The Assassin's Blade was a great prequel. It's interesting on it's own and we learn more about the main character and her personality as well as more of her background. But best of all, it directly sets up the plot for the first book in the series. The writing is funny and sarcastic with a few minor ... Read More »
Book Review: The Mermaid’s Sister by Carrie Anne Noble
"If my sister is a mermaid, then what am I?" says the the back of The Mermaid's Sister. And I went "OMG we're going to go into some crazy magic or mythology where they hunt down their parents and find out why their biology is different!!" Yeah, no. That didn't happen. They're adopted sisters. Once ... Read More »
Book Review: The Pirate’s Wish by Cassandra Rose Clarke
I liked The Pirate's Wish better than the first book. The main reason for my love was the manticore. It's deadly and eats humans, but respects human women. It values honor and promises and now I want a pet manticore. Ananna (the main character) helps the manticore and in return the manticore promises not to eat ... Read More »
Book Review: The Assassin’s Curse by Cassandra Rose Clarke
A unique setting and a fun plot with humor that reminded me of Princess Bride (sarcastic and a little blunt). We read this for book club and the more we discussed it, the more plot elements we found from things like The Croods (the characters), Aladdin (setting and magic), Bourne Identity (an assassin who can't ... Read More »
Book Review: A Whole New World by Liz Braswell
The first 82 pages of A Whole New World are extremely similar to the Disney movie, Aladdin. Even for a novelization of a movie, that's pretty unusual. We get a tiny bit more of Aladdin's backstory but almost all of the dialogue stays the same. On page 82 Jasmine actually goes looking for Aladdin after ... Read More »
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My name is Jessica. I love to read Young Adult and classic literature. I’ve been a book blogger for six years and I haven’t gotten tired of it yet. I’m a very curious reader. Writing about all the questions and thoughts I had while reading a book is the best hobby ever.