#2020reads

nikiflorica

Nov 21, 20202 min read

Unblemished, by Sara Ella: Review

Eliyana is used to the shadows. With a birthmark covering half her face, she just hopes to graduate high school unscathed. That is, until...

nikiflorica

Aug 22, 20202 min read

Between Burning Worlds, by Jessica Brody & Joanne Rendell: Review

Laterre is a planet on the brink of explosion. Unrest is mounting in the impoverished Third Estate, the Patriarche's attempts to smother...

nikiflorica

Aug 1, 20202 min read

Sky Without Stars, by Jessica Brody and Joanne Rendell: Review

On the planet of Laterre, the oppressed Third Estate lives to provide for the privileged higher classes beneath a sky that never clears....

nikiflorica

Jul 23, 20202 min read

Looking for Clean Fantasy? You and Me Both.

As someone who is constantly on the hunt for clean fantasy, there's nothing quite like those "Eureka!" moments when I stumble on a gem....

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,...

nikiflorica

May 22, 20202 min read

Infernal Devices, by Philip Reeve: Review

Fifteen-year-old Wren Natsworthy has grown up in Anchorage, the Traction City-turned-static on the dead North American continent. Her...

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....

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...

nikiflorica

Apr 11, 20202 min read

The Hobbit, by J.R.R. Tolkien: Review

Bilbo Baggins is a very respectable hobbit: he lives in a fine, cozy hobbit-hole and never does anything unexpected. So when the wizard...

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