Summary: A spellbinding story of truce and trickery from the Wall Street Journal bestselling author of The Paper Magician series. Enna knows to fear the mystings that roam the wildwood near her home. When one tries to kill her to obtain an enchanted stone, Enna takes a huge risk: fighting back with a mysting of … Continue reading Book Review: The Will and the Wilds by Charlie N. Holmberg
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Book Series Review: Off the Grid by Alyssa Cole
Something a little different today, I'm going to be reviewing this entire trilogy of science fiction romance novels -- Off The Grid by Alyssa Cole. This series is set in modern times and the first book, Radio Silence, starts out a couple of months after the electricity goes out. No one seems to know what's … Continue reading Book Series Review: Off the Grid by Alyssa Cole
Book Review: Angel Mage by Garth Nix
Summary: More than a century has passed since Liliath crept into the empty sarcophagus of Saint Marguerite, fleeing the Fall of Ystara. But she emerges from her magical sleep still beautiful, looking no more than nineteen, and once again renews her single-minded quest to be united with her lover, Palleniel, the archangel of Ystara. A … Continue reading Book Review: Angel Mage by Garth Nix
Book Review: A Beginning at the End by Mike Chen
Summary: Six years after a global pandemic wiped out most of the planet’s population, the survivors are rebuilding the country, split between self-governing cities, hippie communes and wasteland gangs. In post-apocalyptic San Francisco, former pop star Moira has created a new identity to finally escape her past—until her domineering father launches a sweeping public search … Continue reading Book Review: A Beginning at the End by Mike Chen
Book Review: Spin the Dawn by Elizabeth Lim
Summary: Maia Tamarin dreams of becoming the greatest tailor in the land, but as a girl, the best she can hope for is to marry well. When a royal messenger summons her ailing father, once a tailor of renown, to court, Maia poses as a boy and takes his place. She knows her life is … Continue reading Book Review: Spin the Dawn by Elizabeth Lim
Book Review: Desdemona and the Deep by C.S.E. Cooney
Summary: In Desdemona and the Deep, the spoiled daughter of a rich mining family must retrieve the tithe of men her father promised to the world below. On the surface, her world is rife with industrial pollution that ruins the health of poor factory workers while the idle rich indulge themselves in unheard-of … Continue reading Book Review: Desdemona and the Deep by C.S.E. Cooney
Book Review: Dark Age by Pierce Brown
Summary: For a decade Darrow led a revolution against the corrupt color-coded Society. Now, outlawed by the very Republic he founded, he wages a rogue war on Mercury in hopes that he can still salvage the dream of Eo. But as he leaves death and destruction in his wake, is he still the hero who … Continue reading Book Review: Dark Age by Pierce Brown
Book Review: The Infinite Noise by Lauren Shippen
Summary: Caleb Michaels is a sixteen-year-old champion running back. Other than that his life is pretty normal. But when Caleb starts experiencing mood swings that are out of the ordinary for even a teenager, his life moves beyond “typical.” Caleb is an Atypical, an individual with enhanced abilities. Which sounds pretty cool except Caleb's ability … Continue reading Book Review: The Infinite Noise by Lauren Shippen
Book Review: City of Lies by Sam Hawke
Summary: I was seven years old the first time my uncle poisoned me... Outwardly, Jovan is the lifelong friend of the Chancellor’s charming, irresponsible Heir. Quiet. Forgettable. In secret, he's a master of poisons and chemicals, trained to protect the Chancellor’s family from treachery. When the Chancellor succumbs to an unknown poison and an army … Continue reading Book Review: City of Lies by Sam Hawke
Book Review: To Be Taught, If Fortunate by Becky Chambers
Summary: In her new novella, Sunday Times best-selling author Becky Chambers imagines a future in which, instead of terraforming planets to sustain human life, explorers of the solar system instead transform themselves. Ariadne is one such explorer. As an astronaut on an extrasolar research vessel, she and her fellow crewmates sleep between worlds and wake … Continue reading Book Review: To Be Taught, If Fortunate by Becky Chambers