4 out of 5 stars Goodreads.com: Unearthed, by Amie Kaufman and Meagan Spooner (Unearthed #1) Teens in space! I saw this book described as such, "... with Indiana Jones and Lara Croft." An appealing claim, but one that overestimates our heroes, Jules Addison and Mia Radcliffe. An homage, certainly, but our intergalactic adolescents are likable … Continue reading Review: Unearthed
2.75 out of 5 stars A little bit better than the first, with a little more hope for the last. Goodreads.com: Archenemies, by Marissa Meyer (Renegades #2) Listen. There's making sure we get it. There's reminding us of an important plot point before the story builds on it. And then there's Archenemies. Nova is still … Continue reading Review: Archenemies
3.5 out of 5 stars The Renegades trilogy finds it's stride, then has to sprint for the end. Goodreads.com: Supernova, by Marissa Meyer (Renegades #3) When we left Nova and company at the end of Archenemies (book 2), she had just robbed Renegades HQ of several iconic artifacts, including the helmet that allowed her presumed-dead, … Continue reading Review: Supernova
2.5 out of 5 stars Goodreads.com: Renegades, by Marissa Meyer (Renegades #1) On the highest, tippy top of the upside: The Lunar Chronicles. On the lowest, bottom-scrape of the downside: Heartless. Marissa Meyer has done some of the best and worst work in recent YA fiction, so my hope for Renegades was wobbly. It doesn't … Continue reading Review: Renegades
4 out of 5 stars Goodreads.com: Call Down the Hawk, by Maggie Stiefvater (Dreamer Trilogy #1) I adore Maggie Steifvater's writing. In her gorgeous prose, the language is art, flowing in surprising surges like over a waterfall. Call Down the Hawk is no different. In fact, there are times where she's over-describing, where another analogy … Continue reading Review: Call Down the Hawk
3 out of 5 stars Goodreads.com: Midnight Beauties, by Megan Shepherd (Grim Lovelies #2) At the end of the first book in this series, owl-turned-girl Anouk finds herself bound into a magical betrothal and fleeing Paris in hopes of becoming a witch. Read it, if you want that the make sense. Anouk barely makes her … Continue reading Review: Midnight Beauties
2.5 out of 5 stars Goodreads.com: Grim Lovelies, Megan Shepherd (Grim Lovelies #1) Anouk lives in a magical world adjacent to ours, and spends her days as a maid in the Parisian townhouse of the witch who created her. That witch, Mada Vittora, made other servants too, all from animals. But this kind of magic … Continue reading Review: Grim Lovelies
3.5 out of 5 starsA 3-star book with a 5-star twist. Goodreads.com: Sherwood, by Meagan SpoonerI love the Robin Hood legend. From the perfect Disney cartoon, to the shaky-but-still-has-Taron-Edgerton version, I watch and read them all. So while I'm exhausted by twisted fairy tales - and I really didn't like Spooner's Beauty and the Beast update … Continue reading Review: Sherwood
4.5 out of 5 stars Always having more fun than any reader, Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff are back at it with another spunky, action-packed space opera. Goodreads.com: Aurora Rising, by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff (The Aurora Cycle #1) Space ace Tyler Jones, top of his class at Aurora Academy, is set to graduate … Continue reading Review: Aurora Rising
3.5 out of 5 stars Libba Bray's historical settings are deliciously atmospheric, and the magic in her stories sparkles with dark possibility. Goodreads.com: A Great and Terrible Beauty, by Libba Bray (Gemma Doyle #1) Apparently I read this back in 2008, and gave it the same rating. I have zero recollection of that. Gemma Doyle … Continue reading Review: A Great and Terrible Beauty
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