Summary: As the last child in a family of daughters, seventeen-year-old Janneke was raised to be the male heir. While her sisters were becoming wives and mothers, she was taught to hunt, track, and fight. On the day her village was burned to the ground, Janneke—as the only survivor—was taken captive by the malicious Lydian … Continue reading Book Review: White Stag by Kara Barbieri
Category: YA fantasy
Book Review: My Lady Jane by Cynthia Hand, Brodi Ashton, and Jodi Meadows
Summary: Edward (long live the king) is the King of England. He’s also dying, which is inconvenient, as he’s only sixteen and he’d much rather be planning for his first kiss than considering who will inherit his crown… Jane (reads too many books) is Edward’s cousin, and far more interested in books than romance. Unfortunately … Continue reading Book Review: My Lady Jane by Cynthia Hand, Brodi Ashton, and Jodi Meadows
Book Review: Spellslinger by Sebastien de Castell
Summary: There are three things that earn you a man’s name among the Jan’Tep. The first is to demonstrate the strength to defend your family. The second is to prove you can perform the high magic that defines our people. The third is simply to reach the age of sixteen. I was a few weeks … Continue reading Book Review: Spellslinger by Sebastien de Castell
Can’t Wait Wednesday: A Curse So Dark and Lonely by Brigid Kemmerer
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. Fall in love, break the curse. It once seemed so easy to Prince Rhen, the heir to Emberfall. Cursed by a powerful … Continue reading Can’t Wait Wednesday: A Curse So Dark and Lonely by Brigid Kemmerer
Book Review: The Lady’s Guide to Petticoats and Piracy by Mackenzi Lee
Summary: A year after an accidentally whirlwind grand tour with her brother Monty, Felicity Montague has returned to England with two goals in mind—avoid the marriage proposal of a lovestruck suitor from Edinburgh and enroll in medical school. However, her intellect and passion will never be enough in the eyes of the administrators, who see … Continue reading Book Review: The Lady’s Guide to Petticoats and Piracy by Mackenzi Lee
Can’t-Wait Wednesday: The Dark Days Deceit by Alison Goodman
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. Lady Helen has retreated to a country estate outside Bath to prepare for her wedding to the Duke of Selburn, yet she … Continue reading Can’t-Wait Wednesday: The Dark Days Deceit by Alison Goodman
Book Review: Rabbit & Robot by Andrew Smith
Summary: Cager has been transported to the Tennessee, a giant lunar-cruise ship orbiting the moon that his dad owns, by Billy and Rowan to help him shake his Woz addiction. Meanwhile, Earth, in the midst of thirty simultaneous wars, burns to ash beneath them. And as the robots on board become increasingly insane and cannibalistic, … Continue reading Book Review: Rabbit & Robot by Andrew Smith
Book Review: A Reaper at the Gates by Sabaa Tahir
Summary: Beyond the Empire and within it, the threat of war looms ever larger. The Blood Shrike, Helene Aquilla, is assailed on all sides. Emperor Marcus, haunted by his past, grows increasingly unstable, while the Commandant capitalizes on his madness to bolster her own power. As Helene searches for a way to hold back the … Continue reading Book Review: A Reaper at the Gates by Sabaa Tahir
Author Spotlight: Dawn Cook
This originally appeared as part of the Author Appreciation series on the r/fantasy forum. You can check out more of the Author Appreciation series here. A Very Short Biography Dawn was born in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and although she moved away for a while, she has since moved back to her home state and makes … Continue reading Author Spotlight: Dawn Cook
Book Review: House of Many Ways by Diana Wynne Jones
Everything I've read by Diana Wynne Jones I've loved and I'm making an effort to get through more of her work. House of Many Ways is the third book set in the same universe as Howl's Flying Castle and is loosely considered a sequel but like Castle in the Air features all new characters and … Continue reading Book Review: House of Many Ways by Diana Wynne Jones
Way Too Fantasy 