Summary: A skilled painter must stand up to the ancient power of the faerie courts—even as she falls in love with a faerie prince—in this gorgeous debut novel. Isobel is a prodigy portrait artist with a dangerous set of clients: the sinister fair folk, immortal creatures who cannot bake bread, weave cloth, or put a … Continue reading Book Review: An Enchantment of Ravens by Margaret Rogerson
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Book Review: Peter Darling by Austin Chant
Summary: Ten years ago, Peter Pan left Neverland to grow up, leaving behind his adolescent dreams of boyhood and resigning himself to life as Wendy Darling. Growing up, however, has only made him realize how inescapable his identity as a man is. But when he returns to Neverland, everything has changed: the Lost Boys … Continue reading Book Review: Peter Darling by Austin Chant
Book Review: A Song For a New Day by Sarah Pinsker
Summary: In the Before, when the government didn't prohibit large public gatherings, Luce Cannon was on top of the world. One of her songs had just taken off and she was on her way to becoming a star. Now, in the After, terror attacks and deadly viruses have led the government to ban concerts, and … Continue reading Book Review: A Song For a New Day by Sarah Pinsker
Book Review: The Harp of Kings by Juliet Marillier
Summary: Eighteen-year-old Liobhan is a powerful singer and an expert whistle player. Her brother has a voice to melt the hardest heart, and a rare talent on the harp. But Liobhan's burning ambition is to join the elite warrior band on Swan Island. She and her brother train there to compete for places, and find … Continue reading Book Review: The Harp of Kings by Juliet Marillier
Book Review: Under Ordshaw by Phil Williams #20BooksofSummer
Summary: Welcome to Ordshaw. Don’t look down. Pax is one rent cheque away from the unforgiving streets of Ordshaw. After her stash is stolen, her hunt for the thief unearths a book of nightmares and a string of killers, and she stands to lose much more than her home. There’s something lurking under … Continue reading Book Review: Under Ordshaw by Phil Williams #20BooksofSummer
Book Review: An Illusion of Thieves by Cate Glass #20BooksofSummer
Summary: In Cantagna, being a sorcerer is a death sentence. Romy escapes her hardscrabble upbringing when she becomes courtesan to the Shadow Lord, a revolutionary noble who brings laws and comforts once reserved for the wealthy to all. When her brother, Neri, is caught thieving with the aid of magic, Romy's aristocratic influence is the … Continue reading Book Review: An Illusion of Thieves by Cate Glass #20BooksofSummer
Book Review: Turning Darkness Into Light by Marie Brennan
Summary: As the renowned granddaughter of Isabella Camherst (Lady Trent, of the riveting and daring Draconic adventure memoirs) Audrey Camherst has always known she, too, would want to make her scholarly mark upon a chosen field of study. When Lord Gleinheigh recruits Audrey to decipher a series of ancient tablets holding the secrets of the … Continue reading Book Review: Turning Darkness Into Light by Marie Brennan
Book Review: Last Bastion by Rachel Aaron and Travis Bach #20BooksofSummer
Summary: Bastion was supposed to mean safety. It was supposed to mean a break from fighting for their lives and a chance to talk to someone who might actually know what’s going on. Access to their gold and some beer would have been nice, too. They got none of those things. When Tina and James … Continue reading Book Review: Last Bastion by Rachel Aaron and Travis Bach #20BooksofSummer
Book Review: Lace and Lies by Nancy Warren #20BooksofSummer
Summary: Cardinal Woolsey’s Yarn Shop has been chosen to appear on TV Great publicity! Until a murder stops the cameras… Celebrity knitting designer Teddy Lamont is coming to Cardinal Woolsey’s knitting and yarn shop in Oxford to run a special class that will be televised. Lucy Swift can’t wait to host the popular, flamboyant designer … Continue reading Book Review: Lace and Lies by Nancy Warren #20BooksofSummer
Book Review: The Queen’s Advantage by Jessie Mihalik
Summary: When Queen Samara Rani fulfills the promise she made to Emperor Valentin Kos to visit his court and meet with his advisors, she knows they won’t welcome her with open arms, especially when she’s been tasked with discovering the traitors within their ranks—traitors she tricked out of five million credits. As soon as Samara … Continue reading Book Review: The Queen’s Advantage by Jessie Mihalik
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