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Review: Take Back the Skies, by Lucy Saxon
Desperate to escape an arranged marriage and the life her high-ranking government-official father has planned for her, Catherine Hunter does the unthinkable in the fantastical world of Tellus: she disguises herself as a…
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The Aeronaut’s Windlass (Cinder Spires #1) by Jim Butcher : Review
Since time immemorial, the Spires have sheltered humanity, towering for miles over the mist-shrouded surface of the world. Within their halls, aristocratic houses have ruled for generations, developing scientific marvels, fostering trade alliances,…
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Review: Hilo: The Boy Who Crashed to Earth, by Judd Winick
Meet Hilo, D.J., and Gina! D.J. and Gina are TOTALLY ordinary kids. But Hilo…isn’t. Hilo doesn’t know where he came from, or what he’s doing on Earth. (Or why going to school in…
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Review: A Siege of Bitterns, by Steve Burrows
Inspector Domenic Jejeune’s success has made him a poster boy for the U.K. police service. The problem is Jejeune doesn’t really want to be a detective at all; he much prefers watching birds.…
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Enter the Janitor by Josh Vogt: Review
“Who are you people? Some secret government agency?” “Gettin’ closer. But replace ‘secret government agency’ with ‘supernatural sanitation department. We’re inside Cleaner headquarters…” Dani’s brow scrunched up. “The Cleaners. Right. So you run…
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Relic by Renee Collins: Review
Moon John motioned to the table. “Try. Most can create at least a spark their first time.” I curled my fingers around the relic. That darn antsy feeling made it hard to focus,…
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Echoes of a Shattered Age by R. J. Terrell: Review
In the lower planes of the abyss, a large gray demon was devouring a smaller fiend. It raised its massive, horned head at a distant call. The call was coming from one of…
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The Dinosaur Lords by Victor Milán : Review
A world made by the Eight Creators on which to play out their games of passion and power, Paradise is a sprawling, diverse, often brutal place. Men and women live on Paradise as…
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Dead Men Don’t Cry by Nancy Fulda: Review
What you’re lookin’ for. You won’t find it here…Folk find lots of stuff in this place, but never what they came looking for. These days novels get all the attention, but there is…
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The Gods of Laki: A Thriller by Chris Angus : Review
A race to unveil the secret of Laki, a volcano on the southern shores of Iceland, pits our heroes—a sixteen-year-old Viking girl from the tenth century, a German geologist from World War II,…
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Review: The Melancholy Death of Oyster Boy, and Other Stories, by Tim Burton
From breathtaking stop-action animation to bittersweet modern fairy tales, filmmaker Tim Burton has become known for his unique visual brilliance — witty and macabre at once. Now he gives birth to a cast…
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An Ember in the Ashes by Sabaa Tahir : Review
Laia is a slave. Elias is a soldier. Neither is free. Under the Martial Empire, defiance is met with death. Those who do not vow their blood and bodies to the Emperor risk the execution…
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Ghosts In The Yew by Blake Hausladen : Review
A novel of violent magic, intrigue, and statecraft, Ghosts in the Yew is the story of four who are banished beyond the edge of the map to a land of gnarled forests, ancient…
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GUEST POST: Game of Thrones “The Wars to Come” Review
As usual, the season premiere of Game of Thrones served primarily to set the table for the next 9 episodes and catch us up with much of the show’s gigantic cast of characters.…
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Review: William Shakespeare’s Star Wars: The Phantom of Menace, by Ian Doescher
O Threepio, Threepio, Wherefore art thou, Threepio? Join us, good gentles, for a merry reimagining of Star Wars: Episode I as only Shakespeare could have written it. The entire saga starts here, with a thrilling…
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Review: The Original Folk & Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm: The Complete First Edition, by The Brothers Grimm & Jack Zipes
When Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm published their Children’s and Household Tales in 1812, followed by a second volume in 1815, they had no idea that such stories as “Rapunzel”, “Hansel and Gretel”, and “Cinderella”…
