Once upon a time there was a little girl, a princess, born on the moon. No, not that princess. The other one. The one who grows up to be the evil, baby-killing psychopath who brings a literal plague to Earth and is now using it to control diplomatic relations so she can, you know, take over and stuff. Fairest is a novella-length attempt at a much-needed fleshing out of Levana’s backstory and motivations, Levana being the villain from Meyer’s Lunar Chronicles series. If you haven’t […]
What if superheroes were the bad guys?
Firefight is the second book in prolific wunderkind* Brandon Sanderson’s YA series, The Reckoners, which is about what would happen if the world suddenly developed superheroes, only the superheroes were all of them evil, power-hungry, maniacal psychopaths. The Reckoners are a group of normal people (well, mostly) dedicated to bringing down those superheroes, called Epics in this world. Nineteen year old David is our protagonist and POV into this world. When he was a kid, he watched as infamous Epic Steelheart killed his father, and he […]
“Oh yes. We’re precious. So long as we’re powerless.”
So remember when I wanted to read the “Where Are They Now” for Tenar, the young protagonist who escapes with Ged in the second book of Earthsea, The Tombs of Atuan? Well, it turns out, that’s what book 4 is about! Thanks Ursula K. Le Guin! From Goodreads: “Years ago, they had escaped together from the sinister Tombs of Atuan — she, an isolated young priestess; he, a powerful wizard. Now she is a farmer’s widow, having chosen for herself the simple pleasures of an ordinary […]
Seat-Gripping Story
Name of the Star by Maureen Johnson in the Shades of London series is about a girl named Rory who moves to London from Louisiana. Her parents send her to boarding school while they are in Bristol, a town close by. But, just as Rory reaches London there is a murderer on the loose, mimicking the fierce Jack the Ripper, a murderer in London history who killed in a specific way. The modern day Ripper strikes on the exact day, time, and location. Even though […]
Angels and Demons, #2
HOLY SMOKES, THIS BOOK BLEW ME AWAY. Thar be Daughter of Smoke and Bone spoilers ahead. I liked but did not love Daughter of Smoke and Bone. The heroine and the worldbuilding were intriguing, but the story got derailed by an oh-so-tortured love interest, and then it became a series of flashbacks, and right when the book got back on track, it ended on a cliffhanger! But if I think of that entire book as a first act, setting up the characters and the world they live in, I […]
You Rub Me The Right Way, #2
I guess February is unofficially sequel month. The Art of Wishing spoilers ahoy! The Art of Wishing was an adorable paranormal romance that surprised me by raising a bunch of ethical issues. In The Fourth Wish, Lindsay Ribar dives even further into the real-world implications of becoming/using a magical being, specifically one that is meant to be submissive. Last time we saw Margo, she had made a fourth wish to save Oliver and became a genie herself. Now she has to adjust not only to her magical powers, but also to the loss of […]
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