Tink's Book Reviews

Alina Starkov has never been good at anything. But when her regiment is attacked on the Fold and her best friend is brutally injured, Alina reveals a dormant power that saves his life—a power that could be the key to setting her war-ravaged country free.  Wrenched from everything she knows, Alina is whisked away to the royal court to be trained as a member of the Grisha, the magical elite led by the mysterious Darkling. Alina Starkov isn't your average girl, she's a mapmaker for the Second Army. With her best and only friend Mal by her side, nothing can go wrong.  Until they venture into the Unsea, a place where few have returned, but when their ship is doomed and they somehow find their way home. The only person they have to thank is Alina, and her hidden gift.   Soon her old life is quickly taken away from her when she is thrust into the unknown world of the Grisha. But with the watchful eye on her from the beautiful Darkling, can Alina really be the hope for all...

Feyre survived Amarantha's clutches to return to the Spring Court—but at a steep cost. Though she now has the powers of the High Fae, her heart remains human, and it can't forget the terrible deeds she performed to save Tamlin's people.  Nor has Feyre forgotten her bargain with Rhysand, High Lord of the feared Night Court. As Feyre navigates its dark web of politics, passion, and dazzling power, a greater evil looms—and she might be key to stopping it.  Feyre now resides in the Night Court with the over powering, over arrogant high lord, Rhysand and his fellow inner circle. With the Spring Court on its knees, her wedding in tatters and her beloved Tamlin at his wits end, Feyre is at a loss. Trapped inside her own nightmares and the enemy's court, she must find a way to get back to her home and back to the court where she belongs. Feyre may be out from Under the Mountain, but the mountain never left her and she most certainly left with more than she barga...

The recent Strigoi attack at St. Vladimir's Academy was the deadliest ever in the school's history, claiming the lives of Moroi students, teachers, and guardians alike. Even worse, the Strigoi took some of their victims with them . . . including Dimitri.  To keep the promise Dimitri begged her to make long ago, and with everything at stake, how can Rose possibly destroy the person she loves most? Rose is on a mission, the most important mission of her life.  To find the man she loves, and stake him straight through the chest. But how can she do that when she loves him so dearly?  Though when she starts to leave a trail of Strigoi bodies in and around America, Rose soon attracts the attention of Sydney, a feisty young Alchemist, who turns out, is getting pretty fed up of cleaning up after her. As the two pair up, both girls soon find themselves in Baia, Siberia. Dimitri’s hometown.  But something isn’t right, there’s a strange man following Rose...

Simone Garcia-Hampton is starting over at a new school, and this time things will be different.  She's making real friends, making a name for herself as student director of Rent, and making a play for Miles, the guy who makes her melt every time he walks into a room.  The last thing she wants is for word to get out that she's HIV-positive, because last time . . . well, last time things got ugly. Simone isn't like everyone else, she may look like it, but she's keeping a secret big enough to destroy everything she's worked so hard for and if it gets out, she'll need to start all over again.  But then she starts to fall for Miles, the lacrosse team player, who is also one of the set people for the beloved play that she is directing at school. She likes him and he likes her back, but there's a catch...she has HIV.  As Simone wades through this new found relationship with Miles, her friends and her loving parents. Someone is on the war path to spill ...

Once a year the infamous Master Legend hosts Caraval - open only to those who have been invited.  This year the week long game is on Legend's glittering Isla de los Soenos, where the winding streets are an elaborate snow-covered maze and the people are never who they seem to be.  At midnight on the first day, the show beings and the visitors become players. Each of them vying for the coveted prize: a single wish.  Scarlett has only one wish in life, to finally be able to visit the legendary Caraval with her younger sister Donatella. So when Tella suddenly goes missing Scarlett knows there's only one place and once place only where she will have fled to.  Caraval is the greatest mystery this side of Trisda, where anything goes and anything can happen. If you win all your dreams will come true with just one wish from Legend, the grand carnival master - the man who everyone knows but has never been seen.  Though Scarlett can't ...