fantasy young adult – Cannonball Read 17

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The Atlas Six by Olivie Blake

August 21, 2023 by carmelpie 3 Comments

Because I would watch the HELL out of it. CBR15Bingo: Sex square. From here she could taste the burning edges of his thoughts. He wasn’t just afraid of something—he was afraid of everything. He hated this house, and the memories in it. The memories themselves were knives, glinting in the light. They pricked her fingers, warning her away. The taste of him on her tongue, real and imagined was burnt sugar, wild adoration, tender rage. Poor thing, poor desperate thing. ― Olivie Blake, The Atlas […]

A Well Drawn Fantasy World

A Winter's Promise by Christelle Dabos

May 30, 2022 by jomidi Leave a Comment

A Winter’s Promise by Christelle Dabos is the first in a quartet of of fantasy YA novels called The Mirror Visitor Series. Thankfully, somebody decided this book was good enough to be translated from the French for us American readers. The story is set in a future world where people live on different Arks. Family members on each Ark share a special power. Ophelia lives on Anima and is gifted with the power to travel through mirrors and to “read” objects. This ability allows her […]

Battling with Geometry

The Rithmatist by Brandon Sanderson

September 11, 2020 by jomidi Leave a Comment

The Rithmatist by Brandon Sanderson has an interesting premise. In the fantasy world Sanderson has created, United Isles, rithmatists use geometric shapes drawn with chalk to battle. The story takes place at a Rithmatic Academy, where rithmatists and regular students both study. Joel is the son of the chalk maker, who died a tragic death, but he is not a rithmatist. However, he longs to be one. A mystery unfolds when a rithmatic student is kidnapped and attacked in an unusual manner. Joel gets swept […]

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