Category: fantasy

Book Review: Shadowsong by S. Jae-Jones

Book Review: Shadowsong by S. Jae-Jones

Rating: ★★★★☆ Genre: Dark Fantasy, Romance Publisher: Wednesday Books Publication Date: February 6, 2018 This is book two in the Wintersong series. Click here for my review of Wintersong. So much more than the romance in the first book, Shadowsong weaves together lore, history, mystery, and powerful themes in a book that’s as dark as […]

Book Review: Wintersong by S. Jae-Jones

Book Review: Wintersong by S. Jae-Jones

Posted February 5, 2018 in book review, fantasy, four stars, teens, young adult / 3 Comments

Rating: ★★★★☆ Genre: Romance, Fantasy Publisher: St. Martin’s Griffin Publication Date: February 7, 2017 Historically and culturally relevant, Wintersong weaves a beautiful tale, rich with lore and darkness, about what it means to live, to love, and, eventually, to die. Elisabeth, a.k.a. Liesl, has grown up on stories of the Goblin King, to the point […]

Book Review: Every Heart a Doorway by Seanan McGuire

Book Review: Every Heart a Doorway by Seanan McGuire

Rating: ★★★★★ Genre: Fantasy Publisher: Tor Publication Date: April 5, 2016 This first installment of the Wayward Children (because yes, there’s more) basically consists of the fairy tales you know and love turned on their head, modernized, and made awesome. When Nancy originally went missing, her parents were frantic. What they didn’t expect was to […]

Book Review: Grey Lore by Jean Knight Pace and Jacob Kennedy

Book Review: Grey Lore by Jean Knight Pace and Jacob Kennedy

Rating: ★★★★★ Genre: Sci Fi & Fantasy, Teens & YA Publisher: Ink Smith Publishing Publication Date: January 8, 2018 “It seems to me that great sacrifices bring about great gifts. Unusual gifts. Miraculous gifts.” ~ Grey Lore Pace and Kennedy deliver a fast-paced, gripping story in Grey Lore that blends reality and folklore so masterfully […]

Book Review: Keeper of the Watch: Dimension 7 – Book 1 by Kristen L. Jackson

Book Review: Keeper of the Watch: Dimension 7 – Book 1 by Kristen L. Jackson

Rating: ★★★★☆ (3.5) Genre: Science Fiction & Fantasy Publisher: Black Rose Writing Publication Date: February 1, 2018 Jackson delivers a time-travel series that will engage new YA readers and provide plenty of nostalgia for older readers who grew up with books like the Pendragon series by D.J. MacHale. In one week, Chase Walker turns 18, […]