Julie of the Wolves meets Pilgrim’s Progress in Beast, Chawna Schroeder’s debut fantasy novel published by Enclave in 2016. I saw this story recommended by authors I follow and put it on my to-read list on Goodreads. When Embergold author Rachelle Nelson recommended it in one of her newsletters, I knew I needed to buy … Continue reading Book Review: Beast by Chawna Schroeder
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Book Review: The Westmark Trilogy by Lloyd Alexander
While perhaps best known for his award-winning YA fantasy series, The Chronicles of Prydain, American author Lloyd Alexander wrote many other books, among them an obscure but no less enthralling series called The Westmark Trilogy. (I know my set doesn't match---yet) The first book, Westmark, introduces us to a young man named Theo in a … Continue reading Book Review: The Westmark Trilogy by Lloyd Alexander
Book Review: Memoria by J. J. Fischer (The Nightingale Trilogy #3)
If you like fantasy (dystopian or medieval or both), action and adventure, clean romance, and deep themes, The Nightingale Trilogy by J. J. Fischer belongs on your bookshelf. After Calor and Lumen, the trilogy finishes with Memoria, a novel with a beautiful cover and a powerful story. From the back cover: In the deeply divided … Continue reading Book Review: Memoria by J. J. Fischer (The Nightingale Trilogy #3)
Book Review: Mortis by Hannah Cobb
I haven't read much this month, so here's a review from the archives. Makes me want to read this book again! Mortis offers only two choices to its students: life or death. About to graduate this school of assassins, Jane wants life. But not the life of Mortis. When the time comes for her to … Continue reading Book Review: Mortis by Hannah Cobb
Book Review: The House on Foster Hill by Jaime Jo Wright
And I thought The Souls of Lost Lake was good. Jaime Jo Wright’s The House on Foster Hill—her debut novel, actually—was just as good, if not a little better. I loved it for some of the same reasons, and for some reasons unique to this story. Beethoven piano music in the middle of the night. … Continue reading Book Review: The House on Foster Hill by Jaime Jo Wright
Book Review: The Souls of Lost Lake by Jaime Jo Wright
As much as I love reading fiction to escape, I want to escape into fiction that feels real. Few fiction authors offer a more realistic escape than award-winning author Jaime Jo Wright. The first book of hers I read, I actually listened to: The Souls of Lost Lake, early last year. A close friend had … Continue reading Book Review: The Souls of Lost Lake by Jaime Jo Wright
Book Review: Regency and Regicide by J. J. Fischer
Every writer dreams of visiting her story. But what do you do when the hero is more like a villain, the villain is more like a hero, and your side characters come to life with stories of their own? Oh, and you don’t know the world, and the person you have a crush on is … Continue reading Book Review: Regency and Regicide by J. J. Fischer
Book Review: The Gift of Pain by Dr. Paul Brand and Philip Yancey
Originally published in 1993 and republished in 1997, The Gift of Pain: Why We Hurt and What We Can Do About It by Dr. Paul Brand and Philip Yancey was on my to-read list for a few years before something last year (I think it was a blog post I read) highlighted it on my … Continue reading Book Review: The Gift of Pain by Dr. Paul Brand and Philip Yancey
Book Review: The Secret of Stardust by Heather L.L. FitzGerald (The Tethered World Chronicles #4)
If you’re looking for a fun but deep YA adventure, with some of the most creative writing on my radar to date, look no farther than The Secret of Stardust by Heather L.L. FitzGerald. It’s the next generation of The Tethered World Chronicles—same world, second verse, a little bit deeper and with story problems a … Continue reading Book Review: The Secret of Stardust by Heather L.L. FitzGerald (The Tethered World Chronicles #4)
Book Review: The Genesis Tree by Heather L.L. FitzGerald (The Tethered World Chronicles #3)
Heather FitzGerald has demonstrated herself to be a bold writer in the realm of Christian fantasy, and in this final installment of her Tethered World trilogy, The Genesis Tree, she writes her boldest story yet. (See my reviews of book #1, The Tethered World, and book #2, The Flaming Sword.) The beginning could have been … Continue reading Book Review: The Genesis Tree by Heather L.L. FitzGerald (The Tethered World Chronicles #3)
Melissa J. Troutman 