The #FridayReads Review (7/14/17)

Welcome to The #FridayReads Review, a regular Friday segment where I share what I've been reading the past week, and what I'm planning to read next! Want to join the Friday fun? Post your own #FridayReads Review and leave the link in the Comments below, or just Comment with what you've been reading!

>> CURRENTLY READING <<

The Last Magician by Lisa Maxwell (ARC)

Unfortunately rather disappointed so far - too much description and info-dumping ruins the tension, and all the time-jumping to focus on different characters is very confusing. I'm only a few short chapters in so far though, so I'll give it bit longer.

>> JUST FINISHED <<

Harry Potter & the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling (PBK)
3 Stars. 2017 Re-Read: Angry Harry was rather too angry and broody for me most of the time, and there were several conversations that felt like they would never end, but otherwise this was the entertaining read that I know and enjoy occasionally re-reading.

The Girl from the Other Side: Siúil, a Rún Vol. 1 by NAGABE (PBK)
3 Stars. A quick read with an intriguing story and heavily shadowed art that was thankfully not the horror I expected but more a curious post-apoc fantasy. After the cliffhanger I'll definitely be reading the next volume.


>> [POSSIBLY] READING NEXT <<

(subject to change with my ever-shifting reading whims)

Horimiya vol. 8 by Hero X Daisuke Hagiwara (PBK)

It's on its way!! *flails*

So what are you reading this week?

WoW: The Last Magician (Lisa Maxwell)

Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly blogging event hosted by Breaking the Spine, in which one spotlights an upcoming release they are eagerly anticipating.

This week's pre-publication "can't-wait-to-read" selection is:

Title: The Last Magician

Author: Lisa Maxwell

Release Date: July 18, 2017
Publisher: Simon Pulse

Summary:

Stop the Magician.
Steal the book.
Save the future.

In modern day New York, magic is all but extinct. The remaining few who have an affinity for magic—the Mageus—live in the shadows, hiding who they are. Any Mageus who enters Manhattan becomes trapped by the Brink, a dark energy barrier that confines them to the island. Crossing it means losing their power—and often their lives.

Esta is a talented thief, and she's been raised to steal magical artifacts from the sinister Order that created the Brink. With her innate ability to manipulate time, Esta can pilfer from the past, collecting these artifacts before the Order even realizes she’s there. And all of Esta's training has been for one final job: traveling back to 1901 to steal an ancient book containing the secrets of the Order—and the Brink—before the Magician can destroy it and doom the Mageus to a hopeless future.

But Old New York is a dangerous world ruled by ruthless gangs and secret societies, a world where the very air crackles with magic. Nothing is as it seems, including the Magician himself. And for Esta to save her future, she may have to betray everyone in the past.

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Why I'm Looking Forward To It: With its endangered magic, alternate New York setting, book-oriented plot, and time-traveling thief, what's not to be excited about!!

So what book are you waiting on?