Inspiration & Musings
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Book Review: Divergent #1, Divergent by Veronica Roth
Published by Katherine Tegen Books in February 2012, the book and its editions are available on Amazon in hardcover, paperback, Kindle, and audiobook formats, at local libraries, and through the Libby app. Roth brings her readers into a war-torn world broken into factions: Abnegation are selfless, Amity are peaceful, Candor value honesty, Dauntless are brave… Continue reading
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Book Review: The Mortal Instruments #2, City of Ashes by Cassandra Clare
First published March 25, 2008, this book and its versions are available on Amazon in hardcover, paperback, Kindle, and audiobook formats, at local libraries, or through the Libby app. The second installment of The Mortal Instruments is jam-packed and thrilling; it’s a roller coaster ride that keeps adrenaline pumping with each page. Clare continues her… Continue reading
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Book Review: The Mortal Instruments #1, City of Bones by Cassandra Clare
First published March 27, 2007, this book and its versions are available on Amazon in hardcover, paperback, Kindle, and audiobook formats, at local libraries, or through the Libby app. Clare introduces readers to the world of Shadowhunters when fifteen-year-old Clary Fray witnesses a murder at Pandemonium, a local club, by three other teens. Secrets from… Continue reading
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Book Review: A Song To Drown Rivers by Ann Liang
Published by St. Martin’s Press on October 1, 2024, this book is available on Amazon in hardcover, paperback, Kindle, and audiobook formats, at local libraries, and through the Libby app. Inspired by the legend of Xishi, one of Ancient China’s Four Beauties, Liang reimagines her as a woman whose beauty, seen as a blessing by… Continue reading
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Book Review: Fallen #2, Torment by Lauren Kate
First published September 28, 2010, the second installment in the Fallen series is available on Amazon in hardcover, paperback, Kindle, audiobook, local libraries, and the Libby app. Kate keeps up the vivid descriptions in her second book, following Luce on her journey as she finds herself the focus of an ancient feud. At her new… Continue reading
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Book Review: Snow Like Ashes #1, Snow Like Ashes by Sara Raasch
First published in 2014 by Balzer + Bray, it is available on Amazon in hardcover, paperback, Kindle, audiobook, at local libraries, or through the Libby app. Raasch introduces a world she crafted: eight Kingdoms, each with its own customs, ideals, and magic. Sixteen years ago, the Kingdom of Winter was conquered and its citizens enslaved.… Continue reading
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Book Review: Into Darkness #3, Game On by Navessa Allen. Narrated by Tara Langella and James Cassidy.
First published in March 2026 by Slowburn, book 3, Into Darkness, is available on Amazon in hardcover, paperback, Kindle, audiobook, at libraries, and on the Libby app. The audiobook featuring performances by Tara Langella and James Cassidy is delightful. Tara is Stella McCormick in spirit, and James makes Tyler Neumann’s spitefulness come through brilliantly. Allen… Continue reading
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Raven’s Point Is Waking, and It Remembers You
There are places you visit once and forget.Raven’s Point is not one of them. It lingers in the quiet, in the turn of wind through trees, in the sense that the town is watching as closely as you are. This isn’t just a setting. It breathes. It listens. Now, it’s beginning to stir. At first… Continue reading
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The Land is Waking And It Remembers
Magic is stirring in Raven’s Point. It doesn’t crash in. It creeps. A flicker in the roots beneath the soil.A pulse that doesn’t belong to any witch, any spell, any hand. The kind of shift you don’t hear until it’s already inside everything. The air has changed. The silence isn’t empty anymore.It’s holding an ancient… Continue reading
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If You Believe in Fate. This Series Will Test You.
Here’s a series you might love… If you’re drawn to stories where love feels inevitable, dangerous, and a little bit defiant, Pumpkin Spice & Mr. Right Café might be exactly what you’ve been looking for. Set in the quietly haunted town of Raven’s Point, this fantasy romance series weaves together soul-deep bonds, ancient land magic,… Continue reading
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