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Review: Lotto’s Super-Awesome Unbelievable Park Adventure, by Jan Ellen Ferrigan
Fantasy meets travelogue in an adventure novel for middle grade readers. Eleven-year-old foster kid Lotto Lewis is gifted, but he wants to be cool and watch more TV. Lotto also wishes that his…
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The Daylight War by Peter V. Brett : Review
This post may contain slight spoilers for earlier books. Read my review of the first novel, The Warded Man here. On the night of the new moon, the demons rise in force, seeking the…
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Review: Switch, by Tish Cohen
Good girl Andrea Birch is an honour-roll lifer — a Stanford-bound, mildly neurotic, high-strung twelfth-grader who just wants a bit more privacy. Oh, and perhaps a bit more of a social life. Or…
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Adventure Hunters by Cody L. Martin – Review
Artorius, Regina, and Lisa, three adventurers explore ruins and ancient buildings looking for treasures. When they come across a collection of war machines, they race to find the Lambda Driver, the key to…
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Review: Mr. Popper’s Penguins, by Richard and Florence Atwater
Mr. Popper is a humble house painter living in Stillwater who dreams of faraway places like the South Pole. When an explorer responds to his letter by sending him a penguin named Captain…
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Review: Princess Academy, by Shannon Hale
It was a lovely idea and Miri wished she could believe it, but she knew the lowlanders would never allow a crown to sit on a mountain girl’s head. High on the slopes…
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Oath of Servitude by C.E. Wilson : Review and Interview!
This is the story of Teague and Cailin, two teenagers who have been brought together by fate. Teague, a human, struggles to come to terms with the consequences of a recent accident that…
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An Oath of the Blood by Valerie Zambito : Review
“One will be betrayed, one will be lost, one will be gravely injured and one will die.” Following the destruction of the magical Kingdom of Pyraan, four powerful shifters and a Draca Cat…
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Crown Thief by David Tallerman : Review
Meet Easie Damasco: Thief, swindler and lately, reluctant hero. But whatever good intentions Damasco may have are about to be tested to their limits, as the most valuable – and dangerous – object…
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Review: The Kneebone Boy, by Ellen Potter
“Some say he’s part animal, covered with hair, with claws for hands and ears like a bats. When his mother first laid eyes on him she fainted dead away…” Life in a small…
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The Summoner by Gail Z. Martin : Review
Thrown into chaos, the aristocracy of the Winter Kingdoms must defend itself against magic, and with the clock ticking, the fate must rest on the shoulders of our heroes. Matris “Tris” Drayke, a…
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Sins of the Son by Linda Poitevin : Review
** This review may contain spoilers. My review for book 1 : Sins of the Angels may be found here. Humanity is on the doorsteps of Armageddon, and their only hope lies upon…
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Review: The Name of the Wind, by Patrick Rothfuss
MY NAME IS KVOTHE. I have stolen princesses back from sleeping barrow kings. I burned down the town of Trebon. I have spent the night with Felurian and left with both my sanity…
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Warbreaker by Brandon Sanderson : Review
Breathe. Hallandren and Idris; two kingdoms sitting side by side. Hallandren; an ostentatious kingdom of colors, gods, Breath and a spectrum of colorfully dressed crowds bustling within sunny streets. And Idris, a…
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Shadowmarch by Tad Williams : Review
A kingdom on the brink of war, the king held captive in a distant land and the ransom must be paid. Now, the Eddon children must lead their people in a time of…
