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Labyrinth Lost by Zoradia Córdova Series: Brooklyn Brujas #1 Publisher: Sourcebooks Fire Publication Date: September 6,2016 Length: 366 pages My Rating:   ★★★★★ Alex is a bruja, the most powerful witch in a generation...and she hates magic. At her Deathday celebration, Alex performs a spell to rid herself of her power. But it backfires. Her whole family vanishes into thin air, leaving her alone with Nova, a brujo boy she can't trust. A boy whose intentions are as dark as the strange marks on his skin. The only way to get her family back is to travel with Nova to Los Lagos, a land in-between, as dark as Limbo and as strange as Wonderland... This book started popping up on blogs I follow and I was instantly sucked in by its beautiful cover. Honestly, the book description could have been super mundane and I still would have wanted to read it based off the the cover alone. I loved this book for several reasons but I think it comes down to this: Ther...

.  Harry Potter and the Cursed Child by J.K. Rowling,Jack Thorne and John Tiffany 8th in the series Harry Potter Publisher:Arthur A. Levine Books; Special Rehearsal ed. edition (July 31, 2016) Genre: Plays & Drama, Children's Literature, Fantasy Length : 320 pages My rating: ★★★☆☆ I wanted to wait a couple of days before I wrote this review because I needed to really mull over what I had read and my feelings about it. In my mind I am a die hard Harry Potter fan. I have read the books so many times I have seriously lost count. They are my go-to comfort reads, my filler books when I don't know what to read next. I even love the movies. I know there are some fans that can't stand them but I think they catch the spirit of Harry Potter and Hogwarts. Okay, there's no way to say this well: I did not like Harry Potter and the Cursed Child. However, I still can't tell if it's because of the script format or if the story itself is ...