A Study of Shattered Spells by Josiah DeGraaf is not just another magic-school book. Because . . . . . . Chintor Academy is not just another magic school. It has problems. Deep problems. All across the student body and even the faculty. It’s supposed to be the most prestigious academy in the kingdom to … Continue reading Book Review: A Study of Shattered Spells by Josiah DeGraaf
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Book Review: Caligo by J. J. Fischer
J. J. Fischer's newest book, Caligo, released this month, and I could not be more excited to share this review with you. (If you haven't read The Nightingale Trilogy, read with caution, because I couldn't avoid some vague spoilers of the last book.) Don’t get me wrong, I LOVE a series like The Nightingale Trilogy: … Continue reading Book Review: Caligo by J. J. Fischer
Book Review: Embergold by Rachelle Nelson
If you take a handful of Beauty and the Beast and mix it with a scoop of How to Train Your Dragon, and throw in a few sparks from something like Rumpelstiltskin, you’ll have an idea of why I enjoyed Embergold by Rachelle Nelson so much. (Beauty and the Beast is probably my favorite fairytale, … Continue reading Book Review: Embergold by Rachelle Nelson
Book Review: Something Else by Cher Gatto (Something I Am Not, #2)
Something Else: The Background When I heard about Something Else before its release last month, I didn’t know what to expect. After all, it was the original story, Something I Am Not, that had me sobbing on my bedroom floor after midnight. (No wonder it won the 2020 Christian Indie Award for Best YA and … Continue reading Book Review: Something Else by Cher Gatto (Something I Am Not, #2)
Book Review: Lady Jayne Disappears by Joanna Davidson Politano
Introducing Lady Jayne Disappears by Joanna Davidson Politano: Pride and Prejudice meets Little Women, wrapped in a bit of Charles Dickens, and tied with ribbon borrowed from Sherlock Holmes. Â As a writer and a reader, I appreciate few things more than reading books about writers. So when I opened my brand new, signed copy … Continue reading Book Review: Lady Jayne Disappears by Joanna Davidson Politano
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
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