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Tag: Adventure

March 21, 2022 by Amanda MacGregor

How Video Games and Fanfiction Brought Me Back to Writing, a guest post by Judy I. Lin

With A MAGIC STEEPED IN POISON, I hope that I’ve captured that sense of adventure and exploration for my readers, and keep them up late at night, just like I once stayed up crawling through dungeons and playing in the dreamlands.

January 14, 2021 by Amanda MacGregor

Book Review: Amari and the Night Brothers by B. B. Alston

Every page of this story was a delight. Really all I want in life right now is for this whole series to be out and all the movies so I can just live inside the world of Amari and friends. I'm obsessed.

July 31, 2018 by Amanda MacGregor

Book Review: Heart of Thorns by Bree Barton

Publisher’s description Inventive and heart-racing, this fierce feminist teen fantasy from debut author Bree Barton explores a dark kingdom in which only women can possess magic—and every woman is suspected of having it. Fans of Leigh Bardugo and Laini Taylor won’t want to miss this gorgeously written, bold novel, the first in the Heart of Thorns […]

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Book Review: The Serpent’s Secret (Kiranmala and the Kingdom Beyond #1) by Sayantani DasGupta

February 27, 2018 by Amanda MacGregor

Publisher’s description MEET KIRANMALA: INTERDIMENSIONAL DEMON SLAYER (Only she doesn’t know it yet.) On the morning of her twelfth birthday, Kiranmala is just a regular sixth grader living in Parsippany, New Jersey . . . until her parents mysteriously vanish and a drooling rakkhosh demon slams through her kitchen, determined to eat her alive. Turns […]

Book Review: Cucumber Quest: The Doughnut Kingdom by Gigi D.G.

October 10, 2017 by Amanda MacGregor

Publisher’s description What happens when an evil queen gets her hands on an ancient force of destruction? World domination, obviously. The seven kingdoms of Dreamside need a legendary hero. Instead, they’ll have to settle for Cucumber, a nerdy magician who just wants to go to school. As destiny would have it, he and his way more heroic […]

Book Review: Rebel, Bully, Geek, Pariah by Erin Jade Lange

February 24, 2016 by Amanda MacGregor

Publisher’s description The Rebel: Once popular, Andi is now a dreadlocked and tattooed wild child. The Bully: Sick of being the less favorite son, York bullies everyone, especially his brother. The Geek: Boston, York’s brother, and obsessed with getting into an Ivy League school. The Pariah: Sam, now that her mom is sober, she just […]

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