☆☆☆☆☆ After her mother’s death, sixteen-year-old Bree Matthews enrolls in a UNC–Chapel Hill program to escape her grief, only to witness a magical attack her first night. Thrust into a hidden world of demon hunters descended from King Arthur’s knights, Bree uncovers a link between her own magic and the mystery surrounding her mother’s death.ContinueContinue reading “Legendborn Review”
Author Archives: JA Keuken
Forging Silver Into Stars Review
☆☆☆☆☆ I was a little worried when I began reading this when I realized that it was alternating first person point of view. My nemesis. Never have I been capable of reading a book with it… until now. What makes it work is how well developed the characters are. They have distinctly different thought processes,ContinueContinue reading “Forging Silver Into Stars Review”
Displacement
Every day, Sahar uploaded videos about the forced displacement that she and her people were suffering, despite how the views and engagement dwindled with time. She kept making them anyway, if just for proof of how inaction doomed her people; how violent being peaceful could be.
Glimmer
Dale saw a glimmer amongst the mess. He carefully stepped over flipped furniture and discarded papers until he found it – a pendant. It was aged and dull; it shouldn’t have caught the light. A whisper came from within. He couldn’t resist.
Sweet
Resentment brewed in the two older brothers of Lily, the only daughter. The boys loved her, truly, but the way Lily was doted upon was always to their detriment. They tried to keep her hidden from their suffering, but they couldn’t tolerate the way the world bended for her sweet smile.
Pitch
The high-pitch scream cut through the night. Nick found everyone at the bonfire was still there – except for Elle. He took a step into the woods, ignoring the pleas of the others. Once out of eyeshot of the fire, he looked up and his eyes grew wide. It definitely hadn’t been Elle.
A Song to Drown Rivers – An Insightful Novel That Reflects the Shades-of-Grey in Relationships
☆☆☆☆ Very much a YA book and I think it has great messages and undertones for young readers (although the message is applicable for all ages). Does Xishi come off a bit like a Mary Sue? Sure. However, the book is based off one of four women (the Four Beauties) who existed in Ancient ChinaContinueContinue reading “A Song to Drown Rivers – An Insightful Novel That Reflects the Shades-of-Grey in Relationships”
Daily Writing Prompt: What Topics Can You Always Discuss?
Daily writing promptWhat topics do you like to discuss?View all responses This is probably the worst question to ask me. Not because I don’t like to discuss anything, but because I like to discuss everything. Whatever it is, it is either interesting or abhorrent to those around me, and for that I don’t apologize. KnowledgeContinueContinue reading “Daily Writing Prompt: What Topics Can You Always Discuss?”
Risks & Recovering
Daily writing promptWhen is the last time you took a risk? How did it work out?View all responses Every decision a person makes is a risk. Characters go through all sorts of changes in a novel, and things don’t just happen to them. It is the character’s decisions that drive the plot – it’s causeContinueContinue reading “Risks & Recovering”
Uncovering Forever Chemicals: A Must-Read Book
This is a book everyone needs to read. They Poisoned the World is a book authored by Mariah Blake, an investigative journalist whose work has appeared in publications like The Atlantic, Mother Jones, and The New Republic. It follows a decades long battle to uncover and expose the dangers of forever chemicals – and how every dayContinueContinue reading “Uncovering Forever Chemicals: A Must-Read Book”
JA Keuken 