I’ve read a few of Holly Black’s other novels dealing with faeries which were alright but not bad, and hearing good things about The Cruel Prince, I figured it was worth a read! And it was quite an entertaining YA novel, though I can’t say that I loved it. The Cruel Prince begins with three young sisters living in the human world: two twins named Taryn and Jude, and an older sister who is actually half-human-half-fae named Vivienne (or Vivi). The three live with their […]
#CBR10 Bingo: Throwback Thursday – the Kate Daniels series (minus book 10)
#CBR10Bingo: Throwback Thursday Spoiler warning! This is my re-read of the first nine books in the Kate Daniels series, in addition to the two books books set in the same universe, Gunmetal Magic and Iron and Magic, as well as two of the more essential novellas to complete my revisit of the complex and fascinating world that Ilona Andrews have created. If you read through this review, I will assume you are familiar with the series already. If you haven’t read the books yet, but are looking for a good introduction, […]
Plant a seed and watch it grow….read a book and watch your imagination soar
Both books Forest Dreams by Imai and Kate, Who Tamed the Wind by Liz Garton Scanlon (illustrated by Lee White) take the theme of trees and conservation and make two different stories. Yet, while the path they take is different, the end of the journey results in the same goal. Forest Dreams is an interesting story, but in some ways, it is abstract, too. Ayano Imai has created some very lovely illustrations to complement their text and its conservation theme. The dream the narrator […]
BINGO! with a bisexual swordsman book from the 1980s. — #CBRBingo
This little book is not what I was expecting. I’m not sure *what* I was expecting, actually, but it took me a pretty long time to get into this. When I finally did, though, I was glad I pushed through. Not quite sure how to describe this. It’s set in an unnamed city in an unnamed country, where nobles live up on the Hill in the city, and poor people and criminals live in Riverside. Both places have complicated and very strict rules of conduct, […]