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Review – Magic by Midnight by Allison S. Bass

(Blurb and cover taken from Goodreads) Official blurb: The adventure she always wanted revealed a love she could never have.  Felicity, a young librarian, is certain her only adventures will come in the form of the books she reads. When her uncle reveals that the palace librarians have the secret gift of interpreting fairy tales, […]

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Book Review – The Cruel Prince by Holly Black

(Cover and blurb taken from Goodreads) Official Blurb: Of course I want to be like them. They’re beautiful as blades forged in some divine fire. They will live forever. And Cardan is even more beautiful than the rest. I hate him more than all the others. I hate him so much that sometimes when I […]

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Review – The Cruel Prince by Holly Black

(Cover and blurb taken from Goodreads) Official Blurb: Of course I want to be like them. They’re beautiful as blades forged in some divine fire. They will live forever. And Cardan is even more beautiful than the rest. I hate him more than all the others. I hate him so much that sometimes when I […]

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Book Reviews

I will now be posting mini reviews! I say mini because I am a very succinct writer and I can usually sum up a book in a few sentences. If I gush about something, you know I really enjoyed it. Genre: The books I review will all be YA fantasy. It’s my favorite as well […]

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Release of The Nameless

Enter a world where human teens recklessly cross moral boundaries, faerie outcasts play by their own rules, and the threat of dark magic looms over them all. My debut YA fantasy novel is now available on Amazon! The e-book is free Dec. 16 & 17, 2018. And it’s free to read on Kindle Unlimited. Faeries […]

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My Debut YA Fantasy Novel Launches in Dec

The Nameless, my debut YA fantasy novel, will be available on Amazon Dec. 16th, 2018. I’m forming a launch team with a special bonus for those who join: entry into a drawing to win the chance to name one of my characters! All you have to do is download the free advanced copy of The […]

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Sometimes it takes a book…

As my life has become a little more hectic in the past years, I’ve noticed a trend. If I go for a few days without reading, I’m more likely to stress out and/or feel like my life is going nowhere. I miss the high school and college days when I had more time to sit […]

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Confession of an E-book Reader

I have a confession to make. About nine years ago when I was preparing to leave for college, I sold all my hardcopy books in favor of e-books. I just didn’t have the room in my small car to lug boxes upon boxes of books with me. It felt freeing at the time to be […]

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Why Movies Ruin Books

You’ve been there, right? The movie adaptation of your favorite book comes out. You’re all excited. And then as you watch, your heart starts to sink. You start to think, “No. No. That is wrong. That is wrong.” And it ends up being a total letdown in either character portrayal or the sequence of events […]

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The Magic of Faerie

All faeries have a force called the ara (a-rah) within them. The ara is a force within nature as well. In Faerie, the amount of power one has determines how they can influence the world around them, using the ara within to connect to the same magic within the physical world. Each faerie is born […]

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