![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The annals of unhelpful, clueless, or outright false book reviews boast many dozens of dubious highlights, from a book being given one star because a copy arrived damaged to the scandal of YA books being five-starred by adoring fans weeks before release-date to the dreaded “My husband didn't care for it.” But surely even in that doleful company, a certain pride of place goes to reviewers who look at a new book that's buried deep, deep in an author-cult and then brazenly leave comments saying, “This is a perfect place to jump on board! Works great as a stand-alone!” In such cases, when, we can assume, an excess of youthful enthusiasm has given rise to howlingly demonstrable whoppers, prospective new readers have lost one of their first lines of defense against the horrible feeling of finding themselves stuck in a foreign land without a passport, trying to get their bearings in the 17th book of the “Fractured Multiverse” series, desperate to figure out whether Princess Anvivia is in more danger from her Wraith-possessed twin sister or her demon-possessed biological clone. By Cassandra Clare, Sarah Rees Brennan, Maureen Johnson, Robin Wasserman ![]()
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