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Fledgling is a Fun Ride on a Dragon 4 Black Cats Fledgling by Nicole Conway is a fun easy read  while on vacation or a rainy weekend.  Jaevid is our main character a half human, half grey elf who is hated by both species so sadly doesn't fit in anywhere.  By chance a dragonrider named Sile gets Jaevid into the Dragonrider academy after Jaevid is chosen by a wild dragon.  This story follows the hero's journey formula very closely in this first installment. It is a very easy read and perfect for younger readers. Her style of writing is very easy to...

Wicked Salem: Exploring Lingering Lore and Legends   Sam Baltrusis    Genre: Ghosts, Hauntings, Local History, Salem, Haunted History   Publisher: Globe Pequot Press   Date of Publication: May 1, 2019   Wicked Salem is An Interesting Read For Salem Enthusiasts  31/2 Black Cats Wicked Salem by Sam Baltrusis is a nonfiction novel about  many of the tragic happenings in Salem's past and the resulting hauntings that occur today because of them. Each chapter is set up about the same. It talks about something that happened in Salem's past such as a few of the Salem witches, Captain White, and many...

I thought Equal Parts had a strong beginning. The voice of the main character, Felicity, immediately drew me into the story, no prologues, no long passages explaining the character’s history or the history of the world, the reader starts right in the spot where the world changes for the main character, the part when she meets the city’s villain, Achilles. Immediately the reader knows the destiny of these two are intertwined in some way. The reader is also introduced right off the bat to what type of story they are reading, a world full of people with superpowers. The writing...

Bone Chillers by John McDonnell is a collection of dark, short stories reminiscent of the shows Tales From the Dark Side or Tales From the Crypt. If you enjoyed those shows, you may want to check this book out. Below is the description of the book from Amazon.Do you like to feel afraid? Do you like that feeling in the pit of your stomach when you hear an unknown sound in the dark? When you hear footsteps in an empty house? When you get a sudden shock? Then read "Bone Chillers" a collection of nine scary stories. Here you'll meet...

Darkness Falls by Jessica Sorenson is a vampire fantasy novel about Kayla, a teen growing up in a world over ran by vampires. She is a bellator, a warrior allowed to go outside the confines of The Colony to search for supplies among the ruins. Her world turns upside down when she is selected for The Gathering. No one selected for The Gathering ever returns. Instead of dying, she wakes up and runs into a group outside The Colony who insist they were once part of The Gathering. These people know her well, but she doesn’t know or remember them...