Oh, the turns of her phrases!
The imagery that begins this novel and presses through to the end gripped me and just pulled me along. She makes the heat of the desert magical in these lines, and though there is some magic within these pages, the…
A pedicure and fantasy!
The hook for me was at the end of chapter 5 and al of chapter 6. While many fantasy readers look for the sword and sorcery or the action sequences as a hook, I look for the more social impacts…
Poe’s Annabelle Lee, a Shadowhunter?
A book review of Lady Midnight by Cassandra Clare *****This post may contain spoilers***** Who would have ever thought Edgar Allan Poe would hold the clues to solving a series of mundane and Faerie murders? The newest trilogy in Cassandra…
“You are mad, Vasya.”
“Entirely,” she said. “But I will have my freedom”… The Bear and the Nightingale, by Katherine Arden – a book review. I finished this wonderful fairy tale this week, and sat back to think about what I’d just read. …
Neverwhere
by Neil Gaiman It has been years since I read Mr. Gaiman’s Neverwhere, but it’s always one that I come back to as holding some unidentifiable meaning. I came to this work at an interesting time in my life, when…
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…
