Not sure why it has taken me this long to getting around to reviewing this one. I quite liked it and actually thought this novel felt more cohesive as one story compared to its predecessor, even though both were Kindle Serials. As the novel starts, Elise Walton, a minor villain introduced in Indexing and a Wicked Stepsister archetype, escapes from the high security magical prison where the characters are kept. Some of the prisoners have committed horrible crimes, but others are innocent but can’t be […]
Snow White Trades in Woodland Creatures for a Badge
Being caught up on all the InCryptid novels and the short stories/novellas that are available for free (there are a few more in collections I don’t feel like paying for yet), I continued down the Seanan McGuire rabbit hole to this novel. While it didn’t grip me as quickly as the InCryptid series, I enjoyed the concept, and ended up having fun once I got used to the characters and the team. This was originally written as a Kindle Serial, and while it is now […]
If you think about it, we all have a fairy tale kind of life
This Is How It Always Is is a sort of fairy tale about a mom who wished for a daughter, a dad who tells stories, siblings who watch out for each other, and how even if you do everything just right, life is never easy. This is the story of parents doing their best to raise their transgender child in a world that fears and rejects those who don’t fit cultural norms. It is clever, funny and heartbreaking, and enlightening. Frankel happens to be the […]
Re-imagined Fairy Tales Are My Catnip
This is a review of all four Lunar Chronicles books: Cinder, Scarlet, Cress, and Winter. When I saw Cinder, the first book in the Lunar Chronicles, I was turned off by the cover and description. I hadn’t yet delved into fantasy YA and so I didn’t buy the series. I had a “what the heck was I thinking” moment about a month ago and bought the book. And I inhaled it, and then bought the next book and so forth until I had rapidly inhaled […]