Tales with Nicole

"Even the blackest heart once beat red". "I pictured to myself the Queen of Hearts as a sort of embodiment of ungovernable passion- a blind and aimless fury." - Lewis Carroll   February17 book for Avalon Muggles Book Club Instagram: @avalonmuggles     "Catherine may be one of the most desired girls in Wonderland and a favorite of the unmarried King, but her interests lie elsewhere. A talented baker, she wants to open a shop and create delectable pastries. But for her mother, such a goal is unthinkable for a woman who could be a queen. At a royal ball where Cath is expected to receive the King’s marriage proposal, she meets handsome and mysterious Jest. For the first time, she feels the pull of true attraction. At the risk of offending the King and infuriating her parents, she and Jest enter into a secret courtship. Cath is determined to choose her own destiny. But in a land thriving with magic, madness, and monsters, fate has other plans.&quo

* I received an advanced reader copy of this book from Indigo Books & Music Inc. in exchange for an honest review. #indigoemployee * "In this modern day spin on Leroux’s gothic tale of unrequited love turned to madness, seventeen-year-old Rune Germain has a mysterious affliction linked to her operatic talent, and a horrifying mistake she’s trying to hide. Hoping creative direction will help her, Rune’s mother sends her to a French arts conservatory for her senior year, located in an opera house rumored to have ties to The Phantom of the Opera. At RoseBlood, Rune secretly befriends the masked Thorn—an elusive violinist who not only guides her musical transformation through dreams that seem more real than reality itself, but somehow knows who she is behind her own masks. As the two discover an otherworldly connection and a soul-deep romance blossoms, Thorn’s dark agenda comes to light and he’s forced to make a deadly choice: lead Rune to her destruction, or face the wrath o

Talking place in the Lunar Chronicles World between Winter and the Winter epilogue (Something Borrowed, Something Blue)  in Stars Above , Iko takes matters into her own hands when the wolf soldiers try to threaten the alliance between Earth and Luna. Bringing back our favorite characters from the Lunar Chronicles, this new spin off series takes you across Lunar and Earth with amazing artwork done by Doug Holgate. STOP. Have you read the Lunar Chronicle series? The review below may contain spoilers. This was so amazing. The Lunar Chronicles is such an interesting world that finally seeing it through artwork for the first time made it so much more real and beautiful. Finally seeing the characters we've grown to love over the series made me feel so happy. After four books, Cinder, Kai, Scarlet, Wolf, Thorne, Cress, Winter, Jacin, and Iko are so personal to our hearts, they feel like friends. Wires and Nerve takes places about a year after Winter , with Queen Selene trying