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This could have been so much better.

Three Dark Crowns (Three Dark Crowns, #1) by Kendare Blake

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As many reviewers have pointed out before me, this book has a great premise, but a lot of that is wasted on the execution of it. The degree to which you think it’s wasted varies in most of my friends’ reviews, but there does seem to be a consensus that wasted premise is the main problem. It also falls into several YA cliché-traps that I really wish it hadn’t, and just goes far enough in pushing the boundaries of the genre for it to be […]

Strange and stranger

Strange the Dreamer by Laini Taylor

Muse of Nightmares by Laini Taylor

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  I received Strange the Dreamer by Laini Taylor through the CBR Book Exchange (thanks again!). I absolutely loved this book. It is fanciful and beautifully written. Lazlo Strange is an orphan with dreams of a bigger life than he has. He escapes the drudgery of his early years by pretending to be a mythical warrior from a magical land. One day, the name of this land is lost, and Lazlo knows that there must be magic involved. He eventually finds his way to the […]

Katie O’Neill continues to write charming, inclusive, all ages books

The Tea Dragon Festival by Katie O'Neill

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Katie O’Neill continues to write my favorite all ages books.  This is her second Tea Dragon book, the first was The Tea Dragon Society, which I reviewed for CBR10.  In the tea dragon world, society is made of several species; mundane humans, people with horns/hooves/antlers, animal people, and dragons.  There is a small amount of magic in the world, and it is all brought charmingly to life with O’Neill’s soft illustrations. Both books are wonderfully inclusive.  People come in a wide range of hues.  Relationships […]

The Long Slog Continues Through Book Four

Queen of Shadows by Sarah J. Maas

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Queen of Shadows is the fourth entry into the seven-part Throne of Glass series, which is Sarah J. Maas’s first fantasy series. I devoured the author’s second fantasy series, A Court of Mist and Fury. So, of course, I would love Throne of Glass, right? Wrong. I have a serious love/hate relationship with all of these books. The first book (Throne of Glass) did not have enough world building, back story, and the characters were not built up enough for me to care about them. […]

A Beautiful Modern Fairy Tale from Neil Gaiman

The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman

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I decided to re-read this short novel when I saw a video of Neil dedicating the actual lane referenced in this story in his hometown in England & I am so glad I did because I loved it much more the second time through. Let me get some minor quibbles out of the way first: are there aspects of this book that are a bit repetitive from Neil’s earlier works? Yes. Fans of Sandman or Anansi Boys can pick out scenes, characters and themes that […]



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