Hang on tight for a wild ride in Christmas on the Goblin Express, a recently released Christmas novella featuring J. J. Fischer’s trademark blend of the creative, the comical, and the profound. From the back cover: For Claire Samson, the only way to survive Christmas this year is to escape it. High-achieving Australian medical student … Continue reading Book Review: Christmas on the Goblin Express by J. J. Fischer
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Book Review: A Study of Shattered Spells by Josiah DeGraaf
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
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: 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 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: The Chronicles of Prydain by Lloyd Alexander
Some books are good the way pizza is good, offering a nice (or shocking or spicy) experience that pleases the senses. Some books are good the way a narrator is good, displaying a high level of skill that appeals to the intelligent mind. And some books are good the way Scripture is good, portraying a … Continue reading Book Review: The Chronicles of Prydain by Lloyd Alexander
Book Review: Calor by J. J. Fischer (The Nightingale Trilogy #1)
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 (The Nightingale Trilogy #1)
Book Review: The Darcentaria Duology by J. J. Fischer
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 by J. J. Fischer
Book Review: Orphan’s Song by Gillian Bronte Adams (Songkeeper Chronicles #1)
Her solo is a death sentence. Deep within the world of Leira flows a melody that was sung at the beginning of time by Emhran, the Master Singer. Now it is broken, buried, forgotten. But in each generation, a Songkeeper arises to uphold the memory of the Song against those who want it silenced forever. … Continue reading Book Review: Orphan’s Song by Gillian Bronte Adams (Songkeeper Chronicles #1)
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