Sometimes you read a book and immediately feel the need to go and tell everyone about it, whether it’s just that good or just that bad. Other times, you finish a story and need to digest it for a while, like a fine meal. Dreaming of Antigone definitely needed time to digest – while the…
If I request a book for review, chances are I liked one of two things – the author or the premise. In this case it was a happy combination of both: I have read and enjoyed Ms. Cosimano’s Nearly series so I was familiar with her as an author and the premise of Holding Smoke…
When I picked up Be Careful What You Witch For I’m not sure what I was expecting. It’s a contemporary young adult novel about the fourteen-year-old daughter of one of the most famous actresses in Hollywood, and her attempt at going to a “normal” high school while staying with her aunt. Her aunt, she finds…
Morning Star is the third book in Pierce Brown’s Red Rising Trilogy. While I did not enjoy it as much as the previous two books, it nevertheless provides a satisfying if uneven conclusion to the saga. For those readers who are unfamiliar with the trilogy, the series takes place a couple of hundred years in…
Fans of Kiera Cass’ Selection series won’t want to miss The Glittering Court, book one in Richelle Mead’s trilogy of the same title. It’s a captivating story of forbidden love set against the backdrop of a world not so different from Great Britain and America. Our heroine is a young noblewoman, determined to live life…
So I admit, I definitely read this book because I heard the author lived in my area and was also a librarian. I normally avoid contemporary Young Adult stories because they aren’t my thing, but I knew I needed to give this a shot. The result was a charming, wholly Texan, story about friends, boyfriends,…
As I read Louise O’Neill’s Asking For It, I had mixed feelings. I hated the story; it was not a pleasant read, and it left me feeling unsatisfied. Ironically though, the reason why I now appreciate it so much is because of how uncomfortable and angry I was while and after reading it. I knew going…
Elli is perfectly positioned to be the heroine her country (and a YA fantasy novel) needs. Beautiful, with curly red hair and ice-blue eyes? Check. Fortuitously semi-complete prophecy that she will be the greatest and most powerful mage queen of all time? Check. Adolescent onset of fantastical powers? Actually, no. Although Elli is the destined…
The Ocean Herself saves Kahlen from drowning in a shipwreck and promises her a century free of aging and disease. All Kahlen has to do is join her sister Sirens in singing humans and ships to a watery grave when the Ocean’s hunger becomes overwhelming. With twenty years left to her service and a memory…
How dare this book make me love it so much? It had a slow start, and the premise seemed a bit like Harry Potter fan fiction, so I was all ready to toss it aside and give up. I am so glad I didn’t. Rowell’s first foray into fantasy has all of the heart and…
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