Tag Archives: Fantasy

BOOK REVIEW: The Cruel Prince by Holly Black

Rating Title: The Cruel PrinceAuthor: Holly BlackPublication: December 4, 2018Publisher: Little Brown Books for Young ReadersGenre: Teen, YA Fiction, FantasyPages: 416 Amazon Barnes and Noble Goodreads Author Website SYNOPSIS: (From Goodreads) Of course I want to be like them. They’re beautiful as blades forged in some divine fire. They will …

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BOOK REVIEW: Bridge of Souls by Victoria Schwab

Rating Title: Bridge of SoulsAuthor: V.E. SchwabPublication: September 6, 2022Publisher: Scholastic, Inc.Genre: YA Fiction, FantasyPages: 336 Amazon Barnes and Noble Goodreads SYNOPSIS: (From Goodreads) Where there are ghosts, Cassidy Blake follows … unless it’s the other way around? Cass thinks she might have this ghost-hunting thing down. After all, she …

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BOOK REVIEW: A Court of Thrones and Roses by Sarah J. Maas

Rating Title: A Court of Thrones and RosesAuthor: Sarah J. MaasPublication: May 5, 2015Publisher: Bloomsbury PublishingGenre: Romance, FantasyPages: 423 Amazon Barnes and Noble Goodreads Author Website SYNOPSIS: (From Goodreads) When nineteen-year-old huntress Feyre kills a wolf in the woods, a terrifying creature arrives to demand retribution. Dragged to a treacherous …

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BOOK REVIEWS: The Midnight Library by Matt Haig

Rating Title: The Midnight LibraryAuthor: Matt HaigPublication: September 29, 2020Publisher: VikingGenre: FantasyPages: 304 Amazon Barnes and Noble Goodreads Author Website SYNOPSIS: (From Goodreads) Between life and death there is a library, and within that library, the shelves go on forever. Every book provides a chance to try another life you …

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BOOK REVIEW: A Lullaby for Witches by Hester Fox

Rating Title: A Lullaby for WitchesAuthor: Hester FoxPublication: February 1, 2022Publisher: Graydon HouseGenre: Fantasy, Gothic FictionPages: 339 Amazon Barnes and Noble Goodreads Author Website SYNOPSIS: (From Goodreads) Once there was a young woman from a well-to-do New England family who never quite fit with the drawing rooms and parlors of …

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BOOK REVIEW: The Christmas Pig by J.K. Rowling

Rating Title: The Christmas PigAuthor: J.K RowlingPublication: October 12, 2021Publisher: Scholastic, Inc.Genre: Children, Fantasy Amazon Barnes and Noble Goodreads Author Website SYNOPSIS: (From Goodreads) One boy and his toy are about to change everything… Jack loves his childhood toy, Dur Pig. DP has always been there for him, through good …

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BOOK REVIEW: Spellbreaker by Charles N. Holmberg

Title: SpellbreakerAuthor: Charles N. HolmbergPublication: November 1, 2020Publisher: 47NorthGenre: FantasyPages: 331 SYNOPSIS: (From Goodreads) The orphaned Elsie Camden learned as a girl that there were two kinds of wizards in the world: those who pay for the power to cast spells and those, like her, born with the ability to …

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BOOK REVIEW: Shattered Midnight by Dhonielle Clayton

Title: Shattered MidnightAuthor: Dhonielle ClaytonPublication: January 18, 2022Publisher: Disney-HyperionGenre: Fantasy, YA FictionPages: 304 SYNOPSIS: (From Goodreads) Zora Broussard has arrived in New Orleans with not much more than a bag of clothes, a beautiful voice, and a pair of enchanted red shoes. Running from a tragic accident caused by her …

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BOOK REVIEW: Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr

Title: Cloud Cuckoo LandAuthor: Anthony DoerrPublication: September 28, 2021Publisher: Scribner (Simon & Schuster)Genre: Historical Fiction & FantasyPages: 637 SYNOPSIS: (From Goodreads) Thirteen-year-old Anna, an orphan, lives inside the formidable walls of Constantinople in a house of women who make their living embroidering the robes of priests. Restless, insatiably curious, Anna …

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