Tag archive: Fantasy

16

Nameless by Lili St. Crow

This review will be fairly short as 3 weeks of reading this book and only getting 36% of the way through on my third attempt at starting it, I decided to add this book to my DNF pile. I have never read any other Lili St Crow books so I’m not sure if it’s just

Details
1

The House at the End of Hope Street by Menna van Praag

It takes great courage and determination, to keep looking for light in all the darkness of life. What an absolutely delightful read! If you enjoy heartfelt and uplifting literature with a generous sprinkling of magic on the side, then The House at the End of Hope Street is for you. The story revolves around an

Details
2

The Sweetest Dark by Shana Abe

I loved the sound of this book from the synopsis, it was historical and it was also a fantasy book with dragons and beautiful gothic castles! While I did enjoy reading this book the entire time I just felt that something was missing, I wondered if this was a spin off of another book series

Details
2

Hidden by Marianne Curley

This story is told from both the perspectives of Ebony, a violet eyed teenager who until recently was home schooled and has never left the valley her parents farm is located on, and Jordon, a tough kid in foster care who has had one too many things go wrong in his young life.  When these two meet

Details
Published on:
March 4, 2013 2:31 pm
Author:
Philippa
Categories:
General, Reviews
9

Skylark by Meagan Spooner

About once a year I hear about a book and for some reason I decide I most desperately have to read it and I build it up into the most awesomest book ever.  Then I read the book and am thoroughly and incredibly dissapointed with it.  Last year it was The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer. 

Details
14

Seraphina by Rachel Hartman

I became the very air; I was full of stars. I was the soaring spaces between the spires of the cathedral, the solemn breath of chimneys, a whispered prayer upon the winter wind. I was silence,and I was music, one clear transcendent chord rising toward Heaven. I believed, then, that I would have risen bodily

Details
10

Advent by James Treadwell

What started out as a book full of promise and beautiful prose, swiftly became a confusing muddle of events that left me feeling pretty dissapointed by the end of the book.  I wanted to like it, I truly did and infact at the beginning I felt it held the same sort of promise that The

Details
22

Girl of Fire & Thorns by Rae Carson

“Honor from death,” I snap, “is a myth. Invented by the war torn to make sense of the horrific. If we die, it will be so that others may live. Truly honorable death, the only honorable death, is one that enables life.” This book has been on my to-read list for ages.  To be honest

Details
40

Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas

Libraries were full of ideas–perhaps the most dangerous and powerful of all weapons. Wow this was a fantastic book! I am not surprised to discover that this was originally written years ago on fictionpress and has only more recently been edited and published by a professional publishing house – it’s beautifully written and really packs

Details
36

Grave Mercy by Robin LaFevers

…and while I am Death’s daughter and walk in His dark shadow, surely the darkness can give way to light sometimes. This book was released shortly after I started book blogging and I seemed to see rave reviews for it everywhere.  I desperately wanted to read it and while it took me nearly 3 months

Details
Published on:
July 3, 2012 2:25 pm
Author:
Philippa
Categories:
General, Reviews
12

Dreamless by Josephine Angelini

…try to remember that dreams do come true, but they don’t come easily. I was so excited to start reading Dreamless, I loved Starcrossed when I read it last year and thought it was very unique the way it revamped Helen, the Trojan Wars and the face that launched 1000 ships. Starcrossed was very much

Details
29

The Night Circus By Erin Morgenstern

You may tell a tale that takes up residence in someone’s soul, becomes their blood and self and purpose. That tale will move them and drive them and who knows what they might do because of it, because of your words. That is your role, your gift. An impressive debut novel by Erin Morgenstern, The

Details
7

The White Oak by Kim White

In The White Oak, the first book in the Imperfect Darkness series, Cora Alexander falls through a sinkhole and enters the underworld still alive.

Details
22

Kill Me Softly by Sarah Cross

You couldn’t hide from bad things and pretend they didn’t exist–that left you with a dream world, and dream worlds eventually crumbled. You had to face the truth. And then decide what you wanted. I’ve always loved fairytales.  I remember in high school reading Beauty by Sheri S Tepper and absolutely loving the way it

Details
35

Daughter of Smoke & Bone by Laini Taylor

She had been innocent once, a little girl playing with feathers on the floor of a devil’s lair. She wasn’t innocent now, but she didn’t know what to do about it. This was her life: magic and shame and secrets and teeth and a deep, nagging hollow at the center of herself where something was

Details
Top!