Review: The Finishing Touches

by Ikhlas // 25 July, 2012 // No Comments

In Hester Browne’s The Finishing Touches, Betsy is only a few days old when she’s abandoned on the steps of The Academy, a modern day finishing school. There she is taken in by Lady Frances, who takes care of her as...

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Review: Juliet

by Ikhlas // 15 July, 2012 // 4 Comments

In Anne Fortier’s Juliet, Julie Jacobs, a young American woman, loves Shakespeare’s iconic play and knows it by heart. But she never imagined that she herself is related to the iconic tragic lover. It is only when her aunt dies that...

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Review: Shadow and Bone

by Ikhlas // 11 July, 2012 // 2 Comments

In Shadow and Bone, Alina Starkov is just a poor orphan, working as a map maker with her best friend in a regiment, when the regiment is attacked by massive flesh-eating vultures. Before she knows it, Alina reveals a dormant power...

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Review: The Reckoning

by Ikhlas // 22 June, 2012 // 4 Comments

In the sequel to the hit The Taker, Alma Katsu returns in The Reckoning with another heart-wrenching, spellbinding, and evocative story of immortals Lanore and Adair. Lanny thought she had seen the last of Adair some 200 years ago. She hasn’t seen...

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Mini Book Reviews

by Ikhlas // 2 June, 2012 // 4 Comments

Wow, another week has gone by since my last update. Sorry! I’ve yet to receive my computer from these mysterious repairs, and so have been pretty useless/lazy this whole week. Well, that’s not completely true. I’ve planned a party today...

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book reviews

Review: The Finishing Touches

Review: Juliet

Review: Shadow and Bone

Review: The Reckoning

Mini Book Reviews