Gateway by Sharon Shinn has a rather beautiful, colorful cover featuring two people hiding behind a red parasol. Frankly, that was the most striking thing about Gateway. It had all of the elements to be really awesome: parallel universes, cultural subversion, the fact that it’s YA, and a romantical element. (Romantical is a word frequently […]
Review of Eyes Like Stars by Lisa Mantchev
February 11, 2010
Eyes Like Stars by Lisa Mantchev features Bertie Shakespeare Smith, a teen girl with blue hair in a staring role. The story takes place in the Theater Illuminata, a magical place where every single character from every play ever written is bound to live. Bertie is not a character in the play and must earn […]
Review of Mistborn by Brandon Sanderson
February 5, 2010
Sometimes, I just crave a good epic fantasy. I mean, world building and magics, and loads of characters, good guys, bad guys, I just eat that shit up. Of course, it took one of my friends becoming a fan of Brandon Sanderson on Facebook for me to actually pick up and read my copy of Mistborn: The Final […]
Review of Graceling by Kristin Cashore
January 18, 2010
Graceling by Kristin Cashore exudes awesome. It just pours off of each and every single page. In the world within Graceling there are seven kingdoms. Each of these kingdoms are ruled by royalty. Within this world certain people are graced. Being graced means you are exceptionally talented at something. Katsa, the main character, is graced […]
Review of Daughter of the Blood by Anne Bishop
January 13, 2010
Daughter of the Blood by Anne Bishop is the first book of the Black Jewels trilogy. Honestly, I sort of have a love/hate relationship with Daughter of the Blood. I felt certain aspects of the book were fascinating, i.e. the whole Jewels ranking, Saetan, Jaenelle’s powers, the island of dead kids. Other parts of this book […]
Review of Ash by Malinda Lo
September 19, 2009
I found Ash by Malinda Lo through book blogs, found many positive reviews, and decided, why not order the book, as I love the cover, and I liked that it received almost universal positive reviews. Fancy my luck, when those reviews turned out to be mostly correct. Now, I will admit bloggers are not a […]