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Book Review: All the Rage by Courtney Summers

This is an important book for no other reason that it’s one of the few young adult titles I’ve heard of that challenges modern rape culture so boldly. I really appreciate the motive behind this text, but I find that I’m not as appreciative of ...
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Book Review: In the After by Demitria Lunetta

If anyone were to ask me what one thing I had no more need of in my life, it would certainly be YA dystopia. The market in that subgenre is completely oversaturated, and it’s a bit hard to come up with a new spin on things. Enter In the After. ...
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Book Review: Anyone But You by Jennifer Crusie

I would have liked the book better if there had been more of it. I was enjoying this book so much that I was disappointed when it was so hurried towards the end. However, overall, Anyone But You is a solid, sweet romance with an unconventional ...
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Book Review: Seawitch by Kat Richardson

From some perspectives, I can see Seawitch being one of the strongest installments in the Greywalker series so far. It definitely has scads more page-time devoted to characterization than I’m used to reading from Kat Richardson. At the same…I ...
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Book Review: The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins

I think Paula Hawkins’ debut is promising, and it was still an entertaining book. There was a tendency to overwrite, a lack of character depth, and a rushed conclusion, but nevertheless, I think The Girl on the Train was just engrossing and ...
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Book Review: Queen Anne by Anne Somerset

I’m very satisfied with this book. Queen Anne provides a tremendous amount of insight into Anne Stuart’s character and actions, and I think that Somerset assembled the facts quite well, and in a coherent manner. I’m not going to say this is my ...
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