I quite enjoyed Brighde Reborn. It is definitively a fun read, and the characters’ background is quite well developed. I am not saying you don’t want sometimes to shake one of them, nodding sadly the head because of the poor choices they make, but the story is nevertheless going smoothly. I definitively want to read the rest of the series, and discovers where the story is taking us.

The Amulet, book 1: Brighde Reborn

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BON

Leslie Sommers et Janice Sommers

Bridget’s Senior Year Checklist includes: 1. Hook the new guy, Trip 2. Hang with newly discovered cousin, Cay aka the most popular boy at OCHS 3. Find missing weather controlling Amulet 4. Pass SATs 5. Save the world In her quiet Jersey Shore town, high school senior Bridget MacNamara...

Roman • Fantasy

Editions Autoédité (2023)

I love Lissa Bolts’ other series, Stones & Curses. And you know what ? Ruling Magic is pretty good too ! I love the magical atmosphere, the charismatic characters, the world building, in short everything. It is a good urban fantasy novel. I finished the first book and was like OMG what will happen next ? Which is a good sign. So yes. Fun read. Loved it. Lissa’s writing is really good.

Ruling Magic, tome 1 : The Counterbalance (Ruling Magic, Book 1 : The Counterbalance)

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TRES BON

Lissa Bolts

Mother can’t kill me. Not that she hasn’t tried. I’m the heir to a modern-day magical dynasty, daughter of the most powerful mage in existence. From day one, Mother made it apparent that she never wanted me—never wanted an heir at all. That’s why she’s forced me into the shadows,...

Roman • Fantasy

Editions Autoédité (2020)

Jennifer Loy’s books are always crazy, full of unruly adventures. When you start reading one of her books, you know it is gonna be a fun and light read. Million Dollar Bra is the perfect exemple. I laughed a lot. I also asked a lot of why, or how. But it is the beauty of this novel. It doesn’t matter. It makes absolutely no sense sometimes, but who cares ? It is funny, and relaxing.

Million Dollar Bra

15

BON

Jennifer Loy

Who the heck can afford the Million Dollar Bra that comes out of the Victoria's Secret catalog holiday issue every year? Devin Warner, Brittany's boss can and he's purchased it, but why? She gets kidnapped before she finds out. Ryan Blake, the world's worst kidnapper has just discovered his mistake...

Roman • Contemporaine

Editions Autoédité (2021)

For Emilie, it is a nightmare. For the reader, it is the opportunity to discover the heroine in different facets. It is a very enjoyable story. Super quick read. I really enjoyed it. Family, friendship and love are at the heart of the story. Even if the concept of the same day repeating itself again, isn’t new, Lynn Painter created a fresh and sensitive story, with a pinch of humor.

The Do-over

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TRES BON

Lynn Painter

After living through a dumpster fire of a Valentine’s Day, Emilie Hornby escapes to her grandmother’s house for some comfort and a consolation pint of Ben & Jerry’s. She passes out on the couch, but when she wakes up, she’s back home in her own bed—and it’s Valentine’s Day all...

Roman • Contemporaine | Romance

Editions Simon Pulse (2022)

With The Banned Bookshop of Maggie Banks, Shauna Robinson wrote a declaration of love to book and literacy. This novel is a pure moment of pleasure for book lovers. I really enjoyed every part of it : It is a great story, with delectable characters.

The Banned Bookshop of Maggie Banks

18

TRES BON

Shauna Robinson

When Maggie Banks arrives in Bell River to run her best friend's struggling bookstore, she expects to sell bestsellers to her small-town clientele. But running a bookstore in a town with a famously bookish history isn't easy. Bell River's literary society insists on keeping the bookstore stuck in...

Roman • Romance

Editions Sourcebooks (2022)

If you love flowers, books and romance, this novel is perfect for you ! I liked the atmosphere of the story. I sometimes had the smell of flowers and the taste of chocolate cake while reading.

In Bloom, book 1: Peonies for Paige

15

BON

Kasey Kennedy

A bookworm with big plans. A flirty handyman searching for joy. Can they find common ground and plant a lifelong passion? Paige Bell’s dreams are withering. Devastated by a broken engagement, the career-focused college junior is counting on a publishing internship in New York to renew her zest...

Roman • Romance

Editions Autoédité (2022)

A Wilderness of Stars is a perfect mix of fantasy, adventure, magic and romance. I would also add it has a western atmosphere and an interesting pinch of astronomy. It was a very deep and interesting read.

Le voyage de la dernière Astronome (A Wilderness of Stars)

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BON

Shea Ernshaw

Toutes les nuits, Véga observe le ciel, récite le nom des constellations et effectue des calculs. Un soir, deux nouvelles étoiles se lèvent à l’horizon. C’est le signe que la jeune femme attendait, le moment pour elle de quitter sa vallée et de se confronter au monde et à ses habitants....

Roman • Fantasy

Editions Rageot (2023)

Beaton’s graphic memoir is powerful, and so interesting. She depicts everything from the harsh reality of life in the oil sands where trauma is an everyday occurrence yet never discussed. For months, she lived in a small community where colossal machineries and machines were the only scenery. Her testimony as a woman worker in the Oil Sands is strong, deep and touching.

Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands

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EXCELLENT

Kate Beaton

Celebrated cartoonist Kate Beaton vividly presents the untold story of Canada. Before there was Kate Beaton, New York Times bestselling cartoonist of Hark A Vagrant fame, there was Katie Beaton of the Cape Breton Beatons, specifically Mabou, a tight-knit seaside community where the lobster is as...

Bande-dessinée • Histoire vraie

Editions Drawn and Quarterly (2022)

Retro is the kind of book that you cannot put down. It is like a millefeuille cake. It is good and sugary and you cannot stop eating it. And like the cake this efficient young adult thriller has several layers of reading. I loved how Sofía Lapuente and Jarrod Shusterman introduced difficult topics in the story, without overdoing it.

Retro (Retro)

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BON

Jarrod Shusterman et Sofía Lapuente

What starts off as a light-hearted competition to live without modern technology for a year turns into a fight for survival in this unputdownable young adult thriller by New York Times bestselling author Jarrod Shusterman and debut author Sofía Lapuente. To save her struggling family, Luna...

Roman • Thriller

Editions Simon & Schuster (2023)