Category: five stars

Book Review: The Cruel Prince by Holly Black

Book Review: The Cruel Prince by Holly Black

Rating: ★★★★★ Genre: Fantasy, Teens & Young Adults Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers Publication Date: January 2, 2018 Imagine a Grimm’s Fairy Tale with Dark Fae and changelings and lots of stabbing, death, secrets, and manipulation. The Cruel Prince is everything you could want in a dark fantasy with enough twists to keep […]

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: The Deal of  a Lifetime by Fredrik Backman

Book Review: The Deal of a Lifetime by Fredrik Backman

Rating: ★★★★★ Genre: Literature & Fiction Publisher: Atria Books Publication Date: October 31, 2017 Fredrik Backman delivers a heartbreaking work of fiction just in time for the holidays. Never mind that I read it way after the holidays. It’s not so much a holiday story, though, even though it takes place on Christmas Eve, but rather, […]

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: Downside Up by Jane Thornley

Book Review: Downside Up by Jane Thornley

Posted January 13, 2018 in book review, crime, five stars, mystery, recommended / 0 Comments

Rating: ★★★★★ Genre: Mystery & Crime Publisher: Riverflow Press Publication Date: October 12, 2017 In Downside Up, Jane Thornley delivers a thrilling page-turner that had me up late, frantically turning pages, trying to figure out who the killer was. Summary: Jenna Elson had a troubled childhood, which she escaped from at every chance she could. […]