Category Archives: fantasy
Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas
Recommended for: fans YA UF, Pride reads Read in August 2021 ★ ★ ★ Oh, I knew what I was getting into. You should too. Cemetery Boys is definitely young adult, young teenage level with angst on the level … Continue reading
Lake Silence by Anne Bishop
Recommended for: Hardcore Bishop fans Read in August 2021 ★ 1/2 You know how you feel when you eat too much candy? That’s how I felt reading this book. A blip of satisfaction followed by feeling really gross, and that … Continue reading
Calling on Dragons by Patricia C. Wrede
Recommended for fans of cracked fairy tales Read in August 2021 ★ ★ My least favorite of the Enchanted Forest Chronicles. When I recently acquired the e-box set, I discovered Wrede put a little introduction in front of each … Continue reading
Dealing with Dragons by Patricia C. Wrede
Recommended for: fans of fractured fairy tales Read in August 2021 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Charming and cute. Nostalgia and a sale on the electronic boxed set brought this to my attention; while I have the paperback set, … Continue reading
European Travel for the Monstrous Gentlewoman by Theodora Goss
Read June 2021★ ★ 1/2 To be blunt, this was a chore. Though the premise was intriguing–the female children of some of book-history’s most villainous men come together as a Society–the execution made it an exercise in perseverance. But that … Continue reading
What Abigail Did That Summer by Ben Aaronovitch
Read May 2021 Recommended for Abigail fans ★ ★ ★ ★ This was mostly a delight. It won’t work for everyone, I’m sure, but for me it was strongly reminiscent of The Furthest Station and a delightful return to the … Continue reading
On the Wings of War by Hailey Turner
Read May 2021 Recommended for fans action-packed UF ★ ★ ★ ★ My favorite installment in the series yet. It’s full of a variety of types of action with a little more emphasis on the human political sphere and less … Continue reading
Voodoo Killings by Kristi Charish
Read March 2021 Recommended for UF who want something a little different ★ ★ ★ 1/2 Always on the look-out for something new in urban fantasy, Charish did not disappoint with her light-hearted take on death magic. … Continue reading
A Song Below Water by Bethany C. Morrow
A really fabulous idea, lots of potential but awkward execution. For a book that is ostensibly about Tavia, a young woman recently relocated from LA to Portland, and her bestie, Effie, there’s an awful lot here that has nothing to … Continue reading
