The second I saw the comp of Frozen meets Mad Max, I knew I needed this book. But holy winter spirits I had no idea how badly I actually needed it. Winter talks to Sylvi. Whispers to her, keeps her safe. And on an island cursed to ensure Winter eternally, having her on your side [...]
How's that title for an alliterative Monday? I guess that's what happens when you spend a weekend devouring a story about monstrous muses. One of the best things about the writing community on Twitter, is interacting with all the writing people. Rebecca F. Kenney is one of those amazing people. She recently reached out to [...]
I'm going to start right in the deep end, and announce, Darkdawn is the perfect series finale. PERFECT!!! The entire series is one of the best things I've ever read, but it's rare that an ending makes me feel so at one with the universe. "Fear is never a choice. But letting it rule you [...]
"We're all monsters. Some of us just hide it better than others." Stab. My. Black. Heart... I just finished Wicked Saints, and oh beautiful monsters I AM NOT OKAY!!! This book. THIS BOOK!!! *deep breaths* Wicked Saints is phenomenal. Emily Duncan is a wielder of magic and I am captivated and enthralled. This book is [...]
**This review was originally posted on http://www.teenreads.com - SEE IT HERE** "Every step they took, every hardship they witnessed, stoked the fires of her anger, but over the weeks, it had changed from a sharp, burning outrage into a steady, purposeful wrath." In the stunning follow up to her debut, Julie Dao returns us to [...]
"She would bloom where she was planted and let her roots close around the throats of her enemies." Xifeng has grown up knowing two things. That she is beautiful. And that she is destined for greatness. She is meant to be Empress, that's what the cards her aunt reads tells her. But, there is no [...]
Mirror, mirror, on the wall, who is the stabbiest one of all? I've always loved the darker side to fairy tales. There's something about taking the things I loved as a child and making them dark and devious that makes me so happy. Knowing that the original tales were pretty damn dark to begin with [...]
** This review was originally published on http://www.teenreads.com, see it HERE ** In her stunning debut novel NOT EVEN BONES, Rebecca Schaeffer transports us to a world that resembles our own in nearly every way. Except for the supernatural creatures, that is. Nita is a good person. She doesn’t kill supernatural creatures. Or sell their [...]
"The sea is a fickle witch. She is just as likely to bestow a kiss as to steal the breath from your lips." Evie knows that magic exists. Even if the people in her village would burn anyone claiming to have magic alive. It's just as well that she is isolated. Shunned for her poverty [...]
"Lada's eyes burned with a look the nurse had come to dread. That look meant injury, destruction, or fire. Often all three." Lada Dragwlya may have been born a princess, but she never had any intention of acting like one. She was born fierce and relentless, never willing to be demure and quiet. She fights [...]
jenabrownwrites 