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Book Review: “Cold-Hearted” by Serena Valentino

Alex Apostol

This was a great addition to the villain series that fit perfectly into the overall story. I read the Cruella story before this, and as good as it was I feel it didn't fit as well. This had more to do with the story of the fairies and the Odd Sisters where Cruella did not. I really thought the explanation for Cruella's jade earrings that seemed to make her crazy would be answered in this book because on the cover Lady Tremaine is wearing the same jade earrings. In the book Jade earrings were never referenced, but she does wear a jade brooch that was said to be cursed pirate treasure when her husband bought it for her. I'm guessing it was a part of the same pirate treasure and if they do a Captain Hook villain book in the future we might finally have that mystery figured out. Those are just my theories.

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Book Review: “Evil Thing” by Serena Valentino

Alex Apostol

First off, I have to say that I absolutely love this series. All the books fit so nicely together into this big pictures story and connect so well. They did a great job of planning the series out it feels like before ever writing even the first one. I wasn't sure if I was going to like the Cruella story, or even how it would fit in since she's a more modern character while the others are more fairy tale medieval/renaissance time. But I loved this story! By the time I was halfway through I had a really hard time putting it down for the night.

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Book Review: “The Odd Sisters” by Serena Valentino

Alex Apostol

This was a great addition to the Villain series that gave us a deeper insight into the history of madness from the three odd sisters whom the entire series seems to revolve around. I don't want to give too many spoilers because there were definitely some "aha!" moments when reading their history and making.

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Book Review: Brooklyn by Colm Tóibín

Alex Apostol

★★★★★ HAPPY ST. PATRICK'S DAY! I was not expecting to like this book as much as I did since it is out of my norm for reading genres. I do like historical fiction, but its usually still packed with action, mystery, intrigue. This is not an action-packed book and to be honest not that much… Continue reading Book Review: Brooklyn by Colm Tóibín

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Hamilton Fun Facts from the Play and Ron Chernow’s Book

Alex Apostol

Recently, I started reading Chernow's Hamilton. Of course, the inspiration to read this came from watching the infamous Broadway play on Disney+ this past July. I am only 18% through the book according to my Kindle, but there are so many fun facts I have learned already, so I thought I would share some with you.