In Malinalli by Veronica Chapa, we follow the titular main character through the events of her life, as she goes from child to adolescent to woman. She learns early on that she has an aptitude for magic, but only boys are allowed to attend the school for magic in Tenochtitlan, so her twin brother Eagle …
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Book Review | The Railway Conspiracy
Shockingly, none of the action of this story takes place on a train. The Railway Conspiracy by John Shen Yen Nee and SJ Rozan once again follows the crime-fighting duo, Judge Dee Ren Jie and Lao She, this time as they face off with a multinational conspiracy in 1920s London. After the attempted theft of …
Book Review | Long Live Evil
In Long Live Evil by Sarah Rees Brennan, Rae has been fighting a probably terminal illness for a while now, and she’s tired. So when a mysterious figure appears in her hospital room and offers her a chance to save her own life, Rae agrees. Next thing she knows, she’s been transported into the world …
Book Review | The Sirens
In The Sirens by Emilia Hart, we follow three timelines, 2019, 1999, and 1800. In the first, college student Lucy is plagued by strange nightmares and sleepwalking episodes—the most recent of which ends with her hands around her ex’s throat. She flees campus in panic, terrified at what’s happening to her, and heads to her …
Book Review | Tea You at the Altar
I know, I know, the titles in this series are… not great, but at least the stories are cute. In Tea You at the Altar by Rebecca Thorne, we once again follow Reyna and Kianthe as they run their tea shop and prepare for their wedding. However, it’s not all straightforward: their new friends, the …
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