Never before have I read a book which combined the utterly absurd with such playful prose. Catherynne M Valente has created a delightful novel with bizarre characters, intriguing lands and a heroine you can’t help but like. The Girl Who Soared Over Fairyland and Cut the Moon in Two is the third book in the …
I’m not normally a fan of novellas but The Assassin’s Blade is a great collection of stories bridging the gap of from when Celaena Sardothien was Adarlan’s Assassin to her time in the salt mines. One of the highlights of this book is you can be new to the Throne of Glass series or a …
The title may be long – but perfectly fitting. The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender is often strange but equally beautiful. Telling the story of four generations, this is a novel where metaphors become reality. Born with wings Ava Lavender is somewhat of an oddity in her part of Seattle. But her ancestors …
My Review: One of the best things that has happened to me in the past two years of blogging is discovering Jaclyn Moriarty’s books. She has a beautiful way of telling stories and this second book in the Colours of Madeline series did not disappoint. Elliot Baranski, a boy who lives on a farm in a Kingdom …
Title: The Queen’s Choice (Heirs of Chrior Trilogy #1) Author: Cayla Kluver Genre: Fantasy, Fae, High Fantasy, Young Adult Publisher: Harlequin Teen Publication Date: 28th January 2014 Pages: 500 Rating: 4 stars Synopsis (from goodreads): My life is no longer mine to control. By a single deed, I have become something more than I wanted to be. When sixteen-year-old …
Title: Taste of Darkness (Healer #3) Author: Maria V Snyder Genre: Fantasy, Magic, Young Adult, Last in a Series Publisher: Harlequin Teen Publication Date: January 2014 Pages: 458 Rating: 5 stars Synopsis (from goodreads): She’s fought death and won. But how can she fight her fears? Avry knows hardship and trouble. She fought the plague and …
Happy Friday the Thirteenth! On this very auspicious day I’m very honoured to be a part of the Harlequin Teen Australia blog tour for Vanessa Garden’s debut novel. Captivate. The cover is gorgeous and the book is a great read. Hope you enjoy my review and character spotlight on Miranda! 🙂 Title: Captivate Author: Vanessa Garden Genre: Mermaids, …
Title: Blood Phantom (Lharmell #0.5) Author: Rhiannon Hart Genre: Young Adult, Vampires, Fantasy, Publisher: Curtis Brown Digital Publication Date: 9th December 2013 Pages: 15 Rating: 4.5 stars Synopsis (from goodreads): Life in tatters and far from home, Rodden Lothskorn struggles to cope with the harming menace and his own harming nature. When an offer of marriage reaches …
Title: A Wicked Kind of Dark (The Minaea Chronicles #1) Author: Jonathan K Benton Genre: Fantasy, Young Adult, Publisher: Odyssey Books Publication Date: September 2013 Pages: 267 Rating: 2.5 stars Synopsis (from goodreads): Robert Duncan no longer believes in magic. A mysterious call about a blood moon, however, leads him back to the magical world of his …
Title: The Bone Season (The Bone Season #1) Author: Samantha Shannon Genre: Fantasy, Dystopia, Science Fiction Publisher: Bloomsbury Publication Date: August 2013 Pages: 466 Rating: 3.5 stars Synopsis (from goodreads): The year is 2059. Nineteen-year-old Paige Mahoney is working in the criminal underworld of Scion London, based at Seven Dials, employed by a man named Jaxon Hall. …