, Louise and Merwin. A forest fire leads to them … Read more

I received a digital advance reader’s copy (ARC) of Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldree. Since this version is just a proof and not the final version, I won’t quote directly and will keep my comments general. In Legends & Lattes, Viv the orc is tired of being a sword for hire—the violence and pillaging and … Read more

I received an advance reader’s copy (ARC) of Hazel Hill Is Gonna Win This One by Maggie Horne. Since this version is just a proof and not the final version, I won’t quote directly and will keep my comments general. In Hazel Hill Is Gonna Win This One, Hazel doesn’t have many friends in middle school. … Read more

I jotted down this note while reading: “No one overthinks as much as Tobias Hawthorne.” And I stand by it. I would definitely lose a chess game to that man, because I can’t think thirty-seven steps ahead or whatever. What an exhausting way to live that would be. In The Final Gambit, the conclusion to the … Read more

I received an advance reader’s copy (ARC) of Arch-Conspirator by Veronica Roth. Since this version is just a proof and not the final version, I won’t quote directly and will keep my comments general. In Arch-Conspirator, Veronica Roth retells the story of Antigone, now set in a futuristic, post-apocalyptic city that’s filled with the last remnants of humanity. These … Read more

I received an advance reader’s copy (ARC) of The Vanquishers by Kalynn Bayron. Since this version is just a proof and not the final version, I won’t quote directly and will keep my comments general. Apparently between this book and What We Do In the Shadows, I am a fan of vampire stories again, or maybe for … Read more