Sarah Holland's debut fantasy novel has fantastic mythology, rich lore, and brooding teenage boys with a hint of romance to come. One of the best things about this book is that it doesn't take long to get hooked. You are pulled into the plot and the action right away, with ...
Book Review – A Poison Dark and Drowning by Jessica Cluess
September 28, 2017 by · Leave a Comment
The follow-up to Jessica Cluess's magical young adult fantasy, A Shadow Bright and Burning (read my review), is equally as compelling and dramatic. A POISON DARK AND DROWNING continues Henrietta Howel's journey in the magical society of the Order, but she harbors a secret to ...
Audiobook Review – A Shadow Bright and Burning by Jessica Cluess
October 31, 2016 by · 4 Comments
Set in London during the Victorian era, A SHADOW BRIGHT AND BURNING is a decent beginning to Jessica Cluess's Kingdom on Fire series. While the characters and plot are both rather generic, the darker setting and bits of action pulled me in. Henrietta is thought to be the ...
Book Review – Crooked Kingdom by Leigh Bardugo
October 5, 2016 by · 2 Comments
Crooked Kingdom was the book I was most looking forward to reading this year. The depth and edge-of-your-seat suspense that Leigh Bardugo delivered in Six of Crows was nearly absent in Crooked Kingdom. Uneven pacing and lack of character growth was Crooked ...
Book Review – The Crown’s Game by Evelyn Skye
April 20, 2016 by · 1 Comment
Book Review: The setting combined with the interesting premise of a duel to the death made me pick up Skye's debut. I enjoyed the author's vivid depictions of the Russian scenery but the romance felt contrived rather than organic. The Crown's Game is initiated by the ...
Book Review – Blood Passage by Heather Demetrios
March 1, 2016 by · 2 Comments
Book Review: Heather Demetrios takes readers back into the beautiful world of the Dark Caravan Cycle with Blood Passage, which was inspired by 1001 Arabian Nights. While there were some moments that were a little slow, this book takes readers on quite an exciting ...
Book Review – Siege and Storm by Leigh Bardugo
July 26, 2015 by · 2 Comments
Review: Shadow and Bone (Bk 1) Book Review: * If you haven't read Shadow and Bone, this review maybe spoilery * Siege and Storm is a solid second book in the Grisha trilogy that I really enjoyed! At the end of Shadow and Bone, the Darkling was a bad, bad boy. Like ...
Audiobook Review – Exquisite Captive by Heather Demetrios
April 27, 2015 by · 3 Comments
Audiobook Review: Wow! Exquisite Captive was an imaginative and lush fantasy filled with mythology, vivid imagery, magic, and romance. Heather Demetrios blends Middle Eastern culture with modern-day Los Angeles in this gripping tale about a young jinni afflicted with ...
