Summary: THIS IS THE WAY THE WORLD ENDS... FOR THE LAST TIME. The Moon will soon return. Whether this heralds the destruction of humankind or something worse will depend on two women. Essun has inherited the power of Alabaster Tenring. With it, she hopes to find her daughter Nassun and forge a world in which … Continue reading Book Review: The Stone Sky by N.K. Jemisin
Category: Apocalyptic/Post-Apocalyptic
Book Review: A Boy and His Dog at the End of the World by C. A. Fletcher
Summary: My name's Griz. My childhood wasn't like yours. I've never had friends, and in my whole life I've not met enough people to play a game of football. My parents told me how crowded the world used to be, but we were never lonely on our remote island. We had each other, and our … Continue reading Book Review: A Boy and His Dog at the End of the World by C. A. Fletcher
Book Review: The Silver Queen by Josie Jaffrey
Summary: What blood contaminates, only blood can cleanse. The last city on Earth is contaminated. Now blood is the only thing that can wash it clean. Julia is trapped inside the Blue as the Nobles fight over the few humans who are still alive. When the dust settles and she finds herself shackled to a … Continue reading Book Review: The Silver Queen by Josie Jaffrey
Book Review: Pocket Full of Tinder by Jill Archer
Summary: Noon Onyx is back! In this long-awaited fourth installment, Jill Archer returns readers to the dangerous world of Halja, where demons, angels, and humans coexist in an uneasy state of détente. Maegester-in-Training Noon Onyx feels like she’s done it all – mastered fiery magic, become an adept fighter, learned the law, killed countless demons, … Continue reading Book Review: Pocket Full of Tinder by Jill Archer
Book Review: The Obelisk Gate by N.K. Jemisin
Summary: THIS IS THE WAY THE WORLD ENDS... FOR THE LAST TIME. The season of endings grows darker as civilization fades into the long cold night. Alabaster Tenring – madman, world-crusher, savior – has returned with a mission: to train his successor, Essun, and thus seal the fate of the Stillness forever. It continues with … Continue reading Book Review: The Obelisk Gate by N.K. Jemisin
Book Review: The Gilded King by Josie Jaffrey
Summary: In the Blue, the world’s last city, all is not well. Julia is stuck within its walls. She serves the nobility from a distance until she meets Lucas, who believes in fairytales that her world can’t accommodate. The Blue is her prison, not her castle, and she’d escape into the trees if she didn’t … Continue reading Book Review: The Gilded King by Josie Jaffrey
Book Review: Of Blood and Bone by Nora Roberts
Summary: They look like an everyday family living an ordinary life. But beyond the edges of this peaceful farm, unimaginable forces of light and dark have been unleashed. Fallon Swift, approaching her thirteenth birthday, barely knows the world that existed before—the city where her parents lived, now in ruins and reclaimed by nature since the … Continue reading Book Review: Of Blood and Bone by Nora Roberts
Can’t-Wait Wednesday: Storm of Locusts by Rebecca Roanhorse
Can’t-Wait Wednesday, aka Waiting on Wednesday, is a weekly meme originating from Jill at Breaking the Spine and now hosted by Wishful Endings. If you’re interested in participating, stop by Wishful Endings to link up your posts. It's been four weeks since the bloody showdown at Black Mesa, and Maggie Hoskie, Diné monster hunter, is trying to make the … Continue reading Can’t-Wait Wednesday: Storm of Locusts by Rebecca Roanhorse
Book Review: Sea of Rust by C. Robert Cargill
Summary: One robot's search for meaning in a world where every human is long gone. A thrilling twist on The Martian. A touching story of a search one robot's search for the answers in a world where every human is dead. The new novel from C. Robert Cargill echoes the worlds of Stephen King and … Continue reading Book Review: Sea of Rust by C. Robert Cargill
Book Review: Mage Against the Machine by Shaun Barger
Summary: The year is 2120. The humans are dead. The mages have retreated from the world after a madman blew up civilization with weaponized magical technology. Safe within domes that protect them from the nuclear wasteland on the other side, the mages have spent the last century putting their lives back together. Nikolai is obsessed … Continue reading Book Review: Mage Against the Machine by Shaun Barger