Songflight* was everything I long for in fantasy: fantastical creatures so well written they seem real, a creative, complex magic system, enchanting world building details, and characters who learn, fight,…
Dragons. A mute girl. A group of outcasts fighting for freedom. I've never read a book about a mute girl, so that element pulled me in quickly. Andra wasn't born…
"The magic in that country was so thick and tenacious that it settled over the land like chalk-dust and over floors and shelves like slightly sticky plaster-dust." The baby princess,…
Vason finds the chosen one--a woman with incredible ice powers--and brings her to his powerful mother, the Archon of the Hyris Empire. Vason wants nothing to do with the woman.…
I loved this book! Until the end. But let's start at the beginning, shall we? Catherine, aka Cath, longs to open a bakery bursting of treats that everyone in Hearts…
This duology has some of everything: adventure, danger, family drama, romance, and action. But what lured me into this series was the time travel aspect. Etta Spencer, a violin prodigy,…
Happy almost Valentine's Day! In lieu of this holiday, I've delved into my memory for seven male protagonists that made me swoon while reading these books. I've also realized that…
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…
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…