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. For as long as sixteen-year-old Adele can remember the village of Oakvale has been surrounding by the dark woods—a forest filled with … Continue reading Can’t-Wait Wednesday: Red Wolf by Rachel Vincent
Category: YA fantasy
Book Review: Forest of a Thousand Lanterns by Julie C. Dao
Summary: Eighteen-year-old Xifeng is beautiful. The stars say she is destined for greatness, that she is meant to be Empress of Feng Lu. But only if she embraces the darkness within her. Growing up as a peasant in a forgotten village on the edge of the map, Xifeng longs to fulfill the destiny promised to … Continue reading Book Review: Forest of a Thousand Lanterns by Julie C. Dao
Can’t-Wait Wednesday: Realm Breaker by Victoria Aveyard
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. Who is left when the heroes fall? Corayne lives at the end of the world. Year after year, she watches her pirate … Continue reading Can’t-Wait Wednesday: Realm Breaker by Victoria Aveyard
Book Review: A Sky Beyond the Storm by Sabaa Tahir
Summary: Picking up just a few months after A Reaper at the Gates left off… The long-imprisoned jinn are on the attack, wreaking bloody havoc in villages and cities alike. But for the Nightbringer, vengeance on his human foes is just the beginning. At his side, Commandant Keris Veturia declares herself Empress, and calls for … Continue reading Book Review: A Sky Beyond the Storm by Sabaa Tahir
Book Review: Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas
Summary: Yadriel has summoned a ghost, and now he can't get rid of him. When his traditional Latinx family has problems accepting his true gender, Yadriel becomes determined to prove himself a real brujo. With the help of his cousin and best friend Maritza, he performs the ritual himself, and then sets out to find … Continue reading Book Review: Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas
Can’t-Wait Wednesday: Sisters of the Snake by Sasha and Sarena Nanua
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. A lost princess. A dark puppet master. And a race against time—before all is lost. Princess Rani longs for a chance to … Continue reading Can’t-Wait Wednesday: Sisters of the Snake by Sasha and Sarena Nanua
Book Review: To Kill a Kingdom by Alexandra Christo
Summary: Princess Lira is siren royalty and the most lethal of them all. With the hearts of seventeen princes in her collection, she is revered across the sea. Until a twist of fate forces her to kill one of her own. To punish her daughter, the Sea Queen transforms Lira into the one thing they … Continue reading Book Review: To Kill a Kingdom by Alexandra Christo
Mini Reviews: Manga, Manga, Manga
Today I have some mini-reviews of some manga volumes I've recently read! Although I am now an old lady I still quite enjoy reading manga now and then. Especially when the story is engaging! Today I bring you reviews from two different series, Yona of the Dawn by Mizuho Kusanagi, and Witch Hat Atelier by … Continue reading Mini Reviews: Manga, Manga, Manga
Book Review: Serpent & Dove by Shelby Mahurin
Summary: Bound as one to love, honor, or burn. Two years ago, Louise le Blanc fled her coven and took shelter in the city of Cesarine, forsaking all magic and living off whatever she could steal. There, witches like Lou are hunted. They are feared. And they are burned. Sworn to the Church as a … Continue reading Book Review: Serpent & Dove by Shelby Mahurin
Can’t-Wait Wednesday: The Nobleman’s Guide to Scandal and Shipwrecks by Mackenzi Lee
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. The sole heir to his family’s fortune, Adrian Montague desperately wants to be free—from his father’s high expectations; the grief of losing … Continue reading Can’t-Wait Wednesday: The Nobleman’s Guide to Scandal and Shipwrecks by Mackenzi Lee