[New Post] ARC Review: The Shadows of Wren by Jen Bliton


Title: The Shadows of Wren

Author: Jen Bilton

Page count: 386

Published: August 30th, 2023

Publisher: Netgalley

Genre: YA, Magic

Received: From the publisher in exchange for an honest review

Rating: 2/5


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After decades of peace within the lands of Caldumn ruled by the Red Kingdom, the southern towns have come under attack. Their libraries burned and ancient texts stolen by an ominous force. An unlikely alliance between two magic kinds is formed when Wren, a nineteen-year-old Mage, finds herself in the middle of a conflict that will take her outside of the peaceful life she’s known.

Along her journey, she meets Tyran, whose Necromancer magic is not widely trusted, and learns they share a deeper ancient magic that has long since disappeared.

Together with the help of all magic kinds, they must unite the towns to save their lands, and themselves, while the threat of the Red Kingdom looms.



Wren is orphaned as a child and discovers that she has a gift for shadow magic. As she grows, she trains with her father to learn how to work her magic. This was a book that was difficult to get into, and that may be because I don’t normally read this type of genre, it did have a good plot/storyline but it just wasn’t for me.



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[New Post] ARC Review: Hook and Crown by Nicole Knapp

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Title: Hook and Crown

Author: Nicole Knapp

Page count: 212

Published: June 11th, 2019

Publisher: Parliament House Press

Genre: Fairy Tale

Received: From the publisher in exchange for an honest review

Rating: 2/5


You’ve heard of Neverland and its inhabitants… fairies, pirates, mermaids, and a boy who didn’t want to grow up. But you can’t always believe the stories. In the vein of Aiden Thomas’ Peter Pan retelling, Lost in the Never Woods , Hook & Crown is perfect for readers who crave fresh, modern twists on classic tales.

“Where do I even begin with this book?! As a lifelong fan of Peter Pan I am a sucker for retellings and this one blew my mind. This book took me on a rollercoaster of emotions that I can only hope to share with the world. I highly recommend this book to anyone who wants a dark and gritty retelling with some plot twists that will leave you breathless!”

– Verified Reviewer

Elena Hart arrives in London, bound for a new boarding school operated by her estranged uncle. A fresh start is exactly what she needs. But when strange things begin happening, things she can’t explain, she begins to wonder if she’s losing her senses. Then, a strange girl appears in her room one night, claiming to be a fairy tasked with bringing Elena to Neverland at the request of its ruler.

Skeptical, Elena refuses, until a young man with strange green eyes appears. Although she tries to resist his charm, something about him allays her doubts, and Elena is whisked away from the world she knows to one she always thought was make-believe.

But Neverland is nothing like the stories Elena grew up hearing, and she quickly learns that the boundary between the righteous and the wicked is hardly clear-cut. She must decide for herself who the heroes and villains are, or if there are truly any at all.



This wasn’t for me at all I couldn’t connect to the book at all it was a DNF at 30%



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