Shifter is the third book in Alma Alexander’s Were Chronicles, and is unfortunately the weakest book so far. The first book, Random, is the single most unique were-story I’ve ever read and I’ve read a lot of them. Wolf, the second book was equally as fascinating, though less unique as the were-creatures in this book were of the were-wolf variety. However, it was still a really good sequel to Random. This one? I don’t know, it was disjointed and very repetitive for the events in both […]
I Am Going to Save the World and No One Knows it’s Ending
Rating: 4.0/5 Summary: Rachelle is a bloodbound and she must serve the king or be hunted. Being a bloodbound means she is faster and stronger than humans, but not quite as strong as a forestborn. Rachelle was apprenticed to her aunt as a woodwife, people who weave charms of protection against the Great Forest. Upon becoming a bloodbound, Rachelle is now the very thing she had been fighting. When the King assigns her to guard his son Armand, Rachelle is loath to do so, until […]
A Fairy Tale in the Alaska Wilderness
The Snow Child (2012) by Eowyn Ivey is a book I had never heard of and wouldn’t have chosen to read if it weren’t for my book club. In fact, after reading the description, I was dreading it: “Alaska, 1920: a brutal place to homestead, and especially tough for recent arrivals Jack and Mabel. Childless, they are drifting apart–he breaking under the weight of the work of the farm; she crumbling from loneliness and despair. In a moment of levity during the season’s first snowfall, they […]
Hitting my Cannonball goal before December 31st? Crazy!
With this review, I’ve hit my Quarter-Cannonball goal! And I did it before the end of December this time! Chapter 6: I notice something I’ve never noticed before. Oddly always wears a star on her shirt, as does her Auntie Oddly. The more “traditional” witches wear a crescent moon as their symbol. Auntie Oddly cements her awesomeness. She’s obviously very powerful, although she sometimes seems a little sad despite her effervescent personality. Chapter 7: We get to see something lovely. Auntie shows Oddly a memory […]
Princesses doing it for themselves
3.5 stars And they all lived happily ever after… Or did they? What happens after we close the story books and leave the princes and princesses to the rest of their lives? Danielle Whiteshore, popularly known as Cinderella, is having some trouble adjusting to life as a royal, having been treated no better than a slave by her vicious stepmother and stepsisters until her sudden elevation in status upon marriage to Prince Armand. Even though they were nothing but awful to her, she still feels bad […]
Talking Dogs, Strange Animals, War and Creepy Zombie things trying to eat us
Rating: 4.5/5 Summary: After bravely rescuing Miss Peregrine from the clutches of evil wights and hollowgasts, Jacob and crew are setting out for London. They must find another ymbryne in order to help Miss Peregrine turn back to her normal self. Landing on the main land, they must escape the wights on their tail. On their journey they find even more peculiars and strange allies as well as more evil zombies. Will they save Miss Peregrine in time? The plot in this one was just […]