Save Marissa Meyer, author of the fantastic sci-fi/fairy tale mashup of the Lunar Chronicles, is back with a retelling of the story of the Queen of Hearts from Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. Catherine is a Lady who is about to be engaged to the King of Hearts. Unfortunately, this isn’t the life she wants. Her dream is to open a bakery, which is improper for a Lady. When the King hires a new jester, Jest, Catherine falls in love. You can read my full review […]
You Never Know What’ll Happen When You Find a Treasure Map
For some reason I read the second book of the “Dark is Rising” series before I read the first one. I didn’t realize I had done that until I discovered Over Sea, Under Stone and read that this was the first in a series. The second book, Dark is Rising was very odd. I couldn’t get into it and I struggled with the power to travel to alternate times that some of the characters had. I had the opposite experience when it came to Over […]
Just Shows How A Year Can Change Someone…For the Better
When I began re-reading the Harry Potter series in May (clearly I didn’t make it very far), I remember wondering what I had committed myself to after finishing “Sorcerer’s Stone.” Because my experience wasn’t as exciting as it had been previously, I think I didn’t put much stock into finishing “The Chamber of Secrets”. Compared to my re-reading of “The Sorcerer’s Stone”, I liked “The Chamber of Secrets” a lot more than I thought I would. Maybe because the characters have all be established or […]
Tudor royals, books, shapeshifters and all manner of complications
According to history, when King Edward VI, Henry VIII’s son died young and childless, certain noblemen who wanted to make sure a ruler of the Protestant faith ruled the country put his young cousin Lady Jane Gray on the throne. She ruled for nine days, before Mary Tudor arrived with her armies, removed the poor girl and had her beheaded. This book bears a vague resemblance to that story. In the England of this story, the conflict in England isn’t between Catholics and Protestants, it’s […]
Less moaning about your looks, more sorting out your country, young Queen
3.5 stars Kelsea knows that when she turns nineteen, it is time for her to take her rightful place as Queen, like her mother (who died when she was a baby) and grandmother before her. She has been raised far from civilisation, by two loyal servants, who did their best to prepare her in every way they could for the duty she would be facing. What they have not done is socialise her in any way, she’s barely seen another living soul since she was […]
E.K. Johnston also gives good Star Wars.
You know what, the old EU was great (for the most part), but every book I have read in the new Star Wars canon has been great as well. And Ahsoka was no exception. If you haven’t watched the Clone Wars cartoon, you really should. That show, for me, redeemed the younger versions of Anakin Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi, and it’s deeper examination of the Clone Wars was fascinating. It also introduced a handful of new characters to the Star Wars universe, including baddy Asajj […]
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