THE BEAUTIFUL

YA Dark Fantasy When I picked up this book, I had no idea it was going to be a vampire book. If I had known that beforehand, I probably wouldn't have read it. I was obsessed with vampires for a bit but am pretty much fed up with them by now. It was good that …

SORCERY OF THORNS

YA fantasy The best part about this book is the secondary character, Silas, the ironic, poised, and dangerous demon servant. He feels fully fleshed-out and I felt like I knew him and knew exactly what he was feeling in any given moment, even if the writer did not spell it out. The second-best part about …

THE BONE QUEEN

THE BONE QUEEN by Alison CroggonAdult Fantasy I was not familiar with Alison Croggon’s epic saga “The Books of Pellinor”, so when I picked up The Bone Queen, which is a recently written and published sequel to the 4-book “Pellinor” series, I had no idea what to expect. Fortunately for me, though, since the book …

THE DRAGON QUEEN

THE DRAGON QUEEN by Alice BorchardtAdult Fantasy This book was splendid in the story-telling sense. The story was epic and magical and engaging. Also, this is, by far, the best Guinevere I have encountered in modern fiction so far. She was strong but not brass, brave but not stupid, powerful yet humble, compassionate but not …