I accidentally read the second book of this series first, not realizing it was part of a series. I liked it so much I came back to the beginning to see how it all began. The Left-Handed Booksellers on London is the first book a series of the same name, focused on three characters. This […]
I was a little worried about reading Hell Bent without going back to listen to Ninth House. It would have been better, sure, but I remembered a lot, and many details. The world and its magic are complex and dangerous. There will be spoilers here for Ninth House. Alex has made some friends and […]
A young, sunny, chatty, devout (and often annoying) church initiate gets sent out into the world by his abbot to convert the heathen (i.e. keep him far from the abbot) and his adventurous journey brings unexpected results. Always a source of wry, well-penned old-style storytelling, Michelle Franklin’s latest standalone fantasy tickled the fancy. The Misadventures […]
Lost in the Moment and Found is the 8th book in a the completely unique Wayward Children series. The series explores the lives of children who don’t really fit into this one and the magical doors that find them. Doors to worlds that fit them better, places they can be themselves whatever that is and […]
Greywaren is the final book in the Dreamer Trilogy a spin off series to The Raven Cycle following the Lynch boys and a few other interesting and dangerous characters in their adventures to save the living dreams in this world. Ronan has always been a favorite of mine and seeing his story come to full […]
Back in the 2000’s there seemed to be a glut of YA vampire series on the market. I feel like I couldn’t get enough of them! Of course, I had my favorites, but it was the Vampire Academy series by Richelle Mead that topped my list. I have read and listened to this series several […]
The purpose of Thrifty Thursday is to read a book which was free (at some point). Kindle freebie on September 20, 2022 (currently free at Amazon and Barnes & Noble as of writing this post) Overall rating 4.15 with 151 ratings and 27 reviews Grim Girl is a Young Adult story which is […]
We are back with Edwina and Ian in The Raven Song, the second book and possibly final book of the Conspiracy of Magic series. Edwina is still on a search to find out who she is and why she, a witch, also has the gift of shapeshifting into a Raven. She is the last left, after […]
I enjoyed this sort of retelling of the story of Baba Yaga. The Witch and the Tsar has the Russian mythology feel like books by Naomi Novik (Spinning Silver), and Katherine Arden (The Winternight Trilogy) and oddly, some of the folklore is even in the Robin LeFever’s Fair Assassins series. Of course, this book has […]
I am a huge fan of the Nightmare Before Christmas and have seen it so many times that I was immediately interested in revisiting the characters of that story. It is hard to recapture the brilliance and wonder that you felt the first time you see a show like that and Long Live the Pumpkin […]