With blurbs from authors like Franny Billingsley and Kristin Cashore and comparisons to Patricia McKillip, I could not resist going all grabby hands toward A Creature Of Moonlight by debut author Rebecca Hahn. I am unable to pass on a fantasy book blurbed by two of my favorite authors. As a debut, I think that A Creature […]
How To Catch A Bogle by Catherine Jinks | Audiobook Review
May 2, 2014
Why DId I Listen To This Book? I was totally in the mood for a middle grade story, especially one with a fantasy focus. How To Catch A Bogle by Catherine Jinks seemed like just the charming audiobook I was looking for. Further, I liked the setting which is essentially Dickensian London what with poor houses […]
A Death-Struck Year by Makiia Lucier | Book Review
March 23, 2014
I hate to admit this, but A Death-Struck Year by Makiia Lucier has made me regret those days where I wished for the flu so I could be out of work for a couple of days without touching my vacation time — I always have this cushion of sick time. Lucier’s debut has made me realize […]
Hero | Alethea Kontis | Book Review
March 1, 2014
I started Hero by Alethea Kontis with the hopes that it would surpass Enchanted, Kontis’s debut fantasy novel. You see, Hero is the companion to Enchanted and features another of the Woodcutter sisters. The Woodcutter girls are awesome and born into kind of a magical family, so I had hoped this book would be able to capture the charm […]
The Outside | Laura Bickle | Book Review
November 20, 2013
Note: Spoilers will be posted in this review. However, if you’ve read the official summary you’ve already been spoiled. The other day I took The Outside by Laura Bickle to work with me to read during my lunch break. As I work with a friendly, inquisitive bunch of people I kept getting questions about what I […]
The Watcher In The Shadows | Chris Moriarty | Book Review
September 17, 2013
First, if you have not read The Inquisitor’s Apprentice by Chris Moriarty quite yet, remedy that issue. After all, it is a book that’s received praise from both Cory Doctorow and Garth Nix which is kind of a big deal. Moriarty’s The Watcher In The Shadows continues with it’s predecessor’s momentum and is just as superb as […]