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)
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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)
Book Review: The Flaming Sword by Heather L.L. FitzGerald (The Tethered World Chronicles #2)
Sadie thought life couldn’t change any more than it did in The Tethered World, when she found out about her family’s ties with a secret world and ended up leading her siblings to that same world in order to rescue their parents. She was wrong. In the first few pages of The Flaming Sword, she … Continue reading Book Review: The Flaming Sword by Heather L.L. FitzGerald (The Tethered World Chronicles #2)
Book Review: Lumen by J. J. Fischer (The Nightingale Trilogy #2)
More gifts, more magic, more friends, more enemies, more adventures, more emotions, more themes, more stakes---more everything! Hang on to your hats, ladies and gentlemen, because once you open the cover of Lumen, this second installment of J. J. Fischer’s The Nightingale Trilogy will suck you into a maelstrom as wild, powerful, and beautiful as … Continue reading Book Review: Lumen by J. J. Fischer (The Nightingale Trilogy #2)
Book Review: Calor by J.J. Fischer
Happy book birthday, J. J. Fischer! Today is the release of her third book and the first installment of The Nightingale Trilogy, Calor. I absolutely loved reading this book and can't wait to share this review! Fairytale retellings are cool and all, but nothing is cooler (literally) than a fairytale retelling mashed with Greek myth … Continue reading Book Review: Calor by J.J. Fischer
Book Review: The Darcentaria Duology
A young woman fleeing the horrors of World War II is astonished to find an undiscovered medieval world when her plane crashes in the Bermuda Triangle. Forced to join forces with a gifted but troubled warrior-prince to survive, El’s knowledge might just be the key to winning their civil war… but how can she share … Continue reading Book Review: The Darcentaria Duology
Book Review: Something I Am Not by Cher Gatto
A father who never loved him … A woman who stole his worth … And a brother he couldn't protect. Where does someone run in the face of his deepest shame?Billy McQueen works hard to keep his life together ... and concealed. At seventeen, he dreams of an escape from the barroom, his father's manipulation, and the advances of his father's … Continue reading Book Review: Something I Am Not by Cher Gatto
Book Review: The Student and the Slave (Krillonian Chronicles #3)
Follow the links to refresh on Book 1: The Collar and the Cavvarach and Book 2: The Gladiator and the Guard. Is this what freedom is supposed to be like? Desperate to provide for himself and his sister Ellie, Bensin searches fruitlessly for work like all the other former slaves in Tarnestra. He needs the … Continue reading Book Review: The Student and the Slave (Krillonian Chronicles #3)
Book Review: The Gladiator and the Guard (Krillonian Chronicles #2)
And I thought book one (The Collar and the Cavvarach) was good! Book two (The Gladiator and the Guard) blew my socks off. Ripped my heart out. Gave me the wildest ride I’ve been on in a long time. And I loved it. Bensin, a teenage slave and martial artist, is just one victory away … Continue reading Book Review: The Gladiator and the Guard (Krillonian Chronicles #2)
Book Review: The Collar and the Cavvarach (Krillonian Chronicles #1)
Bensin, a teenage slave and martial artist, is desperate to see his little sister freed. But only victory in the Krillonian Empire's most prestigious tournament will allow him to secretly arrange for Ellie's escape. Dangerous people are closing in on her, however, and Bensin is running out of time. With his one hope fading quickly … Continue reading Book Review: The Collar and the Cavvarach (Krillonian Chronicles #1)
Melissa J. Troutman 