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BreeHola reviewed The Magic Fish by Trung Le Nguyen
BreeHola reviewed In: A Graphic Novel by Will McPhail
BreeHola reviewed Daughter of the Moon Goddess by Sue Lynn Tan
BreeHola reviewed Boys Run the Riot 1 by Keito Gaku
BreeHola reviewed Poison for Breakfast by Lemony Snicket
Review of 'Poison for Breakfast' on 'Goodreads'
4 stars
3.5 stars
It's a 3.5 for me because the entire book reads like a long, meandering sentence. Nothing against sentences like that but I'm bad at them. I always forget what was said at the beginning by the time the sentence reaches its conclusion.
It's a book of thoughts disguised as a mystery book for which along the way there will be a lot of bewilderment, as the author intended. Regardless, it gave me much to think about.
BreeHola reviewed The Toll by Neal Shusterman
Review of 'The Toll' on 'Goodreads'
5 stars
4.5 stars
Exciting end to a great trilogy. The ending didn't quite scratch the itch in my brain but perhaps, as deemed by the Thunderhead, the best possible outcome is not necessarily the most satisfying.
Update: ok I thought about it a little more, and yea I think the Thunderhead dropped the ball on this one. Still a 4.5 tho
BreeHola reviewed These Violent Delights by Chloe Gong
Review of 'These Violent Delights' on 'Goodreads'
4 stars
I liked it a lot, but I have also learned that there is simply no way to write a Romeo and Juliet retelling without propagating the frustrations of the original source material which is that everyone is an impulsive little bitch to each other and the consequences of this SUCK.
BreeHola rated Cemetery Boys: 5 stars
BreeHola rated Iron Widow: 4 stars

Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao
Science fiction and East Asian myth combine in this dazzling retelling of the rise of Wu Zetian, the only female …
BreeHola reviewed The Extraordinaries by TJ Klune
Review of 'Extraordinaries' on 'Goodreads'
4 stars
I read this. It was insane and tripping balls the entire way through, and now my brain feels like scrambled eggs. The writing has the vibes of fanfiction on crack, like if Rainbow Rowell's Fangirl and Miraculous Ladybug crossed paths. The narration and dialogue were hilarious even though nobody talks like that in real life, but I think that was the point. This book was a good time.
(Be warned tho, there's A LOT of teenage cringe that gets washed down with a heaping dose of teenage angst.)
BreeHola reviewed Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
BreeHola rated Felix Ever After: 5 stars

Felix Ever After by Kacen Callender
From Stonewall and Lambda Award–winning author Kacen Callender comes a revelatory YA novel about a transgender teen grappling with identity …
BreeHola rated Stargazing: 4 stars

Stargazing by 젠 왕
Stargazing is a heartwarming middle-grade graphic novel in the spirit of Real Friends and El Deafo , from New York …