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  • 3.5 stars,  fantasy

    Review: ‘The String Diaries’ by Stephen Lloyd Jones

    Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars A jumble of entries, written in different hands, different languages, and different times. They tell of a rumour. A shadow. A killer. The only interest that Oxford Professor Charles Meredith has in the diaries…

    April 6, 2014
  • 4 stars,  dystopia,  fantasy,  YA

    Review: ‘The Bone Season’ by Samantha Shannon

    Rating: 4 out of 5 starsThe year is 2059. Nineteen-year-old Paige Mahoney is working in the criminal underworld of Scion London, based at Seven Dials, employed by a man named Jaxon Hall. Her job: to scout for information by breaking…

    January 20, 2014
  • 3.5 stars,  fantasy,  YA

    Review: ‘Taste of Darkness’ by Maria V. Snyder

    **SPOILER ALERT – TASTE OF DARKNESS is the last in the Healer series.  If you haven’t read the first, Touch of Power, you might want to head over to my review of that HERE instead.  Looking for the second book, Scent…

    January 11, 2014
  • 4 stars,  fantasy,  YA

    Review: ‘Cracked’ by Eliza Crewe

    Rating: 4 out of 5 stars Meet Meda. She eats people. Well, technically, she eats their soul. But she totally promises to only go for people who deserve it. She’s special. It’s not her fault she enjoys it. She can’t…

    January 6, 2014
  • 4 stars,  epic fantasy,  fantasy,  series

    Fantasy Review: ‘A Game of Thrones’ by George R. R. Martin

    Rating: 4 out of 5 stars Summers span decades. Winter can last a lifetime. And the struggle for the Iron Throne has begun. As Warden of the north, Lord Eddard Stark counts it a curse when King Robert bestows on…

    June 22, 2013
  • 3.5 stars,  fantasy,  mystery,  steampunk

    Steampunk Review: ‘The Osiris Ritual’ by George Mann

    Rating:  3.5 out of 5 stars **This is the second in a loosely connected series – if you haven’t read the first, The Affinity Bridge and want to avoid minor spoilers, you can pop over to my review of that…

    June 16, 2013
  • 4 stars,  fantasy,  urban fantasy

    Review: ‘White Cat’ by Holly Black

    Rating: 4 out of 5 stars Cassel comes from a family of Curse Workers – people who have the power to change your emotions, your memories, your luck, by the slightest touch of their hands. And since curse work is…

    May 25, 2013
  • 3.5 stars,  fantasy,  mythology,  YA

    YA Fiction Review: ‘Percy Jackson and the Sea of Monsters’ by Rick Riordan

    Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars After a summer spent trying to prevent a catastrophic war among the Greek gods, Percy Jackson is finding his seventh-grade school year unnervingly quiet. His biggest problem is dealing with his new friend, Tyson,…

    April 17, 2013
  • 3 stars,  fantasy

    Fantasy Book Review: ‘Scent of Power’ by Maria V. Snyder

    **SPOILER ALERT – SCENT OF POWER is the second in the Healer Series.  If you haven’t read, Touch of Power, you might want to head over to my review of that HERE instead** Rating:  3 out of 5 stars Hunted,…

    January 19, 2013
  • 2.5 stars,  fantasy,  series

    Fantasy Review: ‘The Gunslinger’ by Stephen King

    Rating:  2.5 out of 5 stars Synopsis courtesy of GoodReads Set in a world of extraordinary circumstances, filled with stunning visual imagery and unforgettable characters, The Dark Tower series is King’s most visionary feat of storytelling, a magical mix of…

    December 13, 2012
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