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I received an advance reader’s copy (ARC) of The Magnolia Sword: A Ballad of Mulan by Sherry Thomas. Since this version is just a proof and not the final version, I won’t quote directly and will keep my comments general. In The Magnolia Sword, Hua Mulan has grown up learning how to fight in preparation for a duel … Read more

Well, after my recent Rick Riordan kick, it’s time for something completely different! This Is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone tells the story of Red and Blue, two women fighting on opposite sides of a war that spans and transcends all of—you guessed it—time. Red is from the futuristic, … Read more

My reread of Heroes of Olympus is done! There will be no spoilers for this book here, but there will be some minor spoilers for the previous ones, by nature of this being a review of the final installment. In Rick Riordan’s The Blood of Olympus, the crew of the Argo II is back together, but the reunion … Read more

In an unexpected turn of events, the book I remembered least might be one of my favorite installments in the series! (By the way, there will be spoilers for the previous books of the series, but not for this book.) At the beginning of The House of Hades—Rick Riordan’s fourth book in the Heroes of Olympus … Read more

The Mark of Athena is the middle novel in Rick Riordan’s five-book series, The Heroes of Olympus. Now that the Roman and Greek camps know about each other, everything should be fine, right? Unfortunately, an accident leads to the newly formed group—Percy, Annabeth, Jason, Piper, Frank, Hazel, and Leo—racing off on the quest to Rome with … Read more

In Rick Riordan’s second installment in the Heroes of Olympus series, The Son of Neptune, Percy has no memories—except a single name, Annabeth. He finds himself at a camp, but he is sure this isn’t the right place. Still, when told he must go on a quest to help the Roman demigods, he cannot bring … Read more

I’m listening to Queen while writing this review, because it’s only right. (Not on cassette, though, sorry Crowley.) Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett’s collaborative novel Good Omens follows angel Aziraphale and demon Crowley who, over the thousands of years they’ve known each other, have become close despite their differences. But Armageddon is fast approaching, which is the … Read more

In The Lost Hero, the first installment in Rick Riordan’s Heroes of Olympus series, Jason wakes up with no memory of who he is. Then, when a strange creature attacks, he along with friends Leo and Piper discover they are much more than just troubled kids—they are demigods. Jason’s amnesia is tied inextricably to this fact, … Read more

The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon follows four characters: In the east, Tané hopes to become a dragon rider, but worries that a choice on the eve of a critical day in her career could ruin her chances; meanwhile, Niclays grapples with his past when asked to harbor a foreign fugitive. In the … Read more

Mackenzi Lee’s novel The Gentleman’s Guide to Vice and Virtue tells of Henry “Monty” Montague, a spoiled English gentleman, about to begin his Grand Tour of Europe before taking over his family’s estate. Accompanying him are his sister Felicity and his best friend Percy—whom Monty’s had a secret crush on for years. Monty is ready to … Read more