Category Archives: fantasy
A Thousand Nights – E. K. Johnston
A desert demon has entwined itself into the mind of desert king Lo-Melkhiin. The good king stays entrapped within a corner of his own mind while the demon rules the kingdom. The demon, in the body of Lo-Melkhiin, travels from … Continue reading
Madly – Amy Alward
The Princess Evelyn mixed an illegal love potion with unintended disastrous effects. A Wilde Hunt is called to find a cure for the princess and save the kingdom. Samantha Kemi, who inherited a talent for mixing potions answers the call … Continue reading
Dream a Little Dream – Kerstin Gier; translated by Anthea Bell
Liv and her sister have spent their childhood travelling from country to country and they want to land in one spot, a home. Their mother has taken a job in England and there is a little country cottage with their … Continue reading
A Blink of the Screen: Collected Shorter Fiction – Terry Pratchett, A. S. Byatt (Foreword by)
Oh my. This is a wonderful collection of Terry Pratchett’s short fiction starting with his first published work when he was only thirteen, through his time with Bucks Free press, and on to the Discworld. The early works are very … Continue reading
The Thickety: The Whispering Trees – J.A. White
Kara and Taff escape into the dreaded Thickety where all things nightmarish reside. Sure enough, they encounter deadly plants, weird rock formations that make deadly copies of objects, vicious animals and the infamous Mary Kettle who murdered countless children. Has … Continue reading
The Thickety: A Path Begins – J.A. White
The story opens with a hanging. Kara is dragged from her bed, accused of witchcraft, then is forced to watch as her mother is killed. The same night Kara’s brother is born. Her father is incapacitated with guilt and loss … Continue reading
The Winner’s Crime – Marie Rutkoski
The sequel to The Winner’s Curse is almost what I’d hoped for. I’d hope that Arin and Kestrel would have a future together, but that would make for a rather dull book. Of course there are misunderstandings and hurt feelings and … Continue reading
The Winner’s Curse – Marie Rutkoski
The conquering Valorians! Greedy to possess other lands and enslave people. But what happens when slaves rebel, when countries decide to fight back? This is the story of Kestrel, the Valorian General’s daughter who is raised in conquered Herran. On … Continue reading
A Wicked Thing – Rhiannon Thomas
This story of Sleeping Beauty picks up when Princess Aurora is awakened by her true love and thrust into the “care” of the current brutal monarchy. The land has changed in 100 years and not for the better. The commoners … Continue reading
Red Queen – Victoria Aveyard
The ruling class elite have silver blood and special powers (think X-men). The working class with red blood are oppressed and downtrodden. Mare Barrow is one of the red blooded downtrodden who will soon have to leave her family and … Continue reading
The Darkest Part of the Forest – Holly Black
Hazel and her brother, Ben, live in the odd town of Fairfold where the adjoining woods are filled with fae. Hazel has grown up acting the part of knight, fighting the evil in the forest. In the heart of the … Continue reading
Pathfinder: TodHunter Moon – Angie Sage
Pathfinder takes place several years after the finale to the Septimus Heap series. Sep is now the ExtraOrdinary Wizard, relieving the burden from Marcia who seems to relish her freedom and experiments with Magykal passages. Pathfinder passes the story torch … Continue reading
Clariel – Garth Nix
The much anticipated Old Kingdom novel is finally here. Clariel has a double whamming in lineage as granddaughter of the King and granddaughter of the Abhorsen yet has never met either man. She has inherited the berserk gene that enables … Continue reading
The Caller – Juliet Marillier
Neryn was content to snuggle down for the winter in Shadowfell, but the pressing need to find the remaining two Guardians was nagging. She has been trained by Guardians of water and earth and nowneeds to learn from the Guardian … Continue reading
The Kiss of Deception – Mary Pearson
Princess Lia must marry a prince she has never seen or met to broker a peace between two kingdoms. Lia is not a big fan of that whole ‘sacrifice happiness for the good of the kingdom’ thing. So Lia and … Continue reading
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