Genre: Fantasy & Magic

AGAIN, BUT BETTER By Christine Riccio

AGAIN, BUT BETTER By Christine Riccio

Short and Sweet Review Shane is about to do a semester abroad in London. Shane is excited for a new start, back home she’s premed which makes her parents happy but here in London she’s about to pursue her passion for writing. Shane is about to do things she hasn’t before like make friends, go […]

THE WINNER’S KISS By Marie Rutkoski

THE WINNER’S KISS By Marie Rutkoski

Sweet and Short Review War has started between the Valorians and the Herrani and Arin is in the thick of it trying to strategize the best way to win. With everything that he’s dealing with he’s starting to forget Kestrel, someone he thinks he can no longer trust. Meanwhile Kestrel is taken as a prisoner […]

WITH A LITTLE LUCK By Marissa Meyer

WITH A LITTLE LUCK By Marissa Meyer

Short and Sweet Review Jude is okay with staying low-key, he wants to play dungeon and dragons with his friends and draw comics when he has the time, and work at his parents record shop. One day Jude finds a 20 sided dice and he finds himself with a lot of luck. Almost everything Jude […]

THE HEDGEWITCH OF FOXHALL By Anna Bright

THE HEDGEWITCH OF FOXHALL By Anna Bright

Short and Sweet Review In Wales magic is fading and that’s because of King Offa’s dyke which spans the whole border. Ffion is the last hedgewitch and she only uses what nature can spare to conduct her magic, unlike other witches who will sacrifice the whole forest if they have to. Prince Tal doesn’t care […]

BOOK, BEAST, AND CROW By Elizabeth Byrne

BOOK, BEAST, AND CROW By Elizabeth Byrne

Short and Sweet Review Things in Hartwood, New Jersey, aren’t completely normal. The town has a wall surrounding the swamp to keep out the beast which is either an urban legend or the truth. Anna has always felt different, she could see things no one else could, the only thing that keeps Anna feeling like […]

THE POISONS WE DRINK By Bethany Baptiste

THE POISONS WE DRINK By Bethany Baptiste

Short and Sweet Review Venus brews love potions illegally, but she does what she needs to keep her mom and sister afloat. In this book we see a divide between witches and humans. When Venus’s mom Clarissa dies from an iron bullet, Venus’s world is turned upside down, but when Venus is offered the chance […]

GLASS SWORD By Victoria Aveyard

GLASS SWORD By Victoria Aveyard

Short and Sweet Review After barely escaping the arena with her life, Mare is now traveling with the scarlet guard. Mare has a list of names of other people with red blood who have silver abilities and her goal is to find every one of them and start an army to go against Maven. Throughout […]

A TEMPEST OF TEA By Hafsah Faizal

A TEMPEST OF TEA By Hafsah Faizal

Short and Sweet Review Arthie Casimir is a criminal mastermind and by day she runs a tea shop but by night it becomes an illegal blood house. When the tea house is threatened Arthie comes up with a plan, a heist if you will to save everything she’s worked for. To pull off this heist […]

A WHOLE NEW WORLD By Liz Braswell

A WHOLE NEW WORLD By Liz Braswell

Short and Sweet Review A Whole New World, is a retelling of Aladdin, instead of Aladdin getting the lamp and three wishes Jafar gets them. Jafar uses his first two wishes on becoming the sultan and one of the most powerful sorcerers in the world. Agrabah used to be a decent city but now the […]