Category: Reviews

Last year I requested a review copy of The Lord of Stariel on a whim and loved it!  So when the author contacted me a month ago asking me to review the second book in the series, The Prince of Secrets, I jumped at the chance.  I am happy to report that I loved the… Continue reading The Prince of Secrets by AJ Lancaster

My book club read The False Prince by Jennifer A. Nielsen this month.  We all agreed that, while this book would definitely appeal to its intended middle grade audience, it definitely doesn’t hold up with anyone older than that.  Let’s get a bit of information about this book to start. In a discontent kingdom, civil… Continue reading The False Prince by Jennifer A. Nielsen

My book club chose The Afterlife of Holly Chase by Cynthia Hand for our December book.  It was a fun Christmas-themed book that put us in the holiday mood. On Christmas Eve five years ago, Holly was visited by three ghosts who showed her how selfish and spoiled she'd become. They tried to convince her… Continue reading The Afterlife of Holly Chase by Cynthia Hand

Defiance by C. J. Redwine is a fast-paced book set in a post-apocalyptic world.  While I enjoyed the action-packed story, I wish we had gotten a bit more detail in places. While the other girls in the walled city-state of Baalboden learn to sew and dance, Rachel Adams learns to track and hunt. While they… Continue reading Defiance by C.J. Redwine

My book club chose to read Everything I Never Told You for our book club meeting in November.  The book follows the lives of the Lee family after the death of their daughter/sibling Lydia.  While it was well-written and thought-provoking, it wasn’t in my usual genre, so I didn’t enjoy it as much as others… Continue reading Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng

I received an advance copy of this book from NetGalley.  This in no way affects my opinions given in this review. The Lord of Stariel is the first in a steampunk fantasy quartet by AJ Lancaster.  It has magic and fairies and a great cast of characters. The Lord of Stariel is dead. Long live… Continue reading The Lord of Stariel by A.J. Lancaster

My book club chose this book for our October read.  While everyone enjoyed it for the most part, we all agreed that there were some world-building issues. Connor, Risa, and Lev are running for their lives. The Second Civil War was fought over reproductive rights. The chilling resolution: Life is inviolable from the moment of… Continue reading Unwind by Neal Shusterman