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 […]
“That’s what stories are for, Brin realized. They are magic that aid people in times like this. They provide hope, a light to see by when all others are snuffed out”. As most endings to series, Age of Empyre left me with bittersweet feelings. The final book in the Legends of the First Empire series […]
It was quite a wait to continue Legacy of Orisha series, and then it took me almost 6 months to listen to The Children of Virtue & Vengeance. This series should be read in order and I am going to have some spoilers here if you have not read the first book, The Children of Blood […]
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. […]
The Women’s War series has the usual historical fantasy world where women have almost no choices. Their primary worth is to bear an heir for men in the patriarchal society. Men control the magic. Men can also choose to send women to a whorehouse for the “unwanted.” This includes wives who can’t have children, or […]
My first experience with Mark Lawrence’s work was with Red Sister, from the Book of the Ancestor trilogy. I have since been collecting and reading more of his work. The Girl and the Stars is the first in the Book of the Ice series, and is set in the same world, earlier in time. The […]
Ruby and the Huntsman of Midnight is the second book in the series, Midnight Tales by Susan Ee. The Midnight Tales takes well known characters from fairytales and gives their story a twist. Ruby and the Huntsman of Midnight is a reimagining of Little Red Riding Hood. All of the stories in this series are […]
Shorefall is the second book the Founders series. This is a series that builds on the prior books and so you need to read them in order to have any idea what is going on. I actually re-read Foundryside right before jumping into Shorefall since it was one of my favorite books of 2018 and […]
Fantastic Hope is a scifi fantasy anthology with stories which offer hope. In today’s odd world, these are welcome. There are only a few authors I have read previously, and only two stories with characters I already knew. I am not going to do an in depth review of all the stories but I would […]
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. […]