Category: fantasy
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Priory of the Orange Tree
Slaying dragons is an ancient literary tradition, one that goes back to some of the earliest texts that we have. And The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon shows that this genre is very much alive and well. In her feminist retelling of this time tested trope, Shannon…
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House Of Flame and Shadow
Hate her or love her, Sarah J Maas has accomplished an incredible feat that no other author has done before. She’s created an interconnected multiverse of incredible scope and size throughout her various series, and no matter what you think of her writing you have to admire the commitment. Such…
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A Curse For True Love
A Curse for True Love is by far my favorite book of the series. More than the other two, it feels like a fairytale. Perhaps that’s because it is as dark as all other fairytales and begins with a curse. Evangeline Fox had lost her mind. She wakes in a…
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Babel
Babel begins in a house filled with corpses, and there’s about to be one more. Cholera is sweeping through Canton and Robin Swift is slowly dying on the floor of his room after watching his mother’s last breaths. Just as he’s about to follow her, there’s a glint of silver.…
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The Book That Wouldn’t Burn
Mark Lawernce begins The Book That Wouldn’t Burn with Livira, a girl who’s as scrappy and tough as the weed she’s name after. She would have to be, living out in the desert wasteland they call the dust. Almost immediately her mettle is put to the test when someone attacks…
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Sword Catcher
Kel dreams of greater things with his friend Cas—voyages, far off lands, and pirate gold—and in the end he gets a grander adventure than any he could have predicted. His life is flipped upside down when he suddenly becomes the sword catcher: the body double to Prince Conor Aurelian. Kel…
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Once Upon A Broken Heart
One ever present theme in Once Upon a Broken Heart is fantasy vs reality. In the lush world of this Cinderella retelling some stories are cursed so that parts of it are forgotten completely. Even when people “remember”, the tale is never the same twice: it’s always told just a…
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Iron Flame
I spent a lot of time thinking over this book and unfortunately, after careful consideration I have to say I was disappointed with Iron Flame. My overall impression was that it was a mixed bag. The plot was fantastic: very engaging with plenty of twists and turns. The ending…
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Chalice of the Gods
The writer for the gods has picked up his pen! He may have taken a break during the pandemic like the rest of us, but he’s back—and better than ever. It’s been some time since Rick Riordan, author of the best-selling and famous Percy Jackson Series wrote anything, but now…
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Fourth Wing
What if there was a school that taught people to ride dragons? Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros asks—and answers this very question. It reads like a cross between Eragon and Harry Potter; so, it’s no wonder this book came out of nowhere and took the book world by storm. Since…
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