YA Fantasy Book Review: Hotel Magnifique
Standalone Type of Fantasy: Heroic Synopsis All her life, Jani has dreamed of Elsewhere. Just barely scraping by with her job at a tannery, she’s resigned to a dreary life…
What is Fantasy?
Fantasy includes much more than dragons, mermaids, and quests. It falls into the broader speculative fiction genre, which includes science fiction, dystopia, and horror. I've been confused at times about…
Songflight Blog Tour: Interview with Michelle M. Bruhn
I'm ecstatic to interview Michelle M. Bruhn, the author of the wonderfully-written Songflight, for her blog tour. I loved this book so much, so it was pure delight to take…
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,…
10 Books to Take on a Road Trip
I'm so excited that places are beginning to open and loosen their travel restrictions--and right in time for summer too! I love a good book when I travel, especially to…
The Arrow and the Crown Book Review
What a delightful debut! If you can picture Lucy in The Chronicles of Narnia with Katniss’ bow from The Hunger Games, then you’ve imagined the magic of this book. Anna's parents…
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…