Book Review: The Names They Gave Us by Emery Lord

Book lovers want to find stories that sweep them away and leave them gasping. But to find a book that digs deep into who you are as a person is another matter entirely. I could read every exciting adventure out there, every intergalactic war or dragon riding expedition, but without something more, it's just another …

Book Review: Geekerella by Ashley Poston

Calling all fangirls and fanboys! If you've ever cried over a fictional character's death or the cancellation of a TV show (or the writing of a TV show when it veers so off course you wallow in deep bitterness), if you've ever attended a con or a midnight showing, if you've cosplayed or wrote fanfiction …

Book Review: Foolish Hearts by Emma Mills

The December Owlcrate "Seize the Day" book selection was Foolish Hearts by Emma Mills. I'm not a big YA contemporary reader. Usually, the main elements of YA contemporary annoy me and make me want to roll my eyes. But occasionally, I find a YA contemporary book that draws me in and makes me readjust my …

Book Review: The Last Namsara by Kristen Ciccarelli

Recently, I've been on a roll reading fantasy books. (Who am I kidding? I always read fantasy books. They're my favorite.) More so than usual, though, I've read books about dragons. While not all the so-called dragon books I've read recently lived up to my high dragonish expectations, I can definitely say The Last Namsara …

Book Review: Invictus by Ryan Graudin

Yesterday, November 23, was the anniversary of Doctor Who's first airing, aka Doctor Who Day. In honor of such a remarkable time-travel story, here's the best (and probably only) time-travel book I read this year! Farway McCarthy, the son of a time-traveling recorder from the 24th century and a gladiator from the 1st century, was …

Book Review: ‘Forest of a Thousand Lanterns’ by Julie C. Dao

At some point in the past several years, I've been intrigued with the idea of taking a well-known, Europe-centric fairy tale and retelling it in a different culture. One of these ideas was an East-Asian culture. So when I heard that Forest of a Thousand Lanterns by Julie C. Dao was a prequel of the …

Book Review: An Enchantment of Ravens by Margaret Rogerson

I knew when I picked up An Enchantment of Ravens by Margaret Rogerson that I would enjoy it. The cover is gorgeous, it had my favorite elements (autumn princes and magic and fantasy), and I had heard good things about it already. But I honestly didn't expect to like it this much. When Isobel, an …

Book Review: ‘The Last Magician’ by Lisa Maxwell

You know how sometimes you pick up a book, read the synopsis, and have no idea what the plot of the book is supposed to be? Yeah, I did that before I read The Last Magician by Lisa Maxwell. Either the advertised synopsis was so full of information it went way over my head or I …

Book Review: ‘The Disappearances’ by Emily Bain Murphy

If you haven’t already noticed, I read a lot of books. By doing so, I find a lot of books I love. Whether it’s due to the story line or the characters or even the world-building, I have too many so-called favorites to properly list them all. But every once in awhile, I stumble upon …

Book Review: ‘The Gentleman’s Guide to Vice and Virtue’ by Mackenzi Lee

I love history. I like learning about different periods of history, about heroic stories of survival, feats of human capabilities. Which is one of the reasons I was hesitant to read The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue by Mackenzi Lee. I was afraid, as I've experienced with other so-called historical books, that this book would half-bake …