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February 1, 2016July 13, 2024Snoozly KitsuneLeave a Comment

Book Review: The Serpent’s Curse

Forbidden Stone was amazing. I wish I could say the same thing for The Serpent’s Curse. Though it did not suffer the second book syndrome, I cannot say that it lived up to the stellar performance of its predecessor. True, there are still the globe-trotting adventures, codes to be deciphered, and a parent to be saved; everything was not just the same. The story felt long winded and I just couldn’t establish a connection to the story. Maybe it’s because some of the twists were predictable or that they were revealed in the wrong time or maybe the important reveals…

January 17, 2016July 14, 2024Snoozly KitsuneLeave a Comment

Mini-Reviews: The Wacky Families

I’m going to bonk anyone in the head who says that MG books are boring. My Uncle Gus, The Garden Gnome is a heartwarming tale about a boy, Leo, who has a crush on a ghost named Fra. And he’s really trying his best to make Fra’s ghostly life interesting. But the trouble is, Grizella, a beautiful witch and Leo’s classmate, is sort of crazy about him. So when Leo turned down her dance invitation, Leo’s life has suddenly gone to the dogs. See? Middle grade books are even crazier than YA and Adult books. So with Leo’s life going…

January 15, 2016February 3, 2024Snoozly KitsuneLeave a Comment

Book Review: Empire of Shadows

I love the cover. That’s the only positive thing that I can think of about Empire of Shadows. Although it’s already the second book of the Bhinian Empire Series, it’s actually a prequel of book 1, A City of A Thousand Dolls. It tells the story of Mara and Emil Arvi, the deceased parents of our protagonist in book 1, Nisha Arvi. While I don’t have any issues with that, I still can’t understand why it was necessary for this book to exist other than vex the readers maybe or milk the cow some more. Book 1 was already crystal…

January 14, 2016July 13, 2024Snoozly KitsuneLeave a Comment

Book Review: Villain Keeper

Villain Keeper is one of those books that I really wanted to shove down people’s faces and rave about. But sadly, it didn’t just reach that I-am-gonna-build-a-hype-train-around-this-book status. Villain Keeper is about a young eighth-born prince, Prince Caden, of the magical Kingdom of Razzon who got transported to modern day America (North Carolina) due to some mysterious circumstance. He has two sidekicks, a prodigy sorceress who’s also a childhood friend and a boy whom Caden met after arriving in modern day America. These two sidekicks are called Brynne and Tito, respectively. Villain Keeper’s story starts rolling upon Caden’s and Brynne’s…