The Bear and the Nightingale (Winternight Trilogy #1)
by Katherine Arden Really enjoying this fairy tale made modern! As a mother myself, I was hooked when Marina said: “I wanted her.” … “I want her still.” … “I want a daughter like my mother was.” FULL…
The Shadows (Black Dagger Brotherhood, #13)
by J.R. Ward # Definitely, definitely, definitely one of my favorites in the BDB series. It’s real. Raw. Emotional. I must say how I am always enamored with the Warden’s writing and how she is so able to keep it…
Inheritance
by Christopher Paolini I put reading this one off for a long time, because I was so disappointed with the 3rd book and frustrated that there was going to be a fourth when touted as a trilogy. That being said,…
Gabriel’s Inferno (Gabriel’s Inferno #1)
by Sylvain Reynard It’s difficult to put words around my thoughts on this one. It’s somewhat dark in that both characters carry baggage. It tries to be very (to use his over-used word) chaste… Not sure I would really call it…
A Wise Man’s Fear
by Patrick Rothfuss Originally posted to Goodreads on September 24, 2015. I have just completed listening to the second of the series during my commute. The story is setup beautifully for that! As it is long and there are multiple smaller…
A Song for Arbonne
by Guy Gavriel Kay I absolutely loved the concepts, characters, and intricacies of the plot in this book… This is really the type of book I enjoy. It’s fantasy, but without the strange races and only containing very subtle magic.…
Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
How is it that one can hate and love a book at the same time? The answer is in a story well told and expertly developed characters. When I finished, I absolutely hated the book. I hated the characters. I…
“Toughen up, Charlotte.”
“Toughen up, Charlotte. You’re a Carrows, and you’d better start acting like one.” The first book of the Carrows Family Chronicles is a wonderful debut of both author and stories centered around a prosperous family. But their methods may be questionable.…
