Grade: 5 For fans of animals, this book is for you! For fans of adopting animals, get your tissue box! This is the second book in Pilkey’s series Dragon’s Tales. Meant for early readers as a transition from board books to chapter books, it features color pictures on every page and a handful of easy… Continue reading Dragon’s Fat Cat by Dav Pilkey
Grade: 4 Disclaimer: If you are reading this review and you live in the United States, most likely this book is going to bring up some emotions. The storyline of Sirens and other supernatural people are woven into the Civil Rights movement and the current Black Lives Matter movement. There is a trial happening in… Continue reading A Song Below Water by Bethany C. Morrow
The series, A Twisted Tale, looks at Disney fairy tales and asks a question. For So This Is Love, the question is “What if Cinderella never tried on the glass slipper?” It should be noted that this series is published by Disney and therefore the re-tellings are based solely on the Disney movies, not the actual fairy… Continue reading So This Is Love by Elizabeth Lim
“Full of twists, turns, and laugh-out-loud humor, this tongue-in-cheek feminist alternative history is impossible to put down. A thrilling alternative history that sparkles with wit and charm.” – Kirkus Reviews Three authors join forces to bring us an alternate version of Wild Bill’s Traveling show, featuring teenage versions of Calamity Jane, Frank Butler and Annie Oakley.… Continue reading My Calamity Jane by Brodi Ashton, Cynthia Hand and Jodi Meadows
The Complete Magical Series A princess determined to break her curse. Her kingdom under constant threat. Four men scarred by magic, determined to reclaim their humanity. Grade: 4 This review is for the series as a whole, instead of the individual books. Getting the disclaimers out of the way, this is a Reverse Harem (RH).… Continue reading Magical Kingdoms series by Marie Robinson
“I love you,” I said, and stabbed him.” – Sarah J. Maas, A Court of Thorn and Roses Grade: 2.5 I fell in love with the writing style of Maas in her Assassins Blade series so I was psyched to read something different by her. Beauty and the Beast is one of my favorite fairy tales and… Continue reading A Court of Thorns and Roses By Sarah J. Maas
