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  Hello, welcome to this. And the this in question? A post where I will be rambling about Prince of the Palisades by Julian Winters for, probably, between 1,000 – 1,500 words. So, you’re welcome. Let’s just hope I actually make sense with what I’ll be saying. The blurb says that when roguish Prince Jadon of Iles de la Rêverie is left in America to clean up his image after a horribly public breakup gone viral, romance is not on the table. Carefully planned photo ops with puppies? Yes. Scheduled appearances with the Santa Monica elite? Absolutely. Rendezvous with a pink-haired, film-obsessed hottie from the private school where he’s currently enrolled? Uhh… Together with his entourage – a bitingly witty royal guard, Rêverie’s future queen (and Jadon’s older sister), and a quirky royal liaison – Jadon’s on a mission to turn things around and show his parents, and his country, that he’s more than just a royal screw up. If he doesn’t prove that he’s the prince Rêverie deserves? Well,...

  I feel like it hasn’t been that long since I read my last Jason June book and yet, here I am reading and writing about another one. This one is The Spells We Cast . I’ve enjoyed every other Jason June book that I’ve read, and I know that I’ve mentioned in other posts about his books that I’m a really big fan of their writing style – because I find it very casual, easily readable, and actually quite similar to mine. All very chatty. The blurb says that Nigel Barrett has spent his whole life looking forward to the Culling, his one chance to secure a happy future. Each year, the spellcasting competition determines which of the country’s teenage magicians will join the secret society known as the Guild and which will be stripped of their powers to preserve magical balance. More than anything, Nigel wants to fight evil alongside his fellow magicians as part of the guild. But it’s just Nigel’s luck that he can’t stop clashing with Ori Olson, a snarky pessimist who wants nothing to do...