I don’t read a lot of young adult fiction, but when I discovered this received a nomination for best first book of 2010 in the Rita nominations, I decided to take a chance on it. I’m glad I did because I loved this first entry in the author’s Iron Fae series, and am eager to…
The idea of an enemy at the gate is as old as gates themselves. To protect us from our enemies is, after all, why we built them. The idea of the enemy within the gate is probably equally as old. And, to me, just the tiniest bit more frightening – because it indicates that your…
Even though it has been many (many) years, I still remember trying on dresses for my high school dances. Many times a dress that looked perfect on the rack or in a picture looked awful when put on. But then the right one would be magic – that feeling you have of suddenly becoming a…
I have read almost every single word that Robin McKinley has published, and I used to feel guilty that I didn’t enjoy all her books. I stopped worrying about this transgression when I understood that I have the right to dislike, even as it is her right to write whatever she so chooses. Having now…
Like most guys, Jack hoped to kiss a hot European chick while on a tour of the continent. He just hadn’t planned on her being 300 years old. Jack hadn’t been surprised by how “completely lame” his bus tour of Europe was. If his parents planned it, it was bound to not be fun. So…
When the cover for this novel was mentioned on the Potpourri board I was thrilled. I had this book in my TBR and had not yet been motivated to move it up the stack. Hearing others talk about it, even if it was just cover design, gave me the impetuous to pull it out and…
When I was a young girl I read every fairy tale I could get my hands on. The Brothers Grimm. Disney. From Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves to Rapunzel , I devoured them all. Country of origin did not matter – just that the tale be of prince and princesses, clever pig boys, sheep…
The readers on my Christmas list normally get gift cards to Borders or B&N, but in 2009 I loved two books so much I felt that I had to share them with others. One of those books was Nancy Werlin’s Impossible, a retelling of the story in the song Scarborough Fair. Those of you who…
Beauty and the Beast is a very old tale. The roots of the story go back to the Greek myth of Cupid and Psyche, and it has furnished the plot for many romance novels – Ravished by Amanda Quick and Mary Jo Putney’s short story, The Black Beast of Belleterre are two of my favorites….
I’ve loved Kelley Armstrong’s writing ever since I read Bitten a long time ago, so I was very excited to review The Reckoning, the last book in her YA trilogy Darkest Powers. I even read the first two in the series prior to reviewing to make sure I did justice to this book. I’m happy…
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