nikiflorica9 hours ago3 minIf Reggie Can Do It...Reggie has come a long way since her initial fear of the garage a few posts ago. In just a couple of short months with us, our 'lil pup...
nikifloricaDec 3, 20213 minA Roomful of People Like ThatThere is always a degree of discomfort in coming up against opinions that differ from our own. It's natural—and perfectly human—to...
nikifloricaOct 1, 20212 minBrand of Light, by Ronie Kendig: ReviewKersei Dragoumis of the planet Drosero thought an unwanted marriage was the worst fate imaginable . . . until an inexplicable tragedy...
nikifloricaJul 16, 20212 minThe Queen's Resistance, by Rebecca Ross: ReviewAfter surviving a revolution that will finally put the rightful queen on the Maevan throne, Brienna struggles to find her place as the...
nikifloricaJun 11, 20212 minEdgedancer, by Brandon Sanderson: ReviewLift doesn't make plans. She doesn't stay anywhere long enough to be known. She doesn't think, whenever she can help it. Nope, Lift...
nikifloricaMay 7, 20212 minRhythm of War, by Brandon Sanderson: ReviewTrue to its predecessors, Rhythm of War is vast, all-consuming, and brimming with characters that seize the heart and pull, pull, pull...
nikifloricaApr 23, 20212 minThe Queen's Rising, by Rebecca Ross: Review"Brienna desires only two things: to master her passion and to be chosen by a patron. Growing up in Valenia at the renowned Magnalia...
nikifloricaMar 5, 20212 minAnelthalien, by H.A. Pruitt: ReviewKindle is sick of being unexceptional—that is, until a mysterious necklace transports her to the world of Anelthalien, where suddenly,...
nikifloricaFeb 5, 20212 minThe Gospel Truth, by Caroline Pignat: ReviewBorn a house slave on Whitehaven Plantation, Pheobe knows how to watch and listen and hide secrets away where no one will find...
nikifloricaNov 6, 20202 minOathbringer, by Brandon Sanderson: ReviewThe Knights Radiant have returned—just in time for the end of the world. (Read full description here.) There's no question that I had...
nikifloricaSep 18, 20202 minThe Way of Kings, by Brandon Sanderson: ReviewThe Way of Kings had me squealing, shrieking, gasping, moaning, bellowing, clutching my heart, forgetting to breathe, and reading past one o
nikifloricaSep 4, 20202 minThe Shadow Queen, by C.J. Redwine: ReviewThe Ravenspire series came highly recommended as a gem of the clean fantasy genre, and I am happy to add this exciting Snow White retelling
nikifloricaJun 5, 20202 minRomanov, by Nadine Brandes: ReviewEx-princess Anastasia "Nastya" Romanov is the last hope for her family. As the Russian Revolution drives the royals into Siberian exile,...
nikifloricaMay 8, 20201 minA Time to Die, by Nadine Brandes: ReviewParvin Blackwater's Clock gives her little more than eighteen years to live, and at the last year mark, she knows she's wasted them....
nikifloricaApr 24, 20201 minPredator's Gold, by Philip Reeve: ReviewSince the Traction City of London fell, Tom Natsworthy and Hester Shaw have lived happily for two years, flying the Bird Roads in their...
nikifloricaFeb 21, 20202 minThis Present Darkness, by Frank Peretti: ReviewAshton is a small town full of small-town people, the kind of place where life should be simple and neat. But to Hank Busche, the new...
nikifloricaJan 24, 20202 minThankful Thursday (except, you know, on a Friday)Sorry, folks, I know I haven't been overly active in the blogging/social media world this week, but exams have thrown a wrench in my Heir...
nikifloricaJan 17, 20202 min"Rook" is Amazing. Here's Why. Okay, I know I recently posted a review on Sharon Cameron's exceptionally masterful work of YA fiction, but since I was only able to...
nikifloricaJan 10, 20202 minMiriam, by Mesu Andrews: ReviewThe children of Israel have suffered four hundred years of bondage to the Pharaohs of ancient Egypt, clinging to El Shaddai's sacred...
nikifloricaJan 4, 20202 minRook, by Sharon Cameron: ReviewThe world has shifted on its axis. Technology and machinery have been destroyed and thrust into Ancient history, replaced by a world...