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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…

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

Book Review: The Rogue Knight

I am not sure if I am outgrowing Middle Grade books or Brandon Mull is losing his touch. I can still remember how the Fablehaven series (my first Brandon Mull series) hooked me to the point that I sacrificed many a good night’s sleep just to finish the five books as soon as possible. And after that, find myself rereading the whole series after two months. That didn’t happen to me with the Five Kingdoms series. Sky Raiders, the first book of Five Kingdoms, was just OKAY. Not good, not bad either. There were interesting stuff—like the shaping abilities and…

January 10, 2016July 13, 2024Snoozly KitsuneLeave a Comment

Book Review: Forbidden

If only I could turn back time, I would have told myself that picking up this book is strictly forbidden so as to save myself from wasting precious hours. Bad pun aside, Forbidden made the right first steps. Beautiful cover: Check. Intriguing premise: check. Refreshing setting: Check. But then, the camels happened. Not to mention that the excessive belly dancing has made for a dizzying ride in the most negative way. I swear that by the second half of the book, I was already contemplating the thousand ways of killing a fucking camel. Forbidden started off really nice. We have…