The Golden Compass is a fast-paced, action packed fantasy story that I feel like everyone in the world has read before me. If you’re one of the last to read it as I am, here’s what you need to know: Lyra is an orphan living at Jordan college who has a penchant for mischief and lying her way out of,,, well, everything. One day she decides to sneak into the chambers of the college’s council, only men allowed. She just meant to see the room, […]
A fast-paced middle book that doesn’t suffer from Middle Book Syndrome
This is the second in a series, so obviously some spoilers for the first book are going to be mentioned. For my review of the first book, The Darkest Minds, go here. Never Fade picks up six months after the events of the first book. Ruby has joined The Children’s League and has been training with them. She’s learned to control her abilities, and to fight and defend herself as well. She goes out on missions for the League, while also trying to find a way to […]
“The darkest minds tend to hide behind the most unlikely faces”
It is a truth universally acknowledged that writing a review for a book you love is infinitely harder than writing one for a book you hate. I really, really liked this book. It’s one of those where after I put it down I was like “yeah, it was really good,” and then the more I think about it, the more I realize it was REALLY good. I find it so easy to rant on about things an author screws up, but it is sometimes really […]
Terrible title, pretty decent book
I got Ghost Gifts through the Kindle First program as my February book. I was skeptical about how good this one would be, but this month’s picks were pretty underwhelming and this had really good ratings, so I gave it a go. The book follows Aubrey Ellis, a newspaper journalist for small town Surrey, Massachusetts. Aubrey was raised by her grandmother, Charley, who also happened to own a carnival. Oh also? Occasionally Aubrey sees and talks to dead people. She is able to communicate with spirits who have […]