I am always a bit worried these days when starting a new book with rich world-building and character development, because I may feel overwhelmed with the details. It also can be hard when one read the last book a year ago and may not remember details. Happily, I started A Song of Flight and it […]
Juliet Marillier is an author I always enjoy. A Dance with Fate continues with the primary perspectives being Dau, Liobahn and Brocc. As with the first book, I struggled a bit to get going. It felt like the first 20% of the book took me 3 days to read and then I finished the rest […]
The Caller concludes the Shadowfell series, a YA fantasy in a world that a small force of humans and fae must join together to defeat the evil ruler. Juliet Marillier is one of my favorite contemporary authors to write fairytale like stories but I must confess I do like her adult fantasy much more than […]
Raven Flight is the second book of the Shadowfell series, recently released on audio. I liked the first book of the series Shadowfell enough to give the second book a try, plus I’ve loved most things I’ve read by Juliet Marillier so chances were high this book would work better for me and it did. […]
Juliet Marillier is a fable teller or what I like to think of as a modern-day Grimm. She weaves these very intricate stories that usually involve humans with hints of the fae and she does this very well. Shadowfell is the first book in the, already completed but new to audio, three book Shadowfell series. […]
Juliet Marillier is a master storyteller. I have enjoyed everything I have read of her work. I was so excited to read The Harp of Kings; it has been on my radar for almost a year. Unfortunately, it was off timing because I was exhausted from moving and it is a longish book. I always […]
Juliet Marillier is a favorite author so when I saw this standalone was being released on audio I was thrilled to try it. Heart’s Blood is a sort of Beauty and the Beast retelling. The world was fascinating with its magic. The setting is historical Ireland during the Norman invasion. The main characters are Caitrin, […]
The words on the page here are beautiful; they are well-crafted into a flow of emotion and provide a view for the imagination. One can see the setting, the people. This is well-written. The characters are well developed, even the mentions are unusually defined. Den of Wolves is the […]
I always think I don’t really like regular fantasy since it’s more like a historical fantasy rather than urban fantasy, but now reading these Ace Roc books I find I love it, some of it. I read somewhere recently about the genre being timeless and that is true enough. It doesn’t have the changing […]