New York, 1895. Sylvan Threadgill, a night soiler cleaning out the privies behind the tenement houses, finds an abandoned newborn baby in the muck. An orphan himself, Sylvan rescues the child, determined to find where she belongs. Odile Church and her beautiful sister, Belle, were raised amid the applause and magical pageantry of TheContinue reading “Review: ‘Church of Marvels’ by Leslie Parry”
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Review: ‘Illuminae’ by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff
This morning, Kady thought breaking up with Ezra was the hardest thing she’d have to do. This afternoon, her planet was invaded. The year is 2575, and two rival megacorporations are at war over a planet that’s little more than an ice-covered speck at the edge of the universe. Too bad nobody thought to warnContinue reading “Review: ‘Illuminae’ by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff”
Review: ‘Uprooted’ by Naomi Novik
Agnieszka loves her valley home, her quiet village, the forests and the bright shining river. But the corrupted Wood stands on the border, full of malevolent power, and its shadow lies over her life. Her people rely on the cold, ambitious wizard known only as the Dragon to keep the Wood’s powers at bay. ButContinue reading “Review: ‘Uprooted’ by Naomi Novik”
Review: ‘A Court of Thorns and Roses’ by Sarah J. Maas
A thrilling, seductive new series from New York Times bestselling author Sarah J. Maas, blending Beauty and the Beast with faerie lore. When nineteen-year-old huntress Feyre kills a wolf in the woods, a beast-like creature arrives to demand retribution for it. Dragged to a treacherous magical land she only knows about from legends, Feyre discovers thatContinue reading “Review: ‘A Court of Thorns and Roses’ by Sarah J. Maas”
Review: ‘The Accident Season’ by Moira Fowley-Doyle
It’s the accident season, the same time every year. Bones break, skin tears, bruises bloom. The accident season has been part of seventeen-year-old Cara’s life for as long as she can remember. Towards the end of October, foreshadowed by the deaths of many relatives before them, Cara’s family becomes inexplicably accident-prone. They banish knives toContinue reading “Review: ‘The Accident Season’ by Moira Fowley-Doyle”
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