Songflight Book Review
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,…
Bright Star Book Review
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…
8 Sea-Based Adventure Books
The sun is beating down here in South Carolina, which means my mind drifts more and more to the cool depths of the sea, salty breezes, and the cries of…
Spindle’s End Book Review
"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,…
Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes Book Review
I didn't know what to expect when I picked up this prequel to The Hunger Games detailing the decline (or incline, depending on your point of view) of President Snow. I'm not…
House of Salt and Sorrows Book Review
Annaleigh lives on the manor Highmoor by the sea with her sisters, father, and stepmother. Once twelve sisters' laughter filled the halls with laughter and joy, but now, after…
A World Through Sapphire Eyes Book Review
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.…
10 Book and Tea Pairings to Make Your Reading Time Special
Are you a tea connoisseur? Even if you don't make excuses to sip tea like I do, the drink is still a nice way to make that time with a…
Starsight Book Review
Sequels are difficult to write and sometimes difficult to read. Thankfully, Brandon Sanderson didn't disappoint (too much ;) in his sequel to Skyward--a light YA sci-fi novel. Spensa must go…
Rustle: Dragon Short Story
I have some exciting news! After many years of writing, sending out stories to contests and publications and being rejected, one of my short stories, Rustle, about a girl meeting a…