4 stars This graphic novel opens with such a great start. From the opening spread of the café, I was immediately drawn in. There’s so much detail and things going in, I instantly wanted to get to know the characters and how they all connected with one another. As the characters were introduced, I fell…
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5 stars Another awesome adventure at Dunwiddle Magic School. While this is the third book in the series, there is enough backtracking and explanation of what happened in the previous books that it could be read alone. However, the first two books are just as engaging and fun so I’d still recommend reading them first…
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5 stars Another splendid collection of Phoebe and Marigold’s adventures including deciding on a Halloween costume, Phoebe coping with Marigold’s trip to a unicorn spa, winter shenanigans, video games, and run-ins with Dakota. It’s so much fun to dive in to Phoebe’s world and hang out with these two magical friends. Humorous, engaging, and fun….
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5 stars Another fantastic story in the Upside-Down Magic series. Wonderful themes and messages around inclusion and acceptance of the ways people are different from one another. This one deals with a lot of heavy topics including bullying, divorce, depression, and stress. Such topics are handled well, allowing the characters to understand and learn from…
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2 stars I’m starting to think Patterson’s writing just isn’t for me… Either I have aged out of an appreciation for sarcastic teenage narration or Patterson and Charbonnet haven’t quite figured out how to write a sarcastic teen who doesn’t just annoy the reader the entire time. I wanted to like this book, but found…
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5 stars What an amazing, unique, unexpected, splendid book. This was jaw-droppingly good and I did not want to put it down. I’ll admit, as an animal-lover I was a little squeamish when first introduced to the roadkill witch. But Leyh does such an amazing job of creating characters that you will gladly welcome into…
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5 stars Hooked from the first page and it got even better from there. I absolutely loved this book. Loved everything about it: the concept, the characters, and most importantly the amazing messages about the value of differences. The authors do an wonderful job creating an engaging world with strong messages that do not come…
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3 stars Overall, I enjoyed this witchy tale. I will start by saying this is the first book I’ve read in the Chrestomanci series (I didn’t even know it was a series when I picked up this book). However, from what I can tell, the books do not necessarily have to be read in order….
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A collection of tales featuring witches in all their shades. Some are wicked, some are sweet, and some lie somewhere in between. This is the first in Iron Faerie’s 500 series, stories told in exactly 500 words. This created a nice reading format as all of the tales are the same length, spanning about three…
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5 stars I’ll start off by saying I have not watched the film yet. I saw a recommendation for it, but don’t have Apple TV+. The library had a copy of the graphic novel so I thought I’d read it to see if the film was worth pursuing. After reading the graphic novel adaptation, I…
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