Move over, lame Harry Potter play, I’ve found a much better cursed child! In Jessica Townsend's book Nevermoor: The Trials of Morrigan Crow, we follow the titular Morrigan. She was born on Eventide, the unluckiest day, and is therefore considered cursed and is blamed for all misfortune in her community. She is also fated to …
Book Review | Princess Princess Ever After
In Katie O’Neill’s graphic novel, Princess Princess Ever After, Princess Sadie is locked in a tower. One day, Princess Amira rescues her. Together, they go adventuring, learning about each other and overcoming obstacles to become stronger. But someone from Sadie’s past is coming after her, and might threaten the growing closeness between the princesses. This …
Book Review | The Henna Wars
In The Henna Wars by Adiba Jaigirdar, Nishat is one of the only Muslim girls at her private school in Dublin. She’s also a lesbian, and isn’t sure how to behave when her parents don’t approve. When her school organizes a competition about who can form the best small business, she throws herself into it …
Book Review | Burn
Maybe my standards for dragon books are too high, because I have yet to find the Great One. Still, this was entertaining enough. Patrick Ness’ novel Burn is a young adult fantasy about an alternate universe during the Cold War. Here, dragons have existed forever and are a part of life, if an aloof and …
Book Review | Daisy Jones and the Six
Well, I liked this book about as much as I liked American Dirt. (I didn’t like American Dirt.) Daisy Jones and the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid tells the story of the titular band, specifically lead singers Daisy Jones and Billy Dunn, through their beginnings, their rise to fame, and their falling-out in the middle …
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