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nikiflorica
Jul 15, 20223 min read
Seriously? Now? It's My Day Off!
I'm a routine gal. To the nth degree. If there were no variables in my life to shake things up for me, every day would probably look the...
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nikiflorica
May 27, 20223 min read
If Reggie Can Do It...
Reggie has come a long way since her initial fear of the garage a few posts ago. In just a couple of short months with us, our 'lil pup...
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nikiflorica
Dec 3, 20213 min read
A Roomful of People Like That
There is always a degree of discomfort in coming up against opinions that differ from our own. It's natural—and perfectly human—to...
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nikiflorica
Oct 1, 20212 min read
Brand of Light, by Ronie Kendig: Review
Kersei Dragoumis of the planet Drosero thought an unwanted marriage was the worst fate imaginable . . . until an inexplicable tragedy...
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nikiflorica
Jul 16, 20212 min read
The Queen's Resistance, by Rebecca Ross: Review
After surviving a revolution that will finally put the rightful queen on the Maevan throne, Brienna struggles to find her place as the...
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nikiflorica
Jun 11, 20212 min read
Edgedancer, by Brandon Sanderson: Review
Lift doesn't make plans. She doesn't stay anywhere long enough to be known. She doesn't think, whenever she can help it. Nope, Lift...
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nikiflorica
May 7, 20212 min read
Rhythm of War, by Brandon Sanderson: Review
True to its predecessors, Rhythm of War is vast, all-consuming, and brimming with characters that seize the heart and pull, pull, pull...
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nikiflorica
Apr 23, 20212 min read
The Queen's Rising, by Rebecca Ross: Review
"Brienna desires only two things: to master her passion and to be chosen by a patron. Growing up in Valenia at the renowned Magnalia...
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nikiflorica
Mar 5, 20212 min read
Anelthalien, by H.A. Pruitt: Review
Kindle is sick of being unexceptional—that is, until a mysterious necklace transports her to the world of Anelthalien, where suddenly,...
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nikiflorica
Feb 5, 20212 min read
The Gospel Truth, by Caroline Pignat: Review
Born a house slave on Whitehaven Plantation, Pheobe knows how to watch and listen and hide secrets away where no one will find...
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nikiflorica
Nov 6, 20202 min read
Oathbringer, by Brandon Sanderson: Review
The Knights Radiant have returned—just in time for the end of the world. (Read full description here.) There's no question that I had...
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nikiflorica
Sep 18, 20202 min read
The Way of Kings, by Brandon Sanderson: Review
The Way of Kings had me squealing, shrieking, gasping, moaning, bellowing, clutching my heart, forgetting to breathe, and reading past one o
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nikiflorica
Sep 4, 20202 min read
The Shadow Queen, by C.J. Redwine: Review
The Ravenspire series came highly recommended as a gem of the clean fantasy genre, and I am happy to add this exciting Snow White retelling
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nikiflorica
Jun 5, 20202 min read
Romanov, by Nadine Brandes: Review
Ex-princess Anastasia "Nastya" Romanov is the last hope for her family. As the Russian Revolution drives the royals into Siberian exile,...
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nikiflorica
May 8, 20201 min read
A Time to Die, by Nadine Brandes: Review
Parvin Blackwater's Clock gives her little more than eighteen years to live, and at the last year mark, she knows she's wasted them....
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nikiflorica
Apr 24, 20201 min read
Predator's Gold, by Philip Reeve: Review
Since the Traction City of London fell, Tom Natsworthy and Hester Shaw have lived happily for two years, flying the Bird Roads in their...
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nikiflorica
Feb 21, 20202 min read
This Present Darkness, by Frank Peretti: Review
Ashton is a small town full of small-town people, the kind of place where life should be simple and neat. But to Hank Busche, the new...
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nikiflorica
Jan 24, 20202 min read
Thankful Thursday (except, you know, on a Friday)
Sorry, folks, I know I haven't been overly active in the blogging/social media world this week, but exams have thrown a wrench in my Heir...
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nikiflorica
Jan 17, 20202 min read
"Rook" is Amazing. Here's Why.
Okay, I know I recently posted a review on Sharon Cameron's exceptionally masterful work of YA fiction, but since I was only able to...
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nikiflorica
Jan 10, 20202 min read
Miriam, by Mesu Andrews: Review
The children of Israel have suffered four hundred years of bondage to the Pharaohs of ancient Egypt, clinging to El Shaddai's sacred...
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