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What We Sacrifice For Magic

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  This review will be about What We Sacrifice For Magic by Andrea Jo DeWerd. It was published on September 24, 2024. It’s listed as an Adult Historical Fantasy.  ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ About the book:  The Watry-Ridder family’s charms and spells have been passed down through the generation of witches, serving the small town of Friedrich, Minnesota in 1968. They are feared but also respected,  farmers need water charms, teenagers need love spells, or a quick harmless curse. Just graduating high school, eldest daughter Elisabeth has high expectations set on her shoulders as she is expected to master her magical abilities and take over the family business for her grandmother, the infamous Magda. Along with the expectations of mastering her magic, she’s also supposed to marry her high school boyfriend and then live the rest of her life in the small town of Friedrich. All Elisabeth can think about though is, why her? Why is the path ahead of her set in stone and what else could possibly b...

HALE The Rise of the Griffins by J.K. Noble

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  This review will be about HALE The Rise of the Griffins by J.K. Noble. It was published on November 2, 2021 with 3 so far after. The second book, HALE The Prophets Journal was published November 21, 2023 and the third book, HALE The Staff of Time does not have a listed release date. This series is listed as a Children’s Fantasy.  ⭐⭐⭐⭐ About the book: Hale, a sixteen-year-old, makes a daring escape from his kidnapper only to find himself in a brutal world full of magic that his sister, Carly, had tried to protect him from.  Hale finds himself in the violent Land of Griffins where he learns he’s not a normal kid. In fact, he’s actually a griffin and has extraordinary talents. As he learns how to be a griffin, he becomes close with Bayo, the Griffin Leader, and Hale can’t deny that there is a connection between them. Bayo has secrets though, he has dark plans in store for Hale as well as who they really are to each other.  Review: I received this book through a giveaw...

The Wren in the Holly Library

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This review will be about The Wren in the Holly Library by K.A.Linde. It was published on June 4, 2024 and will be a continued series called; The Oak and the Holly Cycle Series. Its genre is listed as Adult, fantasy, romance.  ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Synopsis: Can you love the dark when you know what it hides? Some things aren’t supposed to exist outside of our imagination. Thirteen years ago, monsters emerged from the shadows and plunged Kierse’s world into a cataclysmic war of near-total destruction. The New York City she knew so well collapsed practically overnight. In the wake of that carnage, the Monster Treaty was created. A truce...of sorts. But tonight, Kierse―a gifted and fearless thief―will break that treaty. She’ll enter the Holly Library...not knowing it’s the home of a monster. He’s charming. Quietly alluring. Terrifying. But he knows talent when he sees it; it’s just a matter of finding her price. Now she’s locked into a dangerous bargain with a creature unlike any other. She’ll sacrifi...