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The Court of Miracles – Are You Ready To Be Swept Away? Revolution is Bubbling in France, Revisiting the Days of Jean Valjean.
The Court of Miracles By Kester Grant Spoiler Alert! Summary Les Misérables meets Six of Crows in this page-turning adventure as a young thief finds herself going head to head with leaders of Paris’s criminal underground in the wake of the French … Continue reading
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Broken Veil – Will the Worlds Heal?
Broken Veil the Harbinger series By Jeff Wheeler Spoiler Alert! Summary Wall Street Journal bestselling author Jeff Wheeler’s epic Harbinger series comes to a breathtaking conclusion as two women are swept into a battle that could destroy two worlds. Rescued … Continue reading
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Vengeance Road – Classic Western Style Revenge Anyone?
Book Review : Vengeance Road By Erin Bowman Spoiler Alert! Summary Revenge is worth its weight in gold. When her father is murdered for a journal revealing the location of a hidden gold mine, eighteen-year-old Kate Thompson disguises herself as a boy … Continue reading
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“The Queen of Attolia” – Do You Love This One Or Hate It?
Book Review: The Queen of Attolia By Megan Whalen Turner Spoiler Alert! Summary Revenge When Eugenides, the Thief of Eddis, stole Hamiathes’s Gift, the Queen of Attolia lost more than a mythical relic. She lost face. Everyone knew that Eugenides … Continue reading
“Shadow Scale” – Does the Sequel Live Up To Seraphina?
Book Review: Shadow Scale By Rachel Hartman Spoiler Alert! Summary The kingdom of Goredd: a world where humans and dragons share life with an uneasy balance, and those few who are both human and dragon must hide the truth. Seraphina … Continue reading
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“Les Misérables” – Redemption of Man
Book Review : Les Misérables by Victor Hugo Prior to your reading this review, I warn you that I cannot write a short review for a book that is well over 1000 pages. If I attempted a short review it … Continue reading
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“The Count of Monte Cristo” – Love of a Swashbuckling Tale
Alexandre Dumas was a very interesting man. He was the illigitimate son of Alexandre Dumas and Marie-Catherine Labay, a dressmaker. He was acknowledged by his father, and as the law allowed, was removed from his mother’s custody. He appears to … Continue reading
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