‘All skate, change directions.’ ‘Just Say No.’ ‘Gag me with a spoon.’ If you know what these sayings mean, or better yet, if you’ve actually heard them used not-ironically, I invite you to flash back to the eighties by reading My Best Friend’s Exorcism by Grady Hendrix. This is a nostalgia-filled horror novel, which sounds […]
Igniting Darkness is the final book in the duology featuring primarily Sybella and Genevieve, but also Maraud. It is a continuation of the story begun in Courting Darkness, which definitely should be read first. Really the two books make a complete story with the main characters being much the same, and many of the plots unfinished […]
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 […]
I read quite a bit of fantasy and so for me Shadows of Ivory is a good story and a good start to the Godforged Chronicles. It does everything it is supposed to do. It sets up the main characters, starts all the world building, lays out the general conflicts and gives the reader just […]
This is the second book in the Forgotten Empires series by Jeffe Kennedy. I had a really great time with the first book, The Orchid Throne, and this one picks up where that one leaves off. Lia and Conri are married and they are working together to meet their goals. Euthalia, “Lia”, the Queen of […]
The Girl of Fire and Thorns series was originally a trilogy but the fans really wanted to know what became of Red Sparklestone and check in on Elisa and Hector to see how they are doing. I know I also really wanted to know as well, since Hector is one of my favorite male love […]
This was a new-to-me author in Evan Winter and narrator in Prentice Onayemi. I decided to try something new. I needed a fresh voice in this crazy world we’re currently living in. Boy did I get it. I had a great time with this world. Tau Tafari, an Omehi commoner, is the main character of […]
The Black Song is the conclusion to the Raven’s Blade duology and is set 5 years after the events in its parent trilogy Raven’s Shadow. While you could read this without reading the other trilogy I wouldn’t. Even though the Queens Fire (Raven’s Shadow #3) was a disappointing ending for me, I think so many […]
The Other Magic is the debut novel by Derrick Smythe and the first book in the new epic fantasy series Passage to Dawn. To be honest, I agreed to review this book because the authors name reminded me of a character in Confessions of a Shopaholic. Sometimes you just have to go with your gut. […]
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 […]