8 YA Fantasy Scenes That’d Make Awesome Puzzles
I'm a highly visual person, so I love it when I can visually see a scene or landscape in a book. That's part of what makes reading so magical! Puzzles…
Fireborne Book Review
Wow! I'm still trying to regain my breath from the wonderful whirlwind of this novel. I haven't read a YA novel this excellent in a while. I enjoyed it even…
Frost Like Night Book Review
This book is a thrilling, on-the-edge-of-your-seat conclusion to the Snow Like Ashes series. However, it didn't quite start that way. The beginning is a whirl of action, but Meira's, Mather's, and Ceridwen's…
Ice Like Fire Book Review
The danger and evil in the land of Primoria is heating up! Will the characters survive the onslaught? Sequels are hard to do well, and Ice Like Fire didn't pull…
Spinning Silver Book Review
Spinning Silver is a blizzard--fierce, powerful, and beautiful. Miryem's father's inability to collect his debts has left his family on the edge of poverty—until Miryem takes matters into her own…
10 Steamy, Squeaky Clean YA Fantasy Romances to Read in the Tub
I don't read books in the bathtub--I'm afraid they'll fall in!--but if I did, these would be the ones I'd settle down with for a long soak. Note that some…
Snow Like Ashes Book Review
Meira, an orphan, is one of the few refugees after the Kingdom of Spring conquered her people's kingdom--the Kingdom of Winter. She and the other refugees, along with her…
16 Sci-Fi Books I’m Looking Forward to Reading in 2020
Children Dragon Pearl by Yoon Ha Lee: A girl with fox-magic, a quest involving gamblers, pirates, and vengeful ghosts, and hints of Korean mythology in this space opera has me…
A Hero For WondLa Book Review
Tony DiTerlizzi did not disappoint in crafting more vividly imaginative places and creatures in this sequel to A Search for WondLa. Eva Nine has finally arrived in the human city, New…
The Search for WondLa Book Review
I wasn't sure what to expect when I checked this book out from the library. I first came across the title at a Tony DiTerlizzi display at a museum. His…